A bit of a quieter month than January, which coincided with an incredibly hectic month here on the homefront. But I am undaunted, and here is a quick roundup of news, blogging, video, art, and more from February of 2018. Let’s stick a pin in it. In the News A few years back, a mighty …
Hello palaeo friends, it’s time for me to finally contribute my first Vintage Dinosaur Art post since LITC moved to its new home! Last fall I had the pleasure of speaking at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History‘s Dinofest, and afterwards the CMNH palaeo team of Michael Ryan, Lee and Ashley Hall, and Amanda McGee …
Pterosaurs have suffered a great many indignities over the years; normally relegated to the backgrounds of illustrations hogged by fat old dinosaurs, on the rare occasions when they have been given the spotlight, they’ve tended to be depicted as ultra-fragile, emaciated freaks with tissue paper wings, barely able to fly under their own power (if …
On this blog, we’ve naturally shared a great many vintage illustrations of sauropods depicted as animals obliged to live waste-deep (or deeper) in water, lest their inadequate legs fracture like matchsticks under their enormously excessive bulk. They serve as a charming reminder of the advancement of palaeontological science; like the Crystal Palace behemoths, a testament …