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Author Archives: Jaime A. Headden
The Skulls Above Us
I figure another post about skulls would do me while I work through the projects that demand my time and take me away from doing more analysis on the basal oviraptorid Wulatelong gobiensis. Without further ado, here are some of … Continue reading
A Skull Reconstruction for Daemonosaurus
Recall my earlier post on Daemonosaurus chauliodus. At the time, I thought this was a pretty silly dinosaur to provide a reconstruction for, since for the most part I agreed with the authors’ reconstruction, it matched the skull as i … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Reconstruction
Tagged Facial Reconstruction, Lips, Restoration and Reconstruction, Teeth
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Reconstruction Deconstruction
As an artist, I view the world through an interpretive lens, not merely how I might depict a thing or what reaction I might get, but how I might see things in different lights; one has to be a little … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Birds, Is [blank] an oviraptorosaur?, Oviraptorosaurs
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A Few Things About Oviraptorosaurs
Subsequent to my post on Nick Longrich and colleagues proposed new taxonomy for an old oviraptorosaur, there has been some interest about some other oviraptorosaurs, and I felt it would be useful to write up a little post about those … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Comparison, Paleontology, Taxonomy
Tagged Is [blank] an oviraptorosaur?, Oviraptorosaurs
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An Oviraptorosaur Worth the Name?
The newest oviraptorosaur on the blog is, in fact, one of the oldest. Nick Longrich and colleagues (Ken Barnes, along with Scott Clark and Larry Millar from Paleo Field Excursions, who collect in the Big Bend area in which the … Continue reading
Frog Face Revisited
Lest my readers think I’ve become dull, an upcoming post will have this in it, and an explanation. You will have to further pardon me while I make my next few posts NOT about this. Feel free to offer commentary … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology, Art, Reconstruction
Tagged Anurognathids, Pterosaurs, Restoration and Reconstruction
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The Fisherman & the Sinosauropteryx
When dealing with research from a particular few scientists – namely, the BANDits – none of them intrigue me more than the work of Theagarten Lingham-Soliar (hereafter, TLS). It isn’t just that the subject matter is intriguing (structure of skin, … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology, Taphonomy
Tagged Feathers, Integument, Origin of Birds, Preservation, TLS
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Jaime A. Headden
