Newsletter 2
plesio...@gmail.com
(Sunday 17th June 2007)
If you have any comments or recommendations on how I can improve this
newsletter, if you want to recommend a link, image or PDF to feature
in a future issue of the newsletter, if you have any corrections, or
if you think you are the first to find Paddy, please contact me at
plesio...@gmail.com. Adam
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NEWS
A specially designed postal cancellation stamp featuring an
Elasmosaurus has been released by the post office in Norman, Oklahoma,
to coincide with the opening of a new exhibit in the Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. The stamp was designed by wildlife
artist Debby Kaspari, who also designed a number of murals featured in
the new exhibition including a painting of a giant Elasmosaurus. To
see the cancellation, visit the official press release:
http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/SpecialPostalCancellation.htm
The exhibition opened on Saturday the 16th June - the Elasmosaurus
mural will feature in a future news story.
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UPDATES
A new genus has been added into the plesiosaur directory - the short-
snouted Oxford Clay pliosaur Simolestes.
http://www.plesiosauria.com/simolestes.html
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PDF-CORNER
This issue's featured scientific article is by Richard Owen, on the
generic characters in the order Sauropterygia (the group to which
plesiosaurs belong):
http://www.plesiosauria.com/link-removed
Full reference: Owen, R. 1883. On the generic characters in the order
Sauropterygia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 39,
133-138.
Please note that PDFs featured in 'PDF-Corner' will only be available
temporarily.
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FEATURED IMAGE
An interpretation of the skull of Kaiwhekia katiki from the paper by
Cruickshank and Fordyce (2002) - a so-called 'southern weirdo'!
http://www.plesiosauria.com/kaiwhekea.jpg
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PICK OF THE WEB
Palaeoartist Mineo Shiraishi has a page dedicated to marine reptiles,
including a selection of plesiosaurs.
http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/JurassicGallery/page15.htm
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WHERE'S PADDY?
Three people found Paddy last issue: he was hiding on the
'Classification' page. But congratulations go to Marlies Fischer who
was the first person to spot Paddy. Well done!
Keep your eyes peeled, because Paddy is back in town! Paddy the
Plesiosaur is a cartoon plesiosaur with a letter 'P' on his back - and
he is hiding somewhere on the Plesiosaur Directory Website! Be the
first to find him and get a special mention in next weeks Newsletter!
Just email me at plesio...@gmail.com with the subject 'I found
Paddy' and tell me what page he is hiding on. Find out more at
http://www.plesiosauria.com/paddy.html
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ADS
Dinosaur Shop launched!
Along the same lines as the Plesio-Store, the Dinosaur Shop is
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Wallace!
I will be reviewing this book in detail in a future newsletter - it
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