tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post8225337503240313616..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Dinosaurier Trading CardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-44408366990296445102011-04-07T17:24:38.188-04:002011-04-07T17:24:38.188-04:00That "Spinosaurus" reminds me of a simil...That "Spinosaurus" reminds me of a similar CG illustration from a terrible dinosaur book I came across. They took a Dimetrodon "clipart" and just very slightly made it rear up into the air, labeling it as a Spinosaurus.Wyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769433759525344912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-49361047509395048052011-04-07T02:32:13.218-04:002011-04-07T02:32:13.218-04:00And the Spinosaurus isn't even scaling correct...And the Spinosaurus isn't even scaling correctly, with the spines far short of the maximum preserved length of nearly 8ft!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-15606336875975776252011-04-06T21:10:30.127-04:002011-04-06T21:10:30.127-04:00I see where you're coming from... but I'm ...I see where you're coming from... but I'm afraid that's not the mistake they made. The reason I'm sure of it is that the set includes Dimetrodon, as well:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/anatotitan/5589348800/in/photostream/<br /><br />I'll edit the post to reflect this, though.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-86954145752222280432011-04-06T18:37:00.683-04:002011-04-06T18:37:00.683-04:00Give them more credit on Spino there! Clearly thi...Give them more credit on Spino there! Clearly this was an artist's depiction of Dimetrodon, especially going by the to-human scale image, which should be the same scale as the Allosaurus, one given a 12m length. What obviously happened is that someone on the team knew they'd get blasted for including Dimetrodon in a Dinosaur collection, so they scrambled to fix the error as best they could without commissioning more art. :)<br /><br />I was wondering why there was no comment on the rarely-depicted swimming stegosaurus behavior, but what I thought was water appears to just be creases on the image. Disappointing! :(gsilverfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679481241225222043noreply@blogger.com