Category Archives: Diplodocus

Digitizing entire dinosaurs 1 (digiS 2016)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by

Last year I received funding to digitize a lot of big bones of the Tendaguru collection from the Museum für Naturkunde’s Bone Cellar. This year, I was lucky to again secure funding from the digiS programme. This time, it’s for … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Berlin, Dicraeosaurus, digiS, Digitizing, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Elaphrosaurus, FUN!!!, Giraffatitan, Kentrosaurus, MfN Berlin, Ornithischa, photogrammetry, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Stegosauria, Tendaguru, Theropoda | 3 Comments

Sauropod gut check

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

In the past I have posted a few times on unusual perspectives of our MfN dinosaurs, especially the big sauropods Giraffatitan (ex Brachiosaurus), Diplodocus and Dicraeosaurus. There’s one view that I didn’t write much about before, and I won’t write … Continue reading →

Posted in Dicraeosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Giraffatitan, MfN Berlin, photography, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 10 Comments

Addendum to SV-POW!’s “SO close”

Posted on August 25, 2014 by

Mike Taylor recently sent me an email asking for a larger version of a figure I once published in a book chapter. Naturally, I promised to send it to him. But, being away from my computer, with email available only … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Biomechanics, classic CAD, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Giraffatitan, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 11 Comments

Sauropod photogrammetry – oh WOW!

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. As part of my current research project I have tried to make photogrammetric models of various dinosaur mounts, including the MfN sauropods. That’s a bother, for a number of reasons. First of all, photogrammetry and ribcages … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Digitizing, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, MfN Berlin, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 4 Comments

More unusual sauropod perspectives

Posted on September 27, 2013 by

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. This blog currently suffers (and for longer spells before has suffered) from a lack of dinosaur palaeo. Given it’s name that’s a pretty serious condition, which requires immediate treatment. So, here we go with a strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinopics, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Giraffatitan, MfN Berlin, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 7 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

Theropod Thursday 17: 3D blast from the past

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

I’ve spent a lot of time at the AMNH, considering the fact that I have resided in Europe all my life. Discounting a visit when I was ten years old, it’s been four visits totaling roughly five weeks, I guess, … Continue reading →

Posted in AMNH, Digitizing, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauridae, photogrammetry, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus | 2 Comments