Newsletter 7
plesio...@gmail.com
(Sunday 9th September 2007)
No proper news this issue, which is probably a good thing considering
how busy I am with completing my Ph.D. thesis. For the same reason,
the 'Newsletter' will also be turning monthly for the time being. 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. Thanks! Adam
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UPDATES
Thalassiodracon - new genus added with images:
http://www.plesiosauria.com/thalassiodracon.html
During my trip to Glasgow for SVPCA I had the opportunity to take some
photographs of the mounted Cryptoclidus in the Hunterian Museum.
Photograph added to
http://www.plesiosauria.com/cryptoclidus.html and /images.html
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PDF-CORNER
This weeks PDF is a recent paper on plesiosauroids from Germany by
Franziska Grossman:
http://www.plesiosauria.com/pdf/grossman_2007.pdf
Full reference: Grossman, F. 2007. The taxonomic and phylogenetic
position of the plesiosauroidea from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia
Shale of south-west Germany. Palaeontology, 50, 545-564)
Please note that PDFs featured in 'PDF-Corner' will only be available
temporarily.
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FEATURED IMAGE
Close up of the skull of the 'Richmond Pliosaur': a complete skeleton
of a polycotylid plesiosaur from near Richmond, Queensland, Australia.
The skeleton is on display in the Richmond Marine Fossil Museum and
has not yet been formally named. The photograph is from 'Picassa'.
http://www.plesiosauria.com/richmond.jpg
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PICK OF THE WEB
'Early Black and White Prints of Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic
Creatures' at copyrightexpired.com. The list includes many interesting
plesiosaurs.
http://www.copyrightexpired.com/earlyimage/prehistoriclifebeforekt/index.html
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WHERE'S PADDY?
Once again Marlies Fischer discovered Paddy the Plesiosaur - well
done! - This time he was lurking amongst the illustrations on the
'dino-art' page. But he's on the move again...
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
The new book by Michael Everhart: Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures
of the Deep. The book accompanies the soon to be released IMAX movie.
Available here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1426200854/?tag=theplesdire-20
...also available through the Plesio-Store at http://www.plesiosauria.com/store.html