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Tag Archives: Dinosaurs
Herbivores All the Way Down
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a revolution in the way dinosaurs were conceived to have evolved occurred, in which a basal stock of croc-ish animals (this was during the “thecodont origin of … everything (?)” phase of archosaur relationship … Continue reading
I’m Just Gonna Leave These Here….
In the interests of open sourcing, the following skeletal reconstructions and descriptions are CC-BY. This means they are entirely open-access, and you may do whatever you wish with them so long as you attribute the material to me. You do … Continue reading
Pneumatic Air Sacs in Dinosaurs
Following all that work I’ve been doing on anatomy in oviraptorids, it should not come as a surprise that I am looking for ways to effectively represent this amassed data in digestible chunks. I don’t always want to write novellas … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction, Terminology
Tagged Birds, Dinosaurs, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorids, Pneumaticity, Pterosaurs
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The Enfluffening
As we dig deeper into the past and our investigative techniques broaden and our perspectives with it, biological aspects of ancient life become more and more interesting. Of the most visual of these is the presence of non-scaly integument in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Paleobiology, Reconstruction, Taphonomy
Tagged Dinosaurs, Integument, Speculation
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What Do
. . . in the parlance of those brave ladies from planet Amazonia. If it seems my content has been sparing it is because it has been. But I have been producing, and vigorously so, all this time. A lot … Continue reading
SVP in North Carolina — Maybe Next Year, in LA
This year’s annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) just recently ended, with from what I hear was another smashing banquet and after-party. Most people usually get smashed in one way or another Saturday night as the banquet … Continue reading
A Mystery, Theropod-Style
As before, give me an idea what you think this guy/gal is, and later (maybe around one week later) I will give my answer. You can tell I went bonkers on the integument; ignore it as just a matter of … Continue reading
The Demon of the Chinle
Very rarely do you get to just shove your hand deep into the Mythology Pool and pull out a name like Daemonosaurus.
Posted in Paleontology, Science Reporting
Tagged Dinosaur origins, Dinosaurs, Ornithischians
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Spinosaurus – a Hint
So last year, I illustrated a series of vertebrae into a novel arrangement, using a variety of cues to inform my decision. Note that this was done in order peek at a topic I’ve been hashing around in regards to … Continue reading
Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff 