tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post7364703033290850209..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Part 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-70325071280894404262015-01-06T15:19:11.557-05:002015-01-06T15:19:11.557-05:00I'm commenting long after this post originally...I'm commenting long after this post originally 'aired', but I just want to say how much I'm enjoying reading your posts and savouring your scans. These are the books I grew up with (well, maybe slightly older) and it's striking as I read to my son how much things have changed in the field.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-24337597543514988912012-08-16T19:43:44.087-04:002012-08-16T19:43:44.087-04:00OMG! I cannot believe that I found this book. I on...OMG! I cannot believe that I found this book. I only see these beautiful dino pics on the internet. I always want to know what's the name of the book.<br />How did you get the book? Where can I get it?Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807197908840507081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-20719493948494733352012-07-04T05:26:55.988-04:002012-07-04T05:26:55.988-04:00OMG, the hideous Oviraptor. what ever did the Sibb...OMG, the hideous <i>Oviraptor</i>. what ever did the Sibbick do to you? All squished in and ugly. Oh, wait, you were born that way ... *tosses away all feelings for it*<br /><br />This brings back memories, my second big book of dinosaurs [Lambert's encyclopedia came first], but with amazing art (at the time, for me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-36977259203641348952012-06-29T00:33:10.276-04:002012-06-29T00:33:10.276-04:00Actually, it's only the referred species O. ed...Actually, it's only the referred species O. edmontonicus that has been sunk into Dromiceiomimus. The type species O. velox is valid. But as velox is so fragmentary, no doubt Sibbick's drawing (as an aside, looks like GSP has a time travel lawsuit to pursue) is based on a specimen now referred to Dromiceiomimus. What's irritating is that everybody's using edmontonicus for the ex-Dromiceio species, when brevitertius has priority.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-56105134782198631142012-06-29T00:28:04.928-04:002012-06-29T00:28:04.928-04:00Actually, this is controversial. Watabe et al. (2...Actually, this is controversial. Watabe et al. (2000) reported premaxillary teeth in an SVP abstract for new material, but Vickers-Rich et al. (2002) state unambiguously that the premaxilla of PIN 3907/1 (the famous skull) has denticles but not true teeth.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-33854400217274975572012-06-26T11:36:14.799-04:002012-06-26T11:36:14.799-04:00Oh. Now that's sad. I've always liked Drom...Oh. Now that's sad. I've always liked Dromiceiomimus. (Yet I do like even more LITC's constant reminder that I'm lacking quite a lot in dinoknowledge)Chromatic Faunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107262455707627599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-53976698169870591872012-06-25T22:00:03.655-04:002012-06-25T22:00:03.655-04:00What a trip down memory lane! I almost (literally)...What a trip down memory lane! I almost (literally) loved that book to death. . .it was the first "real" dinosaur book I had (must have gotten it not long after it was published). The pages are scribbled with my notes and slightly stained where I used the skeletals as templates for my own clay dinosaurs. The whole mass is held together by a generous quantity of duct tape, and still has a place of honor on my bookshelf at the museum.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171447306687358664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-50973702364189973952012-06-21T03:36:57.517-04:002012-06-21T03:36:57.517-04:00Yes it has.Yes it has.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-43441548032087291562012-06-20T23:52:41.338-04:002012-06-20T23:52:41.338-04:00Has not Dromiceiomimus been sunk into Ornithomimus...Has not <i>Dromiceiomimus</i> been sunk into <i>Ornithomimus</i> since? I may be mistaken though (more than likely).Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-8567708933606710872012-06-20T23:44:12.224-04:002012-06-20T23:44:12.224-04:00Wow, I loved gazing upon those images again, in so...Wow, I loved gazing upon those images again, in so many glorious pixels, and I loved gazing upon those I had never seen. Thank you for all that. Precious stuff.<br /><br />(Just for the record: the Ornithomimus is in fact a Dromiceiomimus.)Chromatic Faunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107262455707627599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-86674980505530449482012-06-20T20:52:20.870-04:002012-06-20T20:52:20.870-04:00I used to own this book - it's partly why I...I used to own this book - it's partly why I'm such a dino-nut today.alaskanimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299289638870579061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-50707666191453041282012-06-19T07:15:30.228-04:002012-06-19T07:15:30.228-04:00I bet we could do a whole post devoted solely to r...I bet we could do a whole post devoted solely to rip-offs of that <i>Tyrannosaurus.</i> Just on Etsy.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-70018029653679347612012-06-18T23:41:07.764-04:002012-06-18T23:41:07.764-04:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-20677737201346081522012-06-18T23:40:24.743-04:002012-06-18T23:40:24.743-04:00I shall! (And I'm sure Marc is indeed planning...I shall! (And I'm sure Marc is indeed planning to show those skeletal spreads in later posts :D)Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-13683246976774095992012-06-18T23:12:40.253-04:002012-06-18T23:12:40.253-04:00It's now known that Avimimus had premaxillary ...It's now known that <i>Avimimus</i> had premaxillary teeth, though this information appears to be quite obscure.Albertonykushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345306530772709064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-41780523125496743222012-06-18T23:11:38.581-04:002012-06-18T23:11:38.581-04:00Ooh, yes. This was the first serious dino book tha...Ooh, yes. This was the first serious dino book that I got. I loved how Sibbick's illustrations made them seem like real animals but, as Craig said, the dinoramas are only half the story, er... art - I also loved the large detailed skeletals. And I appreciated the colour-coded phylo-trees. Plus, there was a decent amount of text to supplement the visuals.<br /><br />Apart from the <i>Spinosaurus</i> which looks like it has to keep on accelerating lest it fall over, this is a book to be fondly remembered rather than made fun of (I know you weren't doing that). Sure, there is a distinct lack of feathers and a lot of the theropods have bunny hands, but I think it compares very favourably with other dino books of its time or even ten years later.<br /><br />That does look like an impossibly wide stance for the <i>Tyrannosaurus</i>, tho'.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-69664598486810827392012-06-18T19:15:23.753-04:002012-06-18T19:15:23.753-04:00Ah this one brings back the memories. This was THE...Ah this one brings back the memories. This was THE Dinosaur book of my childhood, and most of my early scientifically accurate knowledge came from its pages...traumadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387315561167115253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-11119617691897770672012-06-18T19:13:45.058-04:002012-06-18T19:13:45.058-04:00Do pick it up Niroot! What this post doesn't s...Do pick it up Niroot! What this post doesn't show is the true format of the book. First is a collage of several animals, followed by a skeletal/bone spread, and than heavy writing page full of black and white drawings (like the Spinosaur).<br /><br />The skeletals are still useful in the modern era. While not 100% accurate, I find, the skull drawings especially, they are a good supplementation of modern sources (Hartman and... *shudder* Paul)traumadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387315561167115253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-40223195221307547722012-06-18T18:19:11.456-04:002012-06-18T18:19:11.456-04:00"It might sound daft, but such skill is too o..."It might sound daft, but such skill is too often lacking in commercial palaeoart, especially in the dire CG clag that stuffs so many books these days."<br /><br /><br />My thoughts exactly. I just don't feel as engaged by looking at most modern depictions as I do with Sibbick's older pictures, independent of accuracy.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for posting these!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-46052387334536657702012-06-18T18:08:26.697-04:002012-06-18T18:08:26.697-04:00For more info about that, see Stevens 2006 ( http:...For more info about that, see Stevens 2006 ( http://reocities.com/Athens/Bridge/4602/theropod_binocularvision.pdf ).Hadiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805346627826158173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-75857537371707740672012-06-18T17:57:37.370-04:002012-06-18T17:57:37.370-04:00Hooray for nostalgia! I used to have a poster of t...Hooray for nostalgia! I used to have a poster of this book's anachronistic assemblages.<br /><br />"In spite of their being closely related, the troodonts have aged somewhat better than the dromaeosaurs, even if they are naked. I love the startled, birdlike expression on the face of the Saurornithoides in the background here, and Sibbick seems particularly skilled at making the animals' claws appear suitably vicious."<br /><br />That reminds me of a question: Would troodonts have been able to fold their killing claws back the way Sibbick drew them? I always thought that looked cool.<br /><br />"Send in the 'carnosaurs'!"<br /><br />You forgot to mention the appearance of a "Sparkleraptor" ( http://babbletrish.deviantart.com/gallery/24953321#/d2xuijl ) in the form of Archaeopteryx (or something similar).<br /><br />"(including a famous painting depicting one attacking a Diplodocus)"<br /><br />That's still 1 of my favorite pieces of dino art ever. Despite the nostalgia of Sibbick's older art, I prefer his 90s art (a lot of which appears in 1 of my favorite dino books ever: http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Museum-Book-Dinosaurs/dp/184442183X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339895483&sr=1-4 ) b/c of how much better he got by modern standards.<br /><br />"OK, OK, this next one's just here because it's unfortunate. 1980s Spinosaurus ahoy! Looks like he's skipping home from school."<br /><br />What's weird about that is that the way it's running looks more like what you'd expect from a lizard running bipedally than from a theropod.<br /><br />"Another reminder that 1985 was a long, long time ago and if you were alive then you're very old by now (yeah, you heard, gramps): scaly, egg-splattering Oviraptor."<br /><br />Don't forget about its nose horn. Ah, memories.<br /><br />"(including Dinosaurs! magazine in the early '90s, which Norman was involved with)"<br /><br />What's weird about that is that despite including a lot of real Sibbick art, there are also a lot of Sibbick art rip-offs (E.g. Both the aforementioned Allosaurus & Coelophysis).Hadiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805346627826158173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34118501653424197952012-06-18T17:11:35.733-04:002012-06-18T17:11:35.733-04:00How did the Allosaurus see forward? It looks like ...How did the Allosaurus see forward? It looks like it has a ridge in front of its eye.Scott Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239391361895323698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-82813896737756451332012-06-18T15:11:11.463-04:002012-06-18T15:11:11.463-04:00One of the 'great masters' of palaeo art. ...One of the 'great masters' of palaeo art. I have many of these illustrations in various volumes (who doesn't?), but I'm very tempted to get this book too, now.Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.com