tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post7672587324587771913..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: The fifth and final part of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of DinosaursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-67585069381207218942012-08-22T13:45:19.333-04:002012-08-22T13:45:19.333-04:00"You've got to hand it to tyrannosaurs - ..."You've got to hand it to tyrannosaurs - they know how to strike a pose. This one's somehow toppling backwards, presumably while emitting an operatic cry of intense emotional trauma and aiming an eye at the critics in the crowd as the curtain falls. A suitably dramatic finish!"<br /><br />...and then the ankylosaur yelled "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus!"<br /><br />...I had to...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-49146982526587895352012-07-17T15:20:14.909-04:002012-07-17T15:20:14.909-04:00I went into the comments to note that I have a die...I went into the comments to note that I have a die-cast metal Scelidosaurus in the exact same pose as the illustration. I note that other posters have seen this pose as well, so it may be more oft-copied than you realized!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335703640087079534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-55364971132799759542012-07-17T13:00:56.740-04:002012-07-17T13:00:56.740-04:00Funny how you consider the tail to be the most liz...Funny how you consider the tail to be the most lizardly thing about that *Scutellosaurus*. I always thought it was the head.<br /><br />I find it striking how the ankylosaurs aren't portrayed as taildraggers (though perhaps *Pinacosaurus* was) while stegosaurs and nodosaurids aren't portrayed that way. Is it the club that makes all the difference? I'm pretty sure that adds to how active they look, though. <br /><br />I have to admit something bugs me about that *Hylaeosaurus*. For some reason, I think it looks cartoony, rubbery...just somehow not right.<br /><br />As for *Scelidosaurus*, I always thought it was weird how it was placed on its own, small plate somewhere tucked away in a corner of a page (or at least that's how I remember it). Somehow it didn't strike me as being on a plate and as more of an afterthought because of it. Perhaps that's also a reason why it hasn't been copied that often? If you ask me, it should have been on a plate with *Scutellosaurus*. Wasn't *Scutellosaurus* thought to be something of a more primitive, down-sized *Scelidosaurus* anyway?BrianLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880867575515761505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-33465278521877061432012-07-17T10:03:30.639-04:002012-07-17T10:03:30.639-04:00There's a knockoff of that Scelidosaurus in th...There's a knockoff of that Scelidosaurus in the Humongous book of Dinosaurs. Like, literally...they didn't even change the pose, it's the exact same thing. You can give them credit for adding a stalking Eustreptospondylus that matches the alert expression of the Scelidosaur, though.<br /><br />On the other hand...Am I the only one wondering why there is no Ankylosaurus in the book? its like a making tyrannosaurid section without T. Rex.Durbedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617684526740529452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-72686117594030517582012-07-16T18:00:31.794-04:002012-07-16T18:00:31.794-04:00bah, where's Kentrosaurus?????
;)bah, where's Kentrosaurus?????<br /><br /><br /><br />;)Heinrich Mallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195098490352297671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-81047055250583820582012-07-16T17:41:17.684-04:002012-07-16T17:41:17.684-04:00Well, sure, not these days, but didn't even ap...Well, sure, not these days, but didn't even appear much in the 1990s whereas others, like the equally out-of-date Polacanthus, were everywhere.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-78383882341197459512012-07-16T17:38:51.430-04:002012-07-16T17:38:51.430-04:00Perhaps surprisingly given certain other restorati...<b><i>Perhaps surprisingly given certain other restorations (see below), this Scelidosaurus is a very active-looking creature, a world away from earlier restorations that gave it sprawling limbs and a dragged tail. Its alertness is particularly emphasised by the upright position of its head and neck. It's a lovely illustration, and it seems odd that this is one of the less reproduced/copied out of those in this book.</i></b><br /><br />A couple of things: (1) This picture was obviously the inspiration for a small plastic figure of _Scelidosaurus_ that I have but of which I cannot find a picture anywhere on-line... (2) It's probably not reproduced much these days because it's now known to be incorrect--<a href="http://paleochick.blogspot.com/2011/02/scelidosaurus-to-go-on-display-at.html" rel="nofollow">new specimens</a> show that the animal was really much spikier and more heavily armored than this picture shows.dinogamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959197175594052460noreply@blogger.com