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Pterosaur ontogeny
Not too long ago, Matt Wedel had an SV-POW! post that talked about ways of diagnosing an adult vs non-adult sauropod. Inspired by this and the fact that I have recently been playing around with issue… more →
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Pterosaur ontogeny
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Not too long ago, Matt Wedel had an SV-POW! post that talked about ways of diagnosing an adult vs n … more →
On publications
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wrote 2 months ago: It can’t have escaped the notice of most readers that there is currently a rather major rumble goin … more →
Online resources for palaeontologists
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wrote 3 months ago: I was chatting to Mike Taylor the other day about Cladestore as I couldn’t find the page I needed an … more →
Dinosaurs labelled
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wrote 8 months ago: Inspired by the posters featured in this post of mine Mike Taylor has gone and made this picture com … more →
Who said what? Diving into papers
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wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday I was talking about authorship lists on papers and what this can mean, or rather imply, fo … more →
Authorship lists
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wrote 9 months ago: Some time ago I muttered something along the lines of “there are lies, damn lies and authorship list … more →
Reserving Specimens
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wrote 9 months ago: A while back I mentioned that I had sort of ‘reserved’ the new pterosaur specimens in Toyko to work … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 32: Removing the field jacket 2
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wrote 11 months ago: Some pieces come off in large sections. A block of wood is useful as a fulcrum with the screwdriver( … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 31: Pulling off the jacket 1.
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wrote 11 months ago: Dave writes: I’m nearly over my jetlag and am now settling down to the business of working at … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 30: turning the block 2
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wrote 11 months ago: The block is lifted off the table by a large overhead crane (it runs on tracks mounted near the ceil … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 29: Turning the block over 1.
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wrote 11 months ago: The new support jacket was labelled with the specimen number, again several times in case the number … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 28: The plastering begins.
wrote 11 months ago: A very hard and strong plaster called FGR 95 is mixed up. This is incredibly strong stuff- used alot … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 27: burlap additions
wrote 11 months ago: All of the exposed bone and rock was then covered up with wet tissue paper. The low spots on the bod … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 26: numbers
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wrote 11 months ago: The skull block was numbered again numerous times. Numbers on jackets have a way of fading, getting … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 25: completing the skull jacket
wrote 11 months ago: The skull was then jacketed. A picture of the skull (without separator) shows the bandaging (jacketi … more →
Darren Tanke's Gorgosaurus preparation 24: jacketing the skull
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wrote 12 months ago: The skull was then readied for jacketing. Prior to doing that, a small woden frame was measured up a … more →
Darren Tanke's Gorgosaurus preparation 23: drilling
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wrote 12 months ago: When a specimen is flipped over one has to think in reverse regarding where the specimens various pa … more →
Darren Tanke’s Gorgosaurus preparation 22: trenching the skull
wrote 12 months ago: Yes as promised, Darren is back with more Gorgosaurus stuff! For those who are new to this a review … more →
Taxonomic practice and publications
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wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to some reviews I have been writing, papers I’m working on, conversations with colleagues and … more →
