tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post172917665015787796..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: Life before Man - Part 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-1587892422357249112012-08-07T15:46:43.786-04:002012-08-07T15:46:43.786-04:00Thanks. :)Thanks. :)Hadiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805346627826158173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-84628358852973937612012-08-07T04:21:46.973-04:002012-08-07T04:21:46.973-04:00"Is that a reference to at least some pterosa..."Is that a reference to at least some pterosaurs having superprecocial young?"<br /><br />Good spot. ;)Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-86644638884035960442012-08-07T00:36:03.881-04:002012-08-07T00:36:03.881-04:00Classic stuff. I wonder whether the plesiosaurs ha...Classic stuff. I wonder whether the plesiosaurs hauling themselves onto seaside rocks meme started because people took the "snake threaded through a turtle" simile too literally.<br /><br />Something else to wonder about is why viviparity hasn't evolved in sea turtles as it did with several other "reptile" groups that returned to the sea.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-18969986923798451832012-08-06T22:36:43.926-04:002012-08-06T22:36:43.926-04:00Holy cow! Winslow Homer... That's spot-on!Holy cow! Winslow Homer... That's spot-on!tnthielenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987561678868753828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-41980619608535336152012-08-06T19:22:39.040-04:002012-08-06T19:22:39.040-04:00"Here, an adult can be seen accidentally drop..."Here, an adult can be seen accidentally dropping its catch on a group of very young juveniles."<br /><br />Is that a reference to at least some pterosaurs having superprecocial young?<br /><br />"Conflicts between gigantic marine reptiles have fired the imaginations of artists for as long as such animals have been known about, with the most popular clash undoubtedly being that between the mosasaur Tylosaurus and plesiosaur Elasmosaurus."<br /><br />I've seen this meme continue most recently in "Pteranodon: The Life Story of a Pterosaur" ( http://www.amazon.com/Pteranodon-Story-Pterosaur-Ruth-Ashby/dp/0810957787/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344295286&sr=1-1&keywords=pteranodon ).Hadiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805346627826158173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-24223493587485690472012-08-06T18:34:32.112-04:002012-08-06T18:34:32.112-04:00And pleased I am :-)
Also, love that Sapheosaurus ...And pleased I am :-)<br />Also, love that Sapheosaurus hardly bothered at all by being eaten.Thomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34229168719795362782012-08-06T17:20:34.923-04:002012-08-06T17:20:34.923-04:00Gosh, you're right about the Homer comparison....Gosh, you're right about the Homer comparison. That hadn't occurred to me.Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-86793016814745553562012-08-06T17:16:18.091-04:002012-08-06T17:16:18.091-04:00Geez, every one is gorgeous. Burian was downright...Geez, every one is gorgeous. Burian was downright channeling Winslow Homer in some of these. I also love the countershaded color schemes from a time when many paleoartists had never even thought to examine how modern animals are colored.Paul Heastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361025829815286466noreply@blogger.com