tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post1652044234440704750..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: How Tough was a Tyrannosaurus?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-22549884067322460712017-10-17T21:10:31.152-04:002017-10-17T21:10:31.152-04:00I have this book!I have this book!CJCroen1393https://www.blogger.com/profile/09953786490603402779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-40986343329651046792017-09-26T12:18:50.435-04:002017-09-26T12:18:50.435-04:00Oops! Thanks for the correction, I've added so...Oops! Thanks for the correction, I've added something to the text. Not sure why I thought it was purely Asian given that earlier this year I, er, went to the AMNH, where they have the holotype.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-47246880431381583262017-09-25T22:01:18.217-04:002017-09-25T22:01:18.217-04:00Many thanks for the shout out! My only nit-pick is...Many thanks for the shout out! My only nit-pick is that the Pisanosaurus/Stokesosaurus pic isn't included (although I understand that you can't include all the pics). It's 1 of my favorites for its atmosphere. My other favorite is the Deinonychus/Saurolophus pic for its awesomebro-ness. Also, I've always thought the Saurolophus's head looks like a jumbo shell: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AecdrKVM_Dh7c1Rq_SNv3-Wi7BfLtcJUFA9X65bg16606VyCG0VdCcE/raptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-45436585133351807162017-09-23T12:34:09.940-04:002017-09-23T12:34:09.940-04:00Objection your honour - Saurolophus osborni lived ...Objection your honour - Saurolophus osborni lived in North America (granted a lot later than Deinonychus)!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394178095047762378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-62142053770930765372017-09-21T22:01:22.723-04:002017-09-21T22:01:22.723-04:00Re 'Neobatrachus', which, as you say, is a...Re 'Neobatrachus', which, as you say, is a native of my own land and still very much living - it is a genus of burrowing ground frogs, and certainly not at home in the sea, Mesozoic or otherwise. But there is a clade of frog, called the Neobatrachia, which originate in the Early Cretaceous, according to the geek's friend, Wikipedia. And the burrowing ground frog is indeed a member of that clade. The genus itself however is from recent times.<br /><br />I don't know why the illustrator felt compelled to put a marine frog in that scene at all, but there is a Notobatrachus from the Middle Jurassic.<br /><br />So I've just spent about 20 minutes of my life investigating Mesozoic frogs!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12800504889759879080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-7773911679562498422017-09-21T09:26:44.980-04:002017-09-21T09:26:44.980-04:00As an English person, I'm endlessly amused by ...As an English person, I'm endlessly amused by pronounciation guides in American books that direct one to say certain words with an American drawl ("pay-lee-on-TAHL-uh-jists"). I've been told though that Americans are equally as amused by the guides in British books.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-53382217183774248362017-09-20T15:49:41.275-04:002017-09-20T15:49:41.275-04:00And just after ASS-tro-don, we see ter-ASS-pus. Wh...And just after ASS-tro-don, we see ter-ASS-pus. Where do these weird pronounciation guides come from, anyway? I mean it's not like they get even close to resembling the original Greek or Latin pronounciation, anyway. They're usully telling us to prnounce the words precisely the way one would with an English word spelled that way, the odd silent P aside.<br /><br />Another note, what's up with those ceratopian frills? That second Protoceratops is closer to an Alien queen and the Triceratops don't fare much better. Where are all those fenestrae coming from? Especially on a species with a famously solid frill like Triky.Thomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-23163756495501962762017-09-20T06:28:02.185-04:002017-09-20T06:28:02.185-04:00At least Tenontosaurus is getting a rest from the ...At least Tenontosaurus is getting a rest from the deinonychids - for a change! And 'YAY!' cheers Astrodon. 'At last I get an illustration in a kid's book!'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12800504889759879080noreply@blogger.com