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Category Archives: Science Reporting
Pegomastax and the “Echinodonts”
In my last post, I mentioned Sereno’s monster — a 225-page monograph on Heterodontosauridae — and some of its variant findings. I am especially interested in the features discussed about the “echinodonts,” a small grouping of probably plesiomorphically small, “simple-toothed” … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paleontology, Reconstruction, Science Reporting
Tagged Heterodontosaurs, Jaws, Teeth
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Sereno’s Monster
Dr. Paul Sereno hasn’t published much in the last few years. Apparently the reason is because he just finished a monograph on Heterodontosauridae … a real monster at 225 pages. I haven’t the time to review this yet, but there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology, Science Reporting, Terminology
Tagged Heterodontosaurs, Jaws, Nomenclature, Teeth
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Not Up, But Down
While I may wail on Linnaean Systematics and the issues with ranks, and the use and potential loss of the concept of the “genus” as an entity separate from that of the species, some authors out there are going at … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Science Reporting, Taxonomy
Tagged Linnaean Systematics, Snakes, Systematics
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Tyrannosaurus Publicity
There’s a trope in media whereby using a famous figure for advertisement, viewers have a tendency to associate that figure instead of anything the advertisement might actually contain. Celebrity sells. In American comics, for example, this is called “Wolverine Publicity,” … Continue reading
The Squirrel Imitator
Ok, so I get why Oliver Rauhut and crew named their new theropod dinosaur, a purported megalosauroid, Sciurumimus albersdoerferi. It has all the appreciative charm of being cute, fluffy, and the specimen is preserved with its tail up and over … Continue reading
Oviraptorids and Cranial Morphometrics 2: Reloaded
Hot on the heels of my post on how cranial morphometric analyses of theropods end up excluding oviraptorids from them, a new paper ups the ante. (Of course, I do not mean that these papers actively exclude oviraptorids, but rather … Continue reading
Posted in Morphometrics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Science Reporting
Tagged Birds, Oviraptorids, Oviraptorosaurs, Theropods
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Oviraptorids and Cranial Morphometrics
I’ve been lax in feeding the biomechanics demon [n1] with tasty brain food, and extremely lax in talking about a paper that was published quite some time ago, but is still quite interesting. A new paper from the author (on … Continue reading
Posted in Biomechanics, Morphometrics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Science Reporting
Tagged Jaws, Oviraptorids, Oviraptorosaurs
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More Beaks! – The Barber of Sevi–I Mean, Cuenca
Europejara olcadesorum, a new tapejarid pterosaur, has been described from the famous Las Hoyas lagerstät of Cuenca, Spain. This specimen is unique because, aside from the lagerstätten of Liaoning Province in China, tapejarids in the broad sense are known only … Continue reading
Long Fluffy Tails
While the news is abuzz about new things in the paleontological circles (a new South American tyrannosaurine [which has yet to be published], a new tapejaroid pterosaur from the fantastic beds of Las Hoyas, Spain named Europejara olcadesorum) there is … Continue reading
Jaime A. Headden
