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  1. This thread explores the light hearted history of the dinosaurs in the public psyche. A visually nostalgic tour of the evolution of the very popular toy, the plastic dinosaur . Focusing on film, illustration, sculpture, vintage photography and of course our prehistoric plastic playmates. I hope it invokes some very happy memories from our childhoods Story starts here, Megalosaurus jawbone - in 1824. It was acquired by William Buckland (1784-1856), For the University of Oxford, after being found in a slate quarry in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire. The names of of both Megalosaurus and Dinosaur were coined by Richard Owen. In the UK in 1974 the Megalosaurus figure by Invicta Plastics was the best selling museum dinosaur. The first ever dinosaurs sculptures exhibited in the world are the fantastic Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. Displaying a series of sculptures of extinct animals. However, these are very misguided to modern standards, housed in London’s Crystal Palace, the sculptures were designed by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins under the scientific direction of Richard Owen.
  2. Heyhey! It's that good time of the year, Christmas! And boy, have Universal granted us an almighty gift! It's a sneak peek into the new Jurassic World film: JWorld Dominion ! I won't spoil anything so you can watch it yourself, but it looks pretty cool... Now, I'm assuming you all know the basis of this film, and if you don't, well, it's already been announced by them, and explained in the last Jurassic World, but, still, out of courtesy, I will hide this behind a white text wall! Highlight the text below if you already know, or want to. Don't worry if you don't, it's honestly not a spoiler, I just know people like to go into it not knowing a thing! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, in the previous film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the deeno dinos get released towards the end, and we see them begin to settle in to the USA. The basis of Dominion is quite simply that they are living among us, which, seems pretty cool of a concept!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And, here's what I gathered from the trailer. First of all, the sound effects were fricking awesome! Those pterosaurs sounded absolutely gorgeous, and the CGI was quite something. However, there was one thing. ONE THING... Y'all remember this thread? Oh, when will it end!? The new prologue features a very pretty looking Oviraptor, who is pictured... I can barely bring myself to say it, but here we go. HUNTING EGGS!!! Oh dear, poor little beastie. Film looks super good though, can't wait to watch it! June 2022 is going to be amazing.
  3. Jurassic Park - the film we all know and love. The film that featured heavily in my childhood, and, I'm sure many of yours' too. Starring Sam Neill as the dry-humoured, child-hating Alan Grant; Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm, the chaos-theory 'rockstar'; Laura Dern as the strong, independent Ellie Sattler; and the late Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, owner of the park. Not to mention the host of other important characters, such as Wu, Dennis, Mr Arnold, and Robert Muldoon, the raptor man - played by Bob Peck, who sadly also passed away. Need I say the synopsis of the film? Hammond builds a theme park for dinosaurs, and invites Ellie, Alan and Ian to the park, to get their input. They meet Muldoon, who talks to them about how smart the raptors are, and a tropical storm comes in, destroying the circuits. Dennis then shuts down some of the park, to steal some embryos to sell. Alan and Ian, along with Lex and Tim, the children, are in an electric ride taking them around the park, when the car shuts down, in front of the t-rex exhibit. The t-rex breaks out, Ian doesn't die, but remains unconscious, Lex, Tim and Alan get thrown into the exhibit. Ellie tries to restart the electronics with Arnold, Muldoon and Hammond, from the main staff area of the park. Muldoon states that in order to restart the power, they will have to let the raptors out... Dun dun dunnnn! Etc etc etc, as you can tell, I've seen it many times, and some of you will have, as well. Ooh, not to mention the absolute glorious special effects work! 1993, and they have absolute beautiful animatronics - Rexy Animatronics - YouTube - and sound effects - Rexy Roar - YouTube. Anyways anyways, before I turn back into a child, and watch it for the billionth time, let's go onto the real topic here. Jurassic Park: help or hindrance? The original title was going to be "Jurassic Park - good or evil?", but God forbid I call this masterpiece evil, and, I don't want to sound like modern news stories... We all know how they 'interpret' palaeontological news... Hindrance: You've probably seen lots of things floating around in the world, about how the film has indeed, 'tarnished' the dinosaur media, flooding it with fantastical ideas and creatures. Take Rexy, for example. My signature even says this quote: "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!". Rexy is a girl, but, if you were being attacked by a dinosaur, I don't think you'd necessarily remember that, you'd be more terrified! I digress... This implies that Tyrannosaurus rex's vision was incredibly poor, when, in reality, rex is known (as much as you can be certain of in a prehistoric beast!) to have eyesight up to 10 times better than that of an eagle's - with an eagle having 8 times better than hours... 80 times better than ours! Either we have really really poor eyesight, or Jurassic Park is just plain wrong there. However, Rexy's height is correct: 17 feet to the actual 12 - 20 feet. Now, onto the velociraptors, the main antagonist of Jurassic Park... In the film, they're incredibly intelligent. While this isn't entirely wrong, as Dromaeosaurids were among the smartest of dinosaurs), they were likely no smarter than rabbits - more stupid than dogs. Now, I don't know if you guys have ever seen a Labrador, but mine is as thick as a brick! It's good he's so lovely, otherwise he'd have not much going for him! (disclaimer: I love him more than anything, so I'm going to stop slandering him now!) Goodness, I digress, again! Unlike Rexy, their size is, well... Fanciful. In reality, Velociraptor reached 1.8 metres (nearly 6 foot) long, whereas, uhm... In the film? They're 6 foot tall, not long... That's 5 metres long (16.4 foot), vs 1.8 metres (6 foot)... Accurate! Velociraptor Comparison - just gonna slide this link in here - it's quite entertaining how much they differ. And, now, arguably the biggest point out of the whole hindrance case: scales vs feathers... So, I'm not sure how up to speed everyone reading this is with dinos, but, therapods are now known to have feathered skin, not completely scaly like a crocodylomorph has. And I know there are many eager croc fans out there, who might claim that they're better than snakes (which they are), and dinosaurs (which they're not)... 3rd digression, goodness me! Where was I? Ah yes, therapods didn't have completely feathered skin though, tails and legs were often scaled. About 4 years ago, I don't know if any of you remember, the media absolutely sung the praises of Jurassic Park, after a few tiny chunks of featherless T-rex skin came to light, with titles like "Jurassic Park was right all along", or "Scaly T-rex it is", or "Endless debate finally over". Yeah... No. Feathered therapods are here to stay - albeit in the fossil record! Help: This feels kind of like a court case now - got to have a balanced opinion! You may be, and probably are, wondering what on earth could go here. Well, I certainly, as well as many others, were drawn to palaeontology through dinosaurs, especially in the media like this. Learning anything scientific about them, obviously, shocked me, as to how the films could be so wrong. This might drive others away, but not me. So, if you count me as a benefit, then Jurassic Park is good! Joking, joking. One can't help but imagine the amount of people Jurassic Park lured into palaeontology. Conclusion: Woooo, you reached the conclusion, good job! Am I saying that to me, or to you? Who knows! In conclusion, Jurassic Park has undoubtedly caused a lot of damage to mainstream ideas about palaeontology - for example, excavation only being chipping away at rock in the Nevada desert, or the depiction of dinosaurs, however, it has also raised awareness (for want of a better phrase) for this branch of science, and brought countless people into our communities. Also, it's just entertained millions and millions of people, and, by my count, a smile is a win. So, help, or hindrance? That's really for you to decide. On a species-per-species basis, way more damage than good, but on a generalised view? That's more balanced, and harder to decide. Cheers for reading, hoped you enjoyed!
  4. Hi everyone, Last year we visited a dinosaur show (I believe something like "DinoExpo") in our area in the Alsace (France), where they screened a film about the meteor-strike that killed the dinosaurs. It was spoken in French (though could of course have been voiced-over) and I hadn't seen it before. However, my wife, who normally isn't overly interested in anything dinosaur liked it a lot, to the extent of asking me afterwards whether I could find it so she could finish watching it. As I don't know where to start on it, I thought I'd ask here... So, the documentary's most defining features I remember: 1. It's a 3D animation 2. The topic is the timeline of the impact of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs 3. This timeline is used to explain events that occurred around the world immediately prior and immediately following the impact on an hour by hour pace 4. There seemed to be a greater emphasis on Mongolian dinosaurs than most documentaries I've seen Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
  5. I recently acquired this nice algae specimen from one of the many Chinese Cambrian lagerstatten (Hongjingshao fm). The algae is preserved as a film on the shale, and unfortunately the shale is quite flaky. Several pieces of the lighter gray matrix have flaked off already, and there are quite a few other areas that look like they could fall off with the slightest bump. I can go ahead and glue the pieces that have fallen off back on, but I'd like to prevent the rest from coming off. However, I'm worried that the algae would quickly wash away if liquid touched it, especially something as harsh as acetone (if consolidated using standard methods). This is certainly the case with many fossils from similar formations. Do I have any options here?
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