tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post2268858201086083867..comments2024-03-23T12:02:36.626-07:00Comments on Mark P. Witton's Blog: Controversial ceratopsids revisited: woolly Pachyrhinosaurus and scavenging StyracosaurusMark Wittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-31151461483321833212020-11-21T09:00:32.097-08:002020-11-21T09:00:32.097-08:00Mr Lee recently helped us with a loan which we us...Mr Lee recently helped us with a loan which we used to expand our business. The process was amazing! He was in touch with us frequently to check in and to update us on what was happening throughout our loan repayment. He was friendly and approachable and always able to clear up questions that we had. We had such a great experience working with Ben!! <br />Contact A Loan Officer Ben LeeEmail: 247officedept@gmail.comWhats-App: +1-989-394-3740Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-89431519144582781962015-02-12T10:07:19.076-08:002015-02-12T10:07:19.076-08:00I'll admit I was confused what the replica on ...I'll admit I was confused what the replica on the first photograph actually showed - was it meant to be a skin impression, or an external layer of the skin? (the description is a bit unhelpful) In the former case, the more mundane explanation could be that the perforations simply match up with the bumps/scuttles on the third photo, assuming those were also preserved in the specimen.<br /><br />I tried to look around for more sources on certopsian skin impressions, and one thing which can be established for certain is that apparently paleontologists really, really hate publishing descriptions of interesting specimens. What's the deal with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-42438012302479620932015-02-12T09:10:15.304-08:002015-02-12T09:10:15.304-08:00"I'm curious about the little holes clear..."I'm curious about the little holes clearly visible on the first photograph of the triceratops skin. Is it possible they could correspond to bristles or some other external structures?" <br /><br />One of those million dollar questions - you're certainly not the first to speculate this. The size of the 'perforations' (if they are indeed holes - we really need a full description before identifying them with confidence) suggests any fluff growing through them might have been quite big. If they were single filaments, they'd have been among the chunkiest known. <br /><br />The skin impressions shown on that site, AFAIK, are from the back. Belly scales are also known, and apparently similar to those on the underside of crocodiles. If I recall correctly, the <i>Triceratops</i> skin in <i>Dinosaur Revolution</i> was modelled on this specimen.<br /><br />http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ncTRndAgN7k/maxresdefault.jpg<br /><br />Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-8361628487998082512015-02-12T04:31:09.072-08:002015-02-12T04:31:09.072-08:00I'm curious about the little holes clearly vis...I'm curious about the little holes clearly visible on the first photograph of the triceratops skin. Is it possible they could correspond to bristles or some other external structures? Which area of the body does the skin come from?<br /><br />Assuming triceratops might have had bristles on its back (whether homologous with feathers or not), I find the coats you gave your pachyrhinosaurus wholly plausible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-43081446779929864492015-02-09T10:32:07.829-08:002015-02-09T10:32:07.829-08:00Thanks, Mark. Honestly, I think it's much bett...Thanks, Mark. Honestly, I think it's much better just to let the whole thing stand exactly as it was when you posted it. Search engines all optimise strongly towards more recent posts anyway, so no-one looking for your is going to end up on Flickr rather than here, unless it's because they're searching specifically for something on the old site.<br /><br />As for baby photos -- Honestly that seems rather a stretched analogy. We're talking about eight-year-old work from early in your Ph.D. By happy coincidence, eight-year-old work from early in my Ph.D is precisely what the early posts on SV-POW! consist of. I see those a legitimate part of my own story, as well as scientifically substantial (in some cases not all!)<br /><br />In short -- I don't like rewriting history.<br /><br />But, of course, it's your site to do with as you wish.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-62958713189435872202015-02-09T10:24:55.392-08:002015-02-09T10:24:55.392-08:00It's not lost Mike, just now set to maximum pr...It's not lost Mike, just now set to maximum privacy. I see what you're saying, but i suppose I see it as a bit like having your baby photos online for all to see - fun and (maybe) interesting for some, but not the best way of drumming up interest in my work. Maybe in future I'll trim the non-palaeo stuff and make it easily available again - I have plans on overhauling a lot of my online presence soon, so could work that in.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-56852451984910974762015-02-09T06:45:27.664-08:002015-02-09T06:45:27.664-08:00I think taking down your own Flickr blog is a horr...I think taking down your own Flickr blog is a horrible, horrible mistake. Everything in it was a real representation of what you were thinking at that time (scientifically as well as artistically), and having it now no longer available on the net is a loss of important history as well as art. The very definition, in fact, of "doing a Lucas". I urge you to reinstate it if it's not too late.<br /><br />Meanwhile, thanks to the Wayback Machine, the old site is not completely lost: for example, the original scavenging ceratopsian at full resolution is at http://web.archive.org/web/20131218133226/http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwitton/522293984/ along with the original discussion and accompanying comments. Yay for digital preservation!Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-63843305593928628452015-02-08T11:44:15.591-08:002015-02-08T11:44:15.591-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638487125675179642noreply@blogger.com