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Tag Archives: Lips
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
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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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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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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Yesterday is Today is Tomorrow is Yesterday
Check this out! On the heels of their book, All Yesterdays, John Conway and Memo Koseman are hosting a contest for illustration much in the spirit of that book. (Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs is also hosting a contest, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Reconstruction
Tagged All Yesterdays, Cheeks in Dinosaurs, Facial Reconstruction, Lips
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Dr. Masiaka, Meet Mr. Vicious
Very short post. The full post will occur on October 31st. So what was the solution to my “mystery theropod“? Here is the first image. Seems innocent enough. But appearances are deceiving. This is Dr. Masiaka, and as one can … Continue reading
On Sauropod “Cheeks”
As SVP looms, and its contents include much interesting things, especially in several valuable studies on the soft-tissue anatomy of sauropod necks and heads — but which I won’t further discuss outside of the authors’ own discussions — I figured … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biological Comparison, Paleobiology, Reconstruction
Tagged Cheeks, Lips, Sauropods
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Memo Koseman Chides Me With Turtles, and Other Musings
So today, after spending a relaxing yesterday working on two unrelated projects (one of which was the subject of this comment-heavy post on my hypothesis on oviraptorid diet), Memo Koseman (or NemoRamjet, of DeviantArt, who is a fantastic artist, by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biological Comparison, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Cheeks in Dinosaurs, EPB, Lips, Turtles
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Cheeky Commentary on Ornithischians
In my last post on the issue of recovering the probable structure of extra-oral tissues in dinosaurs, bracketed as they are between crocs and birds, but with lacertilians and other reptiles outside of that grouping, I suggested that one important … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Biomechanics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Cheeks in Dinosaurs, Lips, Teeth
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Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff 