tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post3141979878176439104..comments2024-03-23T12:02:36.626-07:00Comments on Mark P. Witton's Blog: TetZooCon 2014: the event the palaeozoological blogosphere deservesMark Wittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-68988972811587809352014-07-25T05:02:42.391-07:002014-07-25T05:02:42.391-07:00It's difficult to see in detail, but my impres...It's difficult to see in detail, but my impression is that they're not especially GSP/MacCready inspired: note the head nubbin.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-84521855698185353322014-07-25T05:01:32.925-07:002014-07-25T05:01:32.925-07:00Hi Hadiaz,
1. Sibbick's more recent azhdarchi...Hi Hadiaz,<br /><br />1. Sibbick's more recent azhdarchids are, of course, more in line with modern depictions and their fossil record. They do suffer from some proportional issues, though: no-one seems to believe that pterosaur heads are as large as they are, nor that their bodies are as small as they are.<br /><br />2. At least some pterosaurs have overlapping visual fields - Witmer et al. (2003) demonstrated this for ornithocheirids. As for others, alas, the 2D nature of most pterosaur fossils precludes investigating this. Note that many birds do not have binocular vision however, and they seem to catch prey just fine.<br /><br />3. The guys at TetZooTowers are working on the talk videos as we speak, so soon-ish, I guess.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-33928469913239041612014-07-25T04:57:30.390-07:002014-07-25T04:57:30.390-07:00Thanks for the nice words here - I've made sur...Thanks for the nice words here - I've made sure the guys behind TetZoo are aware of your praise.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-8569881801294237332014-07-21T08:38:25.324-07:002014-07-21T08:38:25.324-07:00Forgot to ask in my previous comment: In reference...Forgot to ask in my previous comment: In reference to what you said about "art produced in the 1980s", how do Henderson's depictions of Quetzalcoatlus ( http://www.plantapalm.com/vce/evolution/images/Impact.jpg ) ( http://dinonews.net/rubriq/images/impact.jpg ) compare to those of GSPaul/MacCready/etc?<br /><br />-Hadiazraptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-25845739144304686752014-07-18T15:18:06.848-07:002014-07-18T15:18:06.848-07:00"Regular readers will know that I was among t..."Regular readers will know that I was among the invited speakers and covered changing perceptions of azhdarchid pterosaurs."<br /><br />I have some questions about that, but I forgot to ask them while reading your previous post.<br /><br />1stly, have you seen Sibbick's more recent depiction of Quetzalcoatlus ( http://www.johnsibbick.com/library/displayfull.asp?product=P27 ) ( http://www.johnsibbick.com/library/displayfull.asp?product=P26 ) &, if so, what do you think? I ask b/c I didn't know about it until recently.<br /><br />2ndly, I heard that pterosaurs in general & pteranodontids in particular lacked binocular vision. Is this true &, if so, how did the predatory species (specifically, pteranodontids) compensate?<br /><br />3rdly, any idea if/when we'll see videos of the lectures (including yours) online?<br /><br />Many thanks in advance<br /><br />-Hadiazraptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-20510900797681658962014-07-18T14:52:16.405-07:002014-07-18T14:52:16.405-07:00As someone whose involvement in science ended with...As someone whose involvement in science ended with a BSc over a decade ago, and who has only recently learnt to re-engage with science as an interested amateur (I love the facts, and the knowledge, but didn't have the discipline to ever work as a scientist), this event was right up my street -- sadly, however, family commitments meant I couldn't make it. Hopefully there'll be a repeat - blogs like this, and TetZoo, are a fantastic public service. My growing library of books that neatly straddle the line between 'scholarly' and 'popular' hopefully goes a little way to paying the debt that I owe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com