Tricia writes, "One of the more interesting mini-trends I have noticed in these old dinosaur books is the tendency to show two dueling theories at once, apparently just in case one of them proves false. Therefore, Zallinger gives us a furry Cynodont and a naked Cynodont."
The bizarre feet above aside, I think Zallinger's style improved between the book from the previous post and this one. They're not perfect, but for the mid-1980's, they're pretty accurate, and reflect the ideas of the dinosaur renaissance in general while staying away from radical conjectures.
Still, there's something awful scrawny about a lot of these critters. Noodly necks and limbs in desperate need of some musculature.
Let's all give Tricia a mighty high-five for sharing these. Also, if getting your mind blown is your bag, see these size comparisons she found in an old drawing instruction book. Total weirdness!
(Mighty high-fives back. If these were back in the good/bad old days of the internet, I'd send you some Spirit Flowers. XD)
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look at the other post about Peter Zallinger. And come to think of it, where the heck are the drumsticks on that poor, huge-handed, buck naked Oviraptor?
Those hands are so ridiculous. And so wrong!
ReplyDeleteIt looks as though those hand baskets were drawn to fit the name of the dinosaur - "an egg stealer would need huge claws to hold the eggs in".
ReplyDeleteA vicious circle of misunderstanding, given that it is my understanding that we now think that Oviraptor was actually not an egg thief. "But look at those claws", people will say, "surely they were used to carry eggs off!".
That's why we'll go ahead and call this guy Citipati...
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