Reblog via Adam S. Smith Oh my, what big eyes you have! The orbital openings of the plesiosaur Ophthalmothule make up a massive 29% of its skull length. The orbits are the big grey ovals in this illustration. What a googly-eyed creature it must've been in life. The full paper describing Ophthalmothule by Roberts et …
Reblog via Adam S. Smith "…a real winner of a book… a brilliant addition to any bookshelf! " Another review of 'The Tyrannosaur's Feathers', this time on Through the Bookshelf: https://www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/nnfn2023-the-tyrannosaurs-feathers The Tyrannosaur's Feathers is a non-fiction children's picture book by @JonathanEmmett and me, illustrated by @Stieven, and published by UCLan Publishing. If you know …
Reblog via Adam S. Smith New open access paper on 'The rise of macropredatory pliosaurids near the Early-Middle Jurassic transition' establishes a new genus of pliosaur, Lorrainosaurus:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-43015-y Congratulations @dinosven and team!
The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers book – out now!
Today is the official publication day for my new children’s picture book The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers. As previously announced on this blog, the book was co-written with Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Stieven Van der Poorten, and published by UCLan Publishing. We are all so happy with how it has turned out. Tyrannosaurus rex is the main star of …
The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers book – coming soon!
Allow me to deviate from plesiosaurs for a moment to focus on a different kind of Mesozoic vertebrate – dinosaurs! I’m delighted to announce that my second children’s book, The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers, will be published later this year, and I’m also excited to reveal the front cover. It’s a ‘kind-of’ sequel to The Plesiosaur’s Neck (2021) …
The Stewartby Pliosaur and the 1967 Liopleurodon reconstruction
Newman and Tarlo (1967) In 1967, Barney Newman and Lambert Beverley Tarlo authored a three-page short article in the popular magazine ‘Animals’, a short-lived periodical published weekly by Purnell from 1963 to, at least, 1967… I’m not sure when it eventually fizzled out. Their article entitled “A Giant Marine Reptile From Bedfordshire” provides an account of plesiosaur …
The Plesiosaur’s Neck book – 1 month retrospective
A month has passed since my new book, The Plesiosaur’s Neck, was published. So, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the events and reactions that followed its release. Firstly, it was exciting to see the book in the wild, particularly at the Heffers branch of Blackell’s in Oxford, where Adam Larkum was …
The Plesiosaur’s Neck book – out now!
The Plesiosaur’s Neck is here! Today is the official release date for my new children’s book about Poppy Plesiosaur’s unusually long neck. My advance author copies have arrived and it looks absolutely stunning, co-author Jonathan Emmett and I are both delighted with it. The colours pop and the cover gleams! The team at UCLan Publishing …