This is a caudal vertebra from the middle of the tail of an ostrich, LACM Bj342: The middle row shows it in anterior, left lateral and posterior views; above and below the anterior view are the dorsal… more →
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week #AcademicSpringwrote 1 week ago: From The Dinosaur Heresies. Part 1. … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This is a caudal vertebra from the middle of the tail of an ostrich, LACM Bj342: The middle row show … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Last night London and I spent the night in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM), … more →
wrote 6 months ago: One of the ways I try to understand science is by using a technique I learned in high school, from m … more →
wrote 8 months ago: PDF: Mejorar el factor de utilización de los recursos locales de agua mientras se materializa un nue … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Caudal pneumaticity in saltasaurines. Cerda et al. (2012: fig. 1). Earlier this month I was amazed t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is the third post in a series on neural spine bifurcation in sauropods, inspired by Woodruff an … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This year, I missed The Paleo Paper Challenge over on Archosaur Musings — it was one of hundre … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This morning, very early in the morning, my husband and I arrived at the surgery center to have my c … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Everybody knows what the hippocampus is for: memory. And…maybe something about anxiety or depression … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In a comment on the initial Shunosaurus tail-club post, Jaime Headden pointed out the passage in the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: A comment by Charles Epting on the recent article about self-publication led me to check the relevan … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In a comment on an earlier article, What’s the deal with your wacky postparapophyses, Shunosaurus?, … more →
wrote 3 years ago: In color, this time, with multiple views, thanks to Xing et al. (2009). They also did a finite eleme … more →
wrote 3 years ago: For various arcane reasons, the SV-POW!sketeers are all neck-deep in work, so the blog may actually … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Introduction Compared to other tissues, the brain is extremely dependent on a stable and efficient b … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Just when you think you’ve got the world figured out, nature throws a curve ball. When you loo … more →
wrote 3 years ago: UPDATE December 3, 2009 I screwed up, seriously. Tony Thulborn writes in a comment below to correct … more →
wrote 3 years ago: After a completely barren 2008, this year is turning out to be a good one for me in terms of publica … more →