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Mesozoic Miscellany 63 26 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
In the News Important new multituberculate: It's Rugosodon. Check out Nat Geo, The Dragon's Tales, and Paleoexhibit. The Disney D23 convention revealed more about Pixar's The Good Dinosaur. More at ...
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs and more Dinosaurs - Part 2 20 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am
Onwards with the second part of our exploration of this frequently unsettling book. Do take a look at part 1 and David's 2010 post on the artist (George Solonevich) for more background. Dinosaurs and...
The Life and Times of a Tyrannosaurus Rex 14 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
Youtuber Ana McMullen has uploaded a lecture by Dr. Thomas Holtz, "The Life and Times of a Tyrannosaurus Rex," delivered at Durham Museum. Enjoy!
Raptor Rendezvous 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
My local rescue and rehab center for birds of prey, Indiana Raptor Center in Nashville, Indiana, is preparing for its big annual fundraiser, Raptor Rendezvous. If you're a resident of Indiana or surro...
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs and more Dinosaurs - Part 1 13 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
This week's book was lent to me by none other than Dave Hone - he of Archosaur Musings and Guardian fame (he's also written a few scientific papers, or something). Not only that, it was once owned by ...
Book Review: My Beloved Brontosaurus 8 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
The gap between the popular "Dinosaur" and the scientific constructs of the animals called dinosaurs - an increasingly awkward classification, as Matt Martyniuk has pointed out - has been fertile mate...
Mesozoic Miscellany 62 6 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
In the News New research in Nature looks at the evolution of the avian brain by comparing endocasts of various avialans and maniraptorans, concluding that the high brain-to-body size ratio of modern b...
The Short Arm of Facism! 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Let's talk about Nazi Dinosaurs. If we're being honest, it's kind of a weird subject to tackle. It's true that dinosaurs have a tendency to crop up in all kinds of strange places, carrying symbolic b...
The Unencumbered Dilophosaurus 1 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
There are few dinosaurs as ill-served by their pop culture avatars as Dilophosaurus. Yes, Velociraptor still takes the crown for most persistently (and stubbornly) misunderstood, and perennial favorit...
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Story of Dinosaurs 30 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
By the time the 1980s rolled around, the dead-eyed, acutely depressed palaeoart dinosaur had largely been forgotten. The sprightly scaly things skipping their way through the work of the most respecte...
