Resurrecting the Unfortunate Dragon

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:18/10/2015
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Post category:New paper New taxon Online resource

Holotype specimen of Atychodracon megacephalus in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery (from Swinton, 1948). The specimen was destroyed during the Second World War.

The five metre-long holotype specimen of ‘Plesiosaurus’ megacephalus, from the Jurassic of Street-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, was one of several plesiosaurs once displayed in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. As one of the earliest plesiosaurs to evolve it is an important species for understanding the early history of the group. Sadly, the fossil…

A new domain for The Marine Reptiles Forum

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:18/01/2014
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Post category:Announcement Online resource Other marine reptiles

The marine reptiles forum, which was unfortunately hacked last year (2013) and has been offline for several months since, is now back up and running. Richard Forrest was able to salvage all the old posts and user information, and has restored the forum at a dedicated new domain: marinereptiles.org. The forum is…

Monstertalk Podcast – The Plesiosaur Hypothesis

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:05/09/2009
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Post category:Commentary Monsters Online resource palaeobiology

Monstertalk is a new sceptical podcast focussing on all things cryptozoological. The most recent episode (episode 004) delves into the idea that plesiosaurs may still be alive today, lurking in lochs and lakes around the world - the so called Plesiosaur Hypothesis. I was interviewed as a guest on this episode and…

The ‘Plesiosaur Directory’ recommended in Science journal’s Netwatch

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:04/09/2006
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Post category:Online resource The Plesiosaur Directory

I am honoured and not a little surprised to see this very site appear in leading science journal 'Science'. Every issue of the journal contains a section called 'Netwatch', featuring a crop of recommended online resources - the "best of the Web in Science". To see what 'Science' had to say about…