Category Archives: Plateosaurus

Plateo-bot 4: getting real

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

The Plateosaurus robot was finally going from maquette to the real thing (i.e., the full size model) when Robby Gilbert sent these pictures:

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Plateo-bot, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 3 Comments

Plateo-bot part 1

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

On June 8 of last year I received an email from one Robby Gilbert. Robby is the Prehistoric Display Advisor for Billings Productions Inc., a company that makes robotic dinosaurs. Now, robotic dinosaurs – I feel quite strongly about them, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Plateo-bot, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 3 Comments

More bloodshed: eviscerating “Die Zeit”

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

“Die Zeit” is a German weekly “highly respected for its quality journalism.” [wikipedia] That doesn’t stop it from publishing un-fact-checked utter nonsense. Time to hone the edge of my verbal katana! The Dec. 8, 2011 issue had an article on … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinopics, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, rants, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda | 9 Comments

An unintentional, plateosaurid Christmas present

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Someone unintentionally gave me a Christmas present, and it has Plateosaurus in it – what more can I ever want?

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, papers, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, SMNS | 1 Comment

Paleonturology 2011

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

This morning, I received an email that triggered three different reaction in about 9 seconds: “Must be SPAM”, “Must be a practical joke”, and finally “WOW!” What’s this about?

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

Bloodbath part 2: more outrageous stupidity in the EB Illustrated Science Library series

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Previously, I limited my dissection of the Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library series to the preview of the “Reptiles and Dinosaurs” volume you can get from their website. Now, I’ll bring you more of the stupidity and idiocy, the sloppy … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Douglas Adams, Plateosaurus, rants, Sauropodomorpha | 3 Comments

Plateosaurus and taxonomic nitpicking

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Recently out is a great paper redescribing the skull of AMNH FARB 6810 (link is to free download), one of the best specimens of Plateosaurus. The authors are Albert Prieto-Márquez and Mark A. Norell (P-M&N, to save me some typing … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", AMNH, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 7 Comments

The MFN Berlin 1: Introduction

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, my host institution, is one of the Big Five natural history museums in the world. And whereas the other four on the list, the AMNH, NMNH, NHM and MNHN, are well known to most people … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Aves, Dicraeosaurus, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Elaphrosaurus, Giraffatitan, Iguanodontia, Kentrosaurus, MfN Berlin, Ornithopoda, Plateosaurus, Pterosauria, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Stegosauria, Theropoda | 3 Comments

How to……1: structure a paper

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

I don’t intend to write lengthy, exhaustive tutorials the way the SVPOW guys do. They are much better at it than I am, and I’d be covering a lot of double ground. Also, I bet I’d bore most of my … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, How to, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 5 Comments

It’s time for more Plateosaurus!

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

I can hardly believe that I have neglected to post Plateosaurus stuff for nearly three weeks by now! No, I am not mentally ill, but apparently close to 🙂 So, assuming you all have read all my papers on this … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, Tübingen | 13 Comments

Even more Dinopic of the day 1

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

the rest of the useful pics of F33 – sadly I only had a pretty bad digital camera available back than, one that had real trouble focusing through the glass. F33 in dorsal view, anterior trunk. Note the vertically places … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinopics, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 3 Comments

More of “Dinopic of the day 1”

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

I posted a photograph of F33, a specimen of Plateosaurus engelhardti from the SMNS, and promised more. Here goes.   even more to come – this is really an amazingly well-preserved specimen!

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 2 Comments

dinosaurpalaeo’s header

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

before you ask: The header (that’s the pic above all pages and posts on this blog) is – obviously – a dinosaur skeleton. But not just any dinosaur, and not just any skeleton. And certainly not just a photo I … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, site stuff | 1 Comment

Dinopic of the day 1: guess what?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

The Dinopics category will see irregular posts of pictures about which there is not much to say, or for which there is so much to say that I don’t have time at the time of posting. Here’s the first, decidedly … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinopics, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha | 7 Comments