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Tag Archives: Integument
Paleontologica Infographica
It occurs to me I need a single place to collate all my various “infographic” art pieces discussing a variety of topics, so here we go. Brief summaries of their content when not obvious will follow. Continue reading
A Brief Moment in Kulinda
Not that long ago, a new fossil locality was discovered in Kulinda, Chita (Chininskaya Oblast), Russia, and it has the potential to confirm a recent hypothesis: that the filamentous integument of many theropods, found apparently in some ceratopsian dinosaurs, may … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Taphonomy, Taxonomy
Tagged Daurosaurus, Feathers, Filaments, Integument, Kulindadromeus, Kulindapteryx, Lepidocheirosaurus, Ornithischians, Russia, TLS
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Facial Expressions
The various and many ways to make a “cheek,” and the various facial tissues for which we have primary (preserved remains) and secondary (inferred) evidence for, in fossil sauropsidans. (These images are CC-BY-ND-NC. Please don’t take them without permission.)
Posted in Art, Biological Comparison, Biology, Biomechanics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Birds, Cheeks in Dinosaurs, Diet, Integument, Lips, Lizards and Snakes, Ornithischians, Uromastyx
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What To Do With Crests – Updated
Yesterday — on April 1st, which is about as warning bells as they come — I uploaded a post with a host of new art. This post is as much an admission that that post, somewhat subtly, is a joke. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Philosophy, Reconstruction
Tagged Facial Reconstruction, Integument, Restoration and Reconstruction
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What To Do With Crests
Over the course of looking at the new specimen of Edmontosaurus (Bell et al., 2014) sporting an odd accretion, I had an epiphany: The “cock’s comb” was, in fact, merely a segment of the neck, falsely and purposely isolated by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Facial Reconstruction, Integument, Restoration and Reconstruction
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A Saw in the Jaw of a Sea-God
The Devonian was a time of wonder and mystique. The Age of Fishes, it capped the rise of vertebrates and heralded the rise of skeletal diversity. Fish in this age began to inch towards the shore; some would have crawled … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Comparison
Tagged Arthrodires, Biting, Facial Reconstruction, Integument, Jaws, Lips, Placoderms, Speculation
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Something About Overbites
Some animals have overbites. it’s fairly common enough that animals (and humans) are born where the upper and lower dentition do not precisely match. Sometimes this alignment can be severe and affects diet. Other times, it is hardly noticeable. But … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Billfish, Chas Knight Was a Genius, Chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera, Eurhinosaurus, Facial Reconstruction, Ichthyodectiforms, Ichthyosaurs, Integument, Overbites, Paleopleurosaurus poseidoniae, Proterosuchids, Proterosuchus fergusi, Restoration and Reconstruction, Rodents, Saurodontids, tyrannosaurs
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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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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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Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff 