Category Archives: Dinosauria

the science behind the sneak previews part 1

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

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

Another science sneak preview update

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

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 by

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

Theropod-Thursday 46: garden variety beasts

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

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 by

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 by

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

Theropod Thursday 45: a beauty

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Recently, there has been lot of debate about theropod feathers. Aside from another BANDit* paper and its evisceration, there was the “science ruined dinosaurs” debate, with some people claiming that feathered theropods are simply not scary … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda | 3 Comments

Tits

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. No, not what you think! Today’s post is about members of the family Paridae. This family is most famous for the bat- and bird-brain-eating Zombie Tits, usually known as Great Tits (Parus major). Great Tits are … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda | 1 Comment

Common cranes in the wild

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. Yesterday, I had much better luck photographing birds in then wild than the day before. I got the closest I have ever been to Common Cranes and gulls in the wild – although I need to … Continue reading →

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

Theropod Thursday 44: mammal-devouring fail

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. The London Zoo has spread over a neighbouring channel, creating an area in which a bunch of birds are housed. Some in cages, some in the huge Snowdon Aviary. It houses some cranes, some ducks, green … Continue reading →

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