Category Archives: Allosauridae

Dinosaurs in the Natural History Museum of LA County

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

The annual meetings of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) usually include an evening reception with a talk open to a wider audience at the local natural history museum. Usually OK food, expensive booze, and a lot of fun is … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosaurus, Aves, Aves, Ceratopsia, Conferences, Dinopics, Dinosauria, NHM L.A., Ornithischa, Reptilia (non-archosaur), Sauropoda, SVP 2013, Theropoda, Triceratops, Tyrannosauridae | 3 Comments

Theropod Thursday 22: AMNH Allosaurus

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

After all the avian theropod it is time for a good old huge and non-avian one. Here’s the AMNH Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs Allosaurus fragilis gypsicranium (the plaster-headed subspecies of A. fragilis) Another view, which shows the plaster in all … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, AMNH, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Theropoda | 3 Comments

Theropod Thursday 15: theropods of the NHM London

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

We’ve had this one before, but it is so cool that I’ll start this post with it: Allosaurus peeking around the pillars in the NHM Dinosaur Hall.

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, NHM London, Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus | 5 Comments

HNM London – analysis of a minor disappointment

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Last post I noted that I was disappointed by the Natural History Museum in London. Now, I want to expound on this a bit, and shows you a bunch of nice photos. As I said, it is a great museum! … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Ceratopsia, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, historical buildings etc., NHM London, non-palaeo, Ornithischa, rants, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda | 26 Comments

Places I’ve been, dinosaurs I’ve seen 5.1: SMA

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Today, let’s check out the Sauriermuseum Aathal! Previously, I already posted pics of their wonderful Camarasaurus specimen “E.T.”, but the SMA has much more to offer. In the words of Martin Sander, head of the Research Group on Sauropod Gigantism, … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinosauria, Sauriermuseum Aathal, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Stegosauria, Stegosaurus | Leave a comment

more of Urzeit Park

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Back from a blogging hiatus owed to a sinus operation (I’ll live), here’s more on the Urzeit Park. It makes some kind of sense to go through the park era by era, after all that’s how it is structured. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, Giraffatitan, Kentrosaurus, Ornithischa, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Stegosauria, Theropoda | 18 Comments

Theropod Thursday 7: AMNH Allosaurus

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Dave Hone has posted a bunch of Allosaurus mounts and skull lately, but now promised that end that spell. I guess it is time for me to add another one that Dave didn’t include.

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Theropoda | 2 Comments

Theropod Thursday 6: the Big Al(losaurus) that maybe wasn’t

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Confusing title, I admit. But it makes perfect sense 😉 When I visited the UMNH (previous posts here and here) they had a skeletal mount on visit. I didn’t post any pictures of it before because I was too lazy … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Theropoda, UMNH | 3 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

Dinopic of the day 16: SMA beauties 2

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Today, some appeasement for the theropod lovers I shafted in the last post by showing only a duck’s butt. The Sauriermusem Aathal has a bunch of great dinosaur skeletons, some of which I mentioned previously. Among them is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Sauriermuseum Aathal, Theropoda | 3 Comments

Places I’ve been, dinosaurs I’ve seen 4: The SMA’s dig in Wyoming 1

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

During my great US trip in 2003 I visited many museums and spent a lot of time camping in the Rockies, Shoshone National Forest, Yellowstone, and many other places. The highlight, however, was volunteering at the dinosaur dig of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Camarasaurus, Dinosauria, landscapes, non-palaeo, Ornithischa, Sauriermuseum Aathal, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, Stegosauria, Stegosaurus, Theropoda, Travels | 7 Comments

Places I’ve been, dinosaurs I’ve seen 3.2: Denver 2

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

OK, so aside from Ken Carpenter pulling remains of a brutalized Allosaurus and the perpetrator’s weapon out of a drawer at me, what else is there to say about the Denver Museum of Nature and Science? First of all I … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinosauria, DMNS, Hadrosauridae, Mammalia, Ornithischa, Stegosauria, Theropoda, Travels | 1 Comment

Places I’ve been, dinosaur I’ve seen 2

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Previously, I started describing my coolest-ever summer trip, which involved a stay in NY at the AMNH. There’s much more to show and tell about the AMNH exhibitions than I could fit into my two previous posts, but continuing that … Continue reading →

Posted in Allosauridae, Allosaurus, Dinosauria, Mammalia, Theropoda, Travels, UMNH | 4 Comments