Blog Profile / Love In The Time Of Chasmosaurs
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| Filed Under: | Biology / Paleontology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 565 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.2 | |
| Archived Since: | November 17, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Prehistoric Life
Let's face it, the majority of kids' dinosaur books around at any particular time can be pretty hard to tell apart. As has been discussed countless times here and elsewhere, this is typically because the illustrators involved, often with little knowledge of their subjects, resort to copying a very few renowned palaeoartists. Show More Summary
Guest review: Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular
Dr. Adam Stuart Smith is back with another review, this time covering Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular. Dr. Smith is a paleontologist, plesiosaur expert, and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum at Wollaton Hall, as well as running The Plesiosaur Directory. Show More Summary
The Meanest Landlord in the History of the World
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis should be well-known to long-time readers of this blog. It really is a standout as a science outreach organization in the midwest, and is a necessary regional antidote to the corrupting influence of a certain Kentucky "museum" which shall not be named. Show More Summary
Mesozoic Miscellany 60
Round-up time, and I've decided to resurrect the old format, which I hope will please everyone.
News
Sincere condolences to the friends and family of paleontologist Derek Main, who researched and publicized the Arlington Archosaur Site in Texas. Show More Summary
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Spotter's Guide to Dinosaurs
Originally from 1980 (with this edition arriving in 1985), the Spotter's Guide to Dinosaurs & other prehistoric animals (always important to tack on those...others) from erstwhile publishing outfit Usborne is nothing if not typical of its time...with a few twists. Show More Summary
Guest Book Review: Dig Those Dinosaurs
Today, a special treat. Dr. Adam S. Smith brings us a review of a new children's book about paleontology. Dr. Smith is a paleontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum at Wollaton Hall. As an academic, his primary interest is plesiosaurs,well known to visitors of his webiste The Plesiosaur Directory. Show More Summary
Andy Farke introduces Dahalokely
Andy Farke and team recently published the description of the abelisauroid Dahalokely, a rare Turonian find which helps us see a bit more into the crucial period just before Madagascar and India were forever rent asunder. The Raymond...Show More Summary
Pterrible Courier
Pterrible Courier. Sepia ink, sepia powder, white Conté and gouache on recycled paper, 112 x 178mm. Pterosaurs make terrible couriers. Especially of food parcels. This is the context in which this drawing originated. I'm hard-pressed...Show More Summary
This Does Not Bode Well
The second trailer for Fox's Walking With Dinosaurs movie has dropped, with some new footage and one very unwelcome addition. That's right. According to this trailer, the dinosaurs have individual voiceovers. While this may simply be...Show More Summary
Jurassic Park 3D: a beleaguered novice's view
For some reason or other, the UK release of Jurassic Park in 3D has been pushed back to August - in spite of the fact that it's been out in mainland Europe for a while now (as it has been in the US). Fortunately, my girlfriend Nicole - who is Dutch - offered to go and see it with me over there. Show More Summary
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs (a Little Golden Book)
After so many trips back to the '80s and '90s, it's good to return to a book that's properly vintage. Dinosaurs was number 355 in the impressively diverse Little Golden Book series from Golden Press of New York, and was published in 1959. Show More Summary
Carl Zimmer's Feather Evolution video
Science writer Carl Zimmer narrates a recent TED educational video summarizing our knowledge about the evolution of feathers. Part of a lesson at the TED-Ed site and animated by Armella Leung, it's a really well done crash course inShow More Summary
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs - A Picture Dictionary
Today's featured book is 1990's Dinosaurs: A Picture Dictionary. Featuring evocative artwork by Tessa Hamilton, it features a welcome variety of animals due to its alphabetical imperative - an organizing theme which also forgives some temporally and geographically questionable pairings of animals. Show More Summary
Mesozoic Miscellany 59
Plenty of news about Jurassic Park 4 lately, with the latest latest news being that it might not be happening any time soon. Still, it's inspired a nice flurry of writing among our blogging comrades, and that's a good thing. Matt Martyniuk...Show More Summary
The Valley of Gwangi
I've been working off and on on this review for a while. Some of you will recall my occasional promises to have it up "soon," which you probably and reasonably disbelieved. But recently, we got some sad news: the death of one of special effects' greatest legends, a personal hero of mine, the affable and talented Ray Harryhausen. Show More Summary
The Thecodontosaurus that Didn't
This was originally conceived around this time last year as my entry for Bristol Dinosaur Project's Thecodontosaurus Illustration Competition. Sadly (though perhaps predictably), I failed to make the competition deadline. Thecodontosaurus (with sphenodont). Show More Summary
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaur Dream
In my last-but-one Vintage Dinosaur Art post - about three years ago now - I reviewed a book entitled Dreaming of Dinosaurs. While some commented that it wasn't very vintage, others (on Facebook, mostly) noted how its title reminded them of a different book that they treasured as a child - Dinosaur Dream. Show More Summary
The Prize
Regular readers may dimly recall that we held some sort of daft art contest here a few months ago, based on the concept of some well-known palaeoar...palaeontography book or other. Hopefully, you were all paying attention when we announced the winners - with first place going to one Andrew Dutt of New York. Show More Summary
Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie
Ceratopsia triumphant! The international trailer for Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie is here, giving us our first good look of what to expect. Pachyrhinosaurus takes center stage here, and among the supporting cast are mighty Edmontosaurs, feathered Troodons, and a few big nasty theropods. Show More Summary
Vintage Dinosaur Art: more from The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs
Yes, it's back! After the rapturous reception it received last time, a return to the glorious How & Why Wonder world seemed absolutely necessary - vital, even. This was, after all, the "terrible, terrible book" that proved to be a key source of childhood inspiration for a number of celebrated palaeontologists. Show More Summary