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 …
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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!