tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post1624602560225887795..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: The BBC Book of DinosaursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-81318093167892601772016-12-28T09:21:46.859-05:002016-12-28T09:21:46.859-05:00Any comments on the apparent labeling of "Epa...Any comments on the apparent labeling of "Epanterias" as bigger than T. rex? (see the text box titled "The Challenger" in the Deinonychus drawing). Pretty forward-thinking for an 80's-90's popular book, even if they were off the mark with regards to their "challenger".Henriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223602711324733253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-74764081699964783562015-07-24T19:03:14.422-04:002015-07-24T19:03:14.422-04:00Badly made or designed.Badly made or designed.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-8623993675561961422015-07-22T18:52:01.268-04:002015-07-22T18:52:01.268-04:00Uh, "shonky"?Uh, "shonky"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333815581704070120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-27238031794909898442015-07-22T18:50:49.985-04:002015-07-22T18:50:49.985-04:00"It's not easy being green" (cue Ker..."It's not easy being green" (cue Kermit)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333815581704070120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-89552900183189247732014-10-30T16:59:51.719-04:002014-10-30T16:59:51.719-04:00"In terms of saurian-related output, the BBC ..."In terms of saurian-related output, the BBC is best known these days for Walking With Dinosaurs, the super-expensive CG-laden Brannagh-narrated behemoth, sire of numerous tie-in books (and a movie that we won't mention). "<br /><br />Just a heads up: December's Amazon Reviews are gonna be WWD-related to coincide w/the 1 year anniversary of that movie/missed opportunity.<br /><br />BTW, are any experts acknowledged in Appleby's book as having helped? If so, who?<br /><br />-Hadiazraptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-82816402200624818102014-10-30T16:36:08.205-04:002014-10-30T16:36:08.205-04:00Here it is: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/How-It-Works...Here it is: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/How-It-Works-Illustrated-WORLD-OF-DINOSAURS-NEW-/261638368103?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item3ceadcab67<br /><br />-Hadiazraptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-37150146248113594342014-10-30T13:07:20.252-04:002014-10-30T13:07:20.252-04:00You know, I hadn't even noticed the nostrils. ...You know, I hadn't even noticed the nostrils. I don't recall seeing that anywhere else (although see Mark Robinson's comment).Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-70296590034148132242014-10-30T13:06:20.863-04:002014-10-30T13:06:20.863-04:00If it's the magazine with the skeleton kit (? ...If it's the magazine with the skeleton kit (? - or some free gift) attached to the cover, I have seen it in a newsagent near my work, but I haven't bought it. If it's good for a laugh, I must just have to.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-23888964677915196792014-10-29T23:12:34.190-04:002014-10-29T23:12:34.190-04:00Yeah, I've seen the nostrils-on-the-nose-horn ...Yeah, I've seen the nostrils-on-the-nose-horn <i>Oviraptor</i> somewhere else, too. (I also notice that she's eating her own eggs again...)<br /><br />That "unfortunate green fellow" in the second pic looks like it's been labelled as "Tenetosaurus" which is a sauropod apparently.<br /><br />I'm guessing that the magenta flowers in the scene with the derpy rex are magnolias which must have been the only flowering plant in the Cretaceous since that is what is always illustrated whenever the sudden appearance of the angiosperms in the fossil record is mentioned.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-67359014950933260522014-10-29T21:24:22.083-04:002014-10-29T21:24:22.083-04:00Akshulee, that iguanodon foot reminds me of Earl S...Akshulee, that iguanodon foot reminds me of Earl Sinclair...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKgNTNwVAc<br /><br />By the way, have you guys seen the 'How It Works: World of Dinosaurs' book-magazine thingy on shop shelves currently? I noticed it in Sainsbury's, and had to buy it for the entertainment value. So much palaeoart fail. I'm tempted to scan excerpts meself. Was there a retro/bad palaeoart flickr group, or something...?Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-36980936508336648342014-10-29T19:17:48.196-04:002014-10-29T19:17:48.196-04:00Was it common for Oviraptor to have its nostrils p...Was it common for Oviraptor to have its nostrils put on its "horn"? I only now realize it, but this may not be the first time I've seen it.Thomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-52824920811433709412014-10-29T18:24:11.371-04:002014-10-29T18:24:11.371-04:00Retro dorsal osteoderms aside; it is striking how ...Retro dorsal osteoderms aside; it is striking how accurate they were on the rest of Triceratops' integument, down to the "nipple" centred feature scales, some 17 years before the surfacing of the "Lane" mummy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558252320249112573noreply@blogger.com