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Dinopedia illustrations, together!
🕑 Added 2021-10-22 17:26:37 +0000 UTCFor no good reason other than that it seemed fun at the time, I opted to montage the bulk of the Dinopedia drawings I did -- and here they are (with contrast tinkered with so that they stand out more than they do as published). I personally really like these illustrations (sorry if that sounds vain, but it should be expected that artists like the illustrations they work so hard on), and most - albeit not all - of the people who've expressed an opinion seem to like them too. I thought you'd like to see the montage too! Dinopedia is now out here in the UK and I know that quite a few friends and colleagues own it (Mike Gunton at the BBC is passing one to Sir David Attenborough for me). It won't be out in North America until late November -- sorry about that, but it's beyond my control.
In other news, I haven't had time to do anything new for TetZoo recently, but I did rehash my 2011 rabbit neck article. Here it is: https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/10/18/giant-fossil-rabbit-nuralagus
Caption: at left, John Conway’s straight-necked rabbit, here as portrayed in a magazine article by Natasha Umer. At right, my own reconstruction of Nuralagus from an as-yet-incomplete mega-project (by which I mean The Big Book).
I've also just returned from time at the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth, where I was giving a Hunting Monsters lecture (part of a lecture series at the museum). It went alright (though my travel to and from Falmouth was an absolute nightmare). The talk was attended by around 40 people but was also streamed online via zoom - I think there are plans to put it online but I don't know whether it will be publicly available or only there for people who purchased tickets. I'll announce news as I have it.
With that out of the way, I'm now able to once again get back to two major pressing concerns: the Eotyrannus monograph - still not finished (because the journal requires me to jump through various hoops, things that take time I just don't have) - and the marine reptiles book. The latter is now my main area of interest and I really hope to focus on it over coming weeks. I need to start compiling cladograms!
Thanks as always for your support and help, it's really appreciated and assists me in these creative efforts. All the best.
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You know, I'm not aware of any such studies. There are statement in the palaeontological literature on how lagomorphs evolved good hearing and large ears early in their history, but none of this has specifically been linked to long ears.
It looks great! Appreciate the inclusion of the dinosauroid and other reconstructions of yesteryear
Beautiful montage! And as long as we're discussing rabbits, I've been looking for studies on the evolution and function of the rabbit long pinnae. Would you know of any references on this topic in extant species? Thanks!
