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His popular book on pterosaurs, Dragons of the Air (1901) found that birds and pterosaurs are closely parallel. Although his belief that they had a common origin has not proved correct, he upset Richard Owen's characterization of the pterosaurs as cold-blooded, sluggish gliders, and recognized them as warm-blooded active fliers.

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  • His popular book on pterosaurs, Dragons of the Air (1901) found that birds and pterosaurs are closely parallel. Although his belief that they had a common origin has not proved correct, he upset Richard Owen's characterization of the pterosaurs as cold-blooded, sluggish gliders, and recognized them as warm-blooded active fliers.
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  • His popular book on pterosaurs, Dragons of the Air (1901) found that birds and pterosaurs are closely parallel. Although his belief that they had a common origin has not proved correct, he upset Richard Owen's characterization of the pterosaurs as cold-blooded, sluggish gliders, and recognized them as warm-blooded active fliers. Seeley was educated in London. He had been an assistant to Adam Sedgwick at the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, from 1859, and matriculated as a student at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1863. He turned down positions both with the British Museum and the Geological Survey of Britain to work on his own. Late in his career he accepted a position at King's College, Cambridge.
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