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Post by Horridus on Oct 4, 2010 15:10:21 GMT
Wow, haven't seen that one before.
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Post by Griffin on Oct 4, 2010 21:46:39 GMT
Just arrived today in the mail the brand spankin new Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul.
I just flipped through it and its pretty much the most complete and up to date book you can get right now. It includes many very new dinosaurs like Reptorex and things like Anchiornis with the right colors and stuff. Its Greg Paul so there are lips on theropods and some of his hadrosaurs have really thick necks (based off of the stains around the corythosaurus skeleton in the AMNH which is probably not really where the animal's outline was but hey whatever) and he seems to have jumped on the Horner boat considering Triceratops a juvenile form of Torosaurus and Dracorex and Stygimoloch young forms of Pachycephalosaurus.
Finally I am glad to see properly placed wrists on the cerapoda dinosaurs!
Seriously though if you are at all interested in drawing dinosaurs as accurately as possible this is THE book to get. He has skeletal drawings of pretty much everything you need as well as many muscle and tendon drawings as well complete with notes and plenty of his wonderful paintings.
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 4, 2010 22:08:36 GMT
Just arrived today in the mail the brand spankin new Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul. I just flipped through it and its pretty much the most complete and up to date book you can get right now. It includes many very new dinosaurs like Reptorex and things like Anchiornis with the right colors and stuff. Its Greg Paul so there are lips on theropods and some of his hadrosaurs have really thick necks (based off of the stains around the corythosaurus skeleton in the AMNH which is probably not really where the animal's outline was but hey whatever) and he seems to have jumped on the Horner boat considering Triceratops a juvenile form of Torosaurus and Dracorex and Stygimoloch young forms of Pachycephalosaurus. Finally I am glad to see properly placed wrists on the cerapoda dinosaurs! Seriously though if you are at all interested in drawing dinosaurs as accurately as possible this is THE book to get. He has skeletal drawings of pretty much everything you need as well as many muscle and tendon drawings as well complete with notes and plenty of his wonderful paintings. Can't wait, mine should be here on Wednesday! ;D |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 4, 2010 22:25:18 GMT
Just having a look on Amazon. Do want it, although an illustration labelled "Tyrannosaurus and Therizinosaurus" made me double-take until I remembered that he considers Tarbosaurus to be a junior synonym...
Edit: have just placed an order. Books for what I'm actually studying? Who needs 'em!
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Post by copper on Oct 5, 2010 0:53:34 GMT
  just bought these ones! |
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Post by Griffin on Oct 5, 2010 1:30:29 GMT
Just having a look on Amazon. Do want it, although an illustration labelled "Tyrannosaurus and Therizinosaurus" made me double-take until I remembered that he considers Tarbosaurus to be a junior synonym... Edit: have just placed an order. Books for what I'm actually studying? Who needs 'em! You'll be happy to know that he uses the name Giraffatitan as well. |
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 5, 2010 3:57:23 GMT
Discovery Kids deluxe torosaurus ;D I'm going to be gone for a week, behave yourself kids ;D Don't miss me too much  |
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 5, 2010 9:09:50 GMT
We will, Boki, we will. In the meantime I'll comfort myself from this, thanks to cinemasaurus. ;D  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 5, 2010 11:20:09 GMT
Just arrived today in the mail the brand spankin new Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul. I just flipped through it and its pretty much the most complete and up to date book you can get right now. It includes many very new dinosaurs like Reptorex and things like Anchiornis with the right colors and stuff. Its Greg Paul so there are lips on theropods and some of his hadrosaurs have really thick necks (based off of the stains around the corythosaurus skeleton in the AMNH which is probably not really where the animal's outline was but hey whatever) and he seems to have jumped on the Horner boat considering Triceratops a juvenile form of Torosaurus and Dracorex and Stygimoloch young forms of Pachycephalosaurus. Finally I am glad to see properly placed wrists on the cerapoda dinosaurs! Seriously though if you are at all interested in drawing dinosaurs as accurately as possible this is THE book to get. He has skeletal drawings of pretty much everything you need as well as many muscle and tendon drawings as well complete with notes and plenty of his wonderful paintings. I've been wanting that since the pre-order information was released. Must get it now! |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 5, 2010 11:24:29 GMT
We will, Boki, we will. In the meantime I'll comfort myself from this, thanks to cinemasaurus. ;D I want that brown 'Seismosaurus'. ;D I also recently acquired the Opisthocoelicaudia, Saurolophus and Platybelodon thanks to Radman. ;D I just hadn't had the chance to photograph them. |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 5, 2010 16:09:26 GMT
You'll be happy to know that he uses the name Giraffatitan as well. Of course he does, he invented the name...I am happy with that, but "Tyrannosaurus bataar" would appear to still be contentious. Not that it isn't all arbitrary anyway. |
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 5, 2010 18:10:04 GMT
I want that brown 'Seismosaurus'. ;D I also recently acquired the Opisthocoelicaudia, Saurolophus and Platybelodon thanks to Radman. ;D I just hadn't had the chance to photograph them. I always wanted more of the Collect Club series, until today I only had the Saurolophus. At the moment my favourites are the Platybelodon and the Dsungaripterus.  Oh, and I forgot to include the Protoceratops in the photo, it was also in the parcel... |
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Post by Griffin on Oct 5, 2010 18:20:31 GMT
You'll be happy to know that he uses the name Giraffatitan as well. Of course he does, he invented the name...I am happy with that, but "Tyrannosaurus bataar" would appear to still be contentious. Not that it isn't all arbitrary anyway. Yeah he uses Tyrannosaurus bataar. What's funny is in the book you actually see pictures of that and rex together being compared and they really are quite different. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 5, 2010 18:49:34 GMT
At last I bought a Bullyland Paratypothorax!
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 5, 2010 18:53:50 GMT
At last I bought a Bullyland Paratypothorax! Does yours have a smile as in the promotional pictures? ;D |
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Post by simon on Oct 5, 2010 19:22:19 GMT
Of course he does, he invented the name...I am happy with that, but "Tyrannosaurus bataar" would appear to still be contentious. Not that it isn't all arbitrary anyway. Yeah he uses Tyrannosaurus bataar. What's funny is in the book you actually see pictures of that and rex together being compared and they really are quite different. Can you point us to a webpage that shows the differences? I seem to recall reading that Tarbosaurus was more gracile than TRex. I'm no paleontologist, so they have always looked the same to me.  |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 5, 2010 20:42:56 GMT
They have a rather different head too. It looks quite similar in profile, but from the front the comparative narrowness of the skull in Tarbosaurus (or, the lack of binocular vision) is very apparent. That's what's wrong with the Dinotales Tarbosaurus (that's eating Saurolophus) - its skull widens towards the back where it shouldn't.
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Post by Griffin on Oct 5, 2010 20:51:33 GMT
Yeah he uses Tyrannosaurus bataar. What's funny is in the book you actually see pictures of that and rex together being compared and they really are quite different. Can you point us to a webpage that shows the differences? I seem to recall reading that Tarbosaurus was more gracile than TRex. I'm no paleontologist, so they have always looked the same to me. I can do better than that. Here are scans from the book showing each of them. The Tarbo is more gracile you are right. The skulls are also different.   |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 5, 2010 20:53:17 GMT
Looking at those skeletals, Tarbosaurus looks more like a giant Alioramus...
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Post by Seijun on Oct 6, 2010 1:07:24 GMT
What book is that?
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