Comments on: A History of Skeletal Drawings

A History of Skeletal Drawings

brundlefly — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:29:22 -0800

A History of Skeletal Drawings: Part 1 - pre-20th century, Part 2 - Bone Wars to the 1950's, Part 3 - Dino Renaissance to the present. Via Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:41:48 -0800

Heh. Three of the related posts are by me.

By: toekneebullard

toekneebullard — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:00:56 -0800

Saved to read later. But I'm going to comment beforehand: One of the annoying things about raising a 3yo boy on dinosaurs (mostly by pretty darn accurate PBS kids TV) is finding books in the library that aren't way out of date. Even books that are only 5 or so years old come off as all wrong. Looking forward to reading this.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:03:04 -0800

brundlefly: Heh. Three of the related posts are by me. Maybe you're infected by Dino DNA? Anyway, great post! I've heard a bit of the changes in understanding of dinosaur over the decades past, but never to this detail (and there were people involved with those shifts!) - thanks!

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:02:53 -0800

Wonderful post, thanks brundlefly. You inspired some googling. Whale | Mammoth | stillborns | search results at Heritage images | Death and the maiden. Adding more to the skeletal mix: Pacman, Donald Duck, Tweetie Bird and cartoon others; on etsy and the Michael Paulus gallery. Day of the Dead Star Wars.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:07:21 -0800

Thanks, nickyskye! Although it looks like your whale link points at the Star Wars/Day of the Dead page.

By: Jehan

Jehan — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:51:56 -0800

An interesting read, thank you for this.

By: ChuraChura

ChuraChura — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:22:06 -0800

Very cool. When I worked in my advisor's vertebrate paleo lab during undergrad, I was responsible for a lot of fossil preparation. One of the guys I was trying to put together had a fairly distorted skull, and I was having a hard time figuring out exactly what I was looking at. Unfortunately, there hadn't been much published on this particular species, and I was lacking in good images to compare my fossil to. Fortunately, the guy who discovered it was a former student of my advisor, and had actually taken the skull with him to a tattoo parlor and had it tattooed on his back. My advisor had a picture of this guy's shoulder blade with a lovely. nearly complete fossil tattooed on his back. Which is to say that skeletal drawings are awesome and potential useful in nearly any form.

By: fantodstic

fantodstic — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:50:05 -0800

Thanks for the nice post. I think you may dig this guy's drawings also: DONTMESSWITHDINOSAURS.COM

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:08:23 -0800

That's great, fantodstic! Thanks for the link.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:45:51 -0800

Sorry about the incorrect link brundlefly. Here's the whale skeleton.

By: fantodstic

fantodstic — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:42:16 -0800

Glad to be of some good use :)