Newsletter 1
plesio...@gmail.com
(Sunday 3rd June 2007)
Thanks for joining the Mailing List for the Plesiosaur Directory
Newsletter! I have decided to create this Newsletter firstly to reach
out to regular visitors to my site (and hopefully to create more), and
secondly to prompt me into being more regular with site updates and
page additions. The current plan is to release a new issue of the
Newsletter every other week. Although the list of subscribers is
modest at the moment, I'm sure this will change with time. Tell your
friends and colleagues!
Each Newsletter will be formatted into a number of sections. 'News'
will be a round up of recent news stories and scientific papers.
'Updates' will outline recent additions to The Plesiosaur Directory
website - I will endeavour to crate a major update every fortnight.
'PDF corner' will host a temporary link to a PDF plesiosaur article
from my collection. "Featured Image" will provide a link to one of my
favourite images from The Plesiosaur Directory or elsewhere on the
web. "Pick of the web" will provide a link to a recommended and
related website/page. For kids (and those young at heart!) I have
devised 'Where's Paddy?' Be the first to find Paddy the Plesiosaur and
get a special mention in next weeks Newsletter! Finally, 'Ads' will
explain what's new in the Plesio-Store.
If you have any comments or recommendations for 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. Enjoy! Adam
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NEWS
Hydrorion - a new plesiosaur from Germany.
The most recent issue of the 'Palaeontology' (Vol 49, Part 3) features
an article by Franziska Grossman on the plesiosauroids from the
Jurassic Posidonia Shale in Germany. Grossman describes the skulls of
two genera, Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris (a tongue-twister of a
taxon! - formerly Plesiosaurus guilelmiimperatoris) and introduces a
new genus Hydrorion brachypterygius (formerly Plesiosaurus
brachypterygius). Interestingly, Grossman analyses the holotype of
'Plesiopterys', a genus erected by O'Keefe (2004), and identifies it
as a juvenile of Seeleyosaurus. Another major consequence of this
paper is the removal of these species from Plesiosaurus, a genus which
now contains only one valid species: P. dolichodeirus.
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UPDATES
Following a recent research trip to Stuttgart, I have added some new
images, notably to the _Rhomaleosaurus_ page: http://www.plesiosauria.com/rhomaleosaurus.html
And _Simosaurus_ page:
http://www.plesiosauria.com/simosaurus.html
This new images have also been added to the images page
http://www.plesiosauria.com/images/html
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PDF-CORNER
This scientific article featured in this issue is about the giant
pliosaur Brachauchenius.
-Link removed-
Full reference: Hampe, 0. 2005. Considerations on a Brachauchenius
skeleton (Pliosauroidea) from the lower Paja Formation (late
Barremian) of Villa de Leyva area (Colombia). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd.
Berl., Geowiss. Reihe 8. 37-51.
Please note that PDFs featured in 'PDF-Corner' will only be available
temporarily.
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FEATURED IMAGE
The destroyed holotype of Attenborosaurus. My favourite plesiosaur!
http://www.plesiosauria.com/attenboro.jpg
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PICK OF THE WEB
'John Payne Studios -Plesiasaur'. OK, so 'plesiosaur' is spelled wrong
and the neck is all bendy. Nevertheless this movie of a 'Kinetic
Sculpture', a plesiosaur produced by John Payne Studios, is at least
entertaining.
http://www.paynestudios.com/movies_ples.htm
And a still photo:
http://www.paynestudios.com/gal_bw_03.htm
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WHERE'S PADDY?
Keep your eyes peeled, because Paddy is 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. Hopefully you will even learn something
about plesiosaurs on your search! Of course, Paddy will find a new
hiding place for every new issue of the Newsletter. Find out more at
http://www.plesiosauria.com/paddy.html
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ADS
Lydekker's 1889 Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the
British Museum (Natural History): Part 2. Containing the Orders
Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia (Paperback), is now available for
just $23.99:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402105886?ie=UTF8&tag=theplesdire-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1402105886
or visit the Plesio-Store at http://www.plesiosauria.com/store.html