Category Archives: ichnofossil

Juramuseum Eichstätt

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Heinrich Mallison

Everybody knows fossils from the Solnhofen limestones. At least one fossil. This one: the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica. (from Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license) But the Solnhofen Limestone is about much more than dinobirds, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Aquariums, Dinopics, Dinosauria, ichnofossil, Lacertilia, lower vertebrates, Solnhofen Limestone, Theropoda | 7 Comments

Adolf “Dolf” Seilacher, the Grand Old Man of trace fossil analysis, has died

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Heinrich Mallison

Last week, one of (or arguably the) greatest palaeoichnologist, Adolf Seilacher, died at the age of 89. I met him only rarely, and had little professional interaction with him, but that little makes me mourn his death more than I … Continue reading →

Posted in ichnofossil, Palaeoart, sad news, Tübingen | 5 Comments

Science preview elucidation

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Yesterday I showed you a sneak preview on some research I am doing. That triggered some rather incredulous emails and private messages, especially after I hinted in a comment that the artificial track is from Plateosaurus. After all, Plateosaurus lived … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, Digitizing, Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae, ichnofossil, Ornithischa, Ornithopoda, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, sneak previews, Theropoda, WTF? | 10 Comments

Science sneak preview

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

A sneak preview on some of the science stuff I do. The track is the type of Eubrontes (?) glenrosensis SHULER, published by Adams et al. in Palaeontologia Electronica in 2010. The toes in it – that’ll have to wait, … Continue reading →

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Mystery ichnofossils – please help!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Today, I am asking for your help! If you have a few minutes and some knowledge of archosaur track fossils please help me with a track fossil project. Here’s a figure with outline tracings of tracks. I have intentionally not … Continue reading →

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