Author Archives: Heinrich Mallison

About Heinrich Mallison

I'm a dinosaur biomech guy working at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Happy birthday Kando!

Posted on May 22, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. At the Tierpark Berlin on Monday I had to go to the elephant and rhino (and siren!) house. My kids love playing in there; they have small wooden elephants you can climb and sit on, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mammal pic, Mammalia, Zoos | 1 Comment

the science behind the sneak previews part 1

Posted on May 21, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Today, I’ll finally explain a bit about the sneak previews I recently posted. All goes back to a crazy idea I had a long time ago, which I have elaborated on publicly for the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, Digitizing, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, locomotion, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, SIMM | 2 Comments

that time of year again

Posted on May 9, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Common frogs (Rana temporaria) in my garden. See instance from 2012.

Posted in Anura, lower vertebrates | 1 Comment

Another science sneak preview update

Posted on May 8, 2013

Dieser Beitrag aud Deutsch. It has been deathly quiet here, because I was desperately trying to finish my paper. It was due on April 30, and that deadline wooshed by spectacularly. However, I managed to get the thing into a … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, Biomechanics, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, locomotion, mammal models, Mammalia, Plateosaurus, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, sneak previews | 9 Comments

Science sneak preview update

Posted on April 22, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. the fiddling pays off: hind limb muscles of Plateosaurus engelhardti, with some corrections made following hints from my colleagues Vivian Allen and John R. ‘The Hutch’ Hutchinson, and with wrapping objects in. This one is ready … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, anatomy, Biomechanics, Digitizing, Dinosauria, locomotion, MfN Berlin, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, sneak previews | 1 Comment

How not to build an abstract submission webpage

Posted on April 17, 2013

It is that time of year: all palaeontologists in the English-speaking world try to predict the future, and know now what brand-new and interesting research results they will have found by late fall. That’s for submitting an abstract for the … Continue reading →

Posted in rants, SVP 2013 | 6 Comments

Theropod-Thursday 46: garden variety beasts

Posted on April 12, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Lately, I’ve been trying to do a photographic inventory of all sorts of garden-variety bird. Our garden, that is. And suddenly sheer dumb luck handed me prime photo opportunities. A Siskinvasion! Ever since a squirrel tilted … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Berlin, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda | 2 Comments

Another science sneak preview

Posted on April 11, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. fiddling with a SIMM model. I am adding the wrap objects that make sure muscles do not run through bones or other muscles. And let me tell you: it is a bother!

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, Biomechanics, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, sneak previews | 4 Comments

How not to do science

Posted on April 10, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. So there is a recent paper out in PLOS ONE by Georgi et al. They hypothesise that semicircular ducts scale closely with head size, testing this on dinosaurs. What’s a semicircular canal? Read up on it … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, rants, Sauropodomorpha | 6 Comments

Palaeontology of SW Germany 3.1.19: Hauff and still no end in sight

Posted on April 8, 2013

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. This part of the Palaeontology of SW Germany series has arrived at a deep low in the number of vertebrates shown, and it is time I fight my way through the rest of the spineless stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Hauff, Holzmaden, spineless stuff (invertebrates), Travels | 1 Comment