http://www.hmnh.org The institutionalized doodles and discoveries of a dead-animal designer. Tue, 06 May 2008 04:05:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Boneyard #19 is online at Familiarity Breeds Content, and Laelaps has something special planned for the 20th edition of this paleo-carnival. And check out the seventh installment of Linneaus' Legacy, over at The Ethical Palaeontologist. http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/05/05/a-couple-of-carnivals/ Last week, Roxanne and I (along with a handful of other folks from the NMMNHS) popped up to Denver for the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums. Lots of nifty stuff to see and hear, Denver's great selection of museums to visit, and among the thousands of attendees ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/05/05/pics-from-the-aam-museum-expo/ A quick vector sketch of the head of Raeticodactylus filisurensis New pterosaur: Raeticodactylus filisurensis Name means: (Wing) Finger from the village of Filisur, in Raetia (the old name for the Swiss Canton Grisons, where it was found) Relations: Basal pterosaur Location: Eastern Switzerland Age: Late Triassic, ~203,000,000 years ago Material: Nearly complete skull, partial postcrania Wingspan: 135cm ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/04/08/raeticodactylus/ The lucky thirteenth edition of The Boneyard, a bi-weekly collection of paleo-themed blog posts, is up at Greg Laden's Blog. http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/04/06/boneyard-13/ In which I play “catch-up” for a few sites overlooked in my absence (note the partially-updated blogroll to the left). Today I'll point out some excellent posts from the past few months dealing with different aspects of the Permian: First up, Will at The Dragon's Tales has had a couple of ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/04/03/permian-meanderings/ This insight into the chondrichthyan condition brought to you by The Western Nostril. Tip of the toupee to the good bloggers at Drawn! http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/04/02/310-to-humor/ From Will Baird I learned of this story of 253 million year-old biological material recovered from subterranean salt deposits near Carlsbad. The material was found by analyzing the contents of microscopic bubbles in salt and halide crystals from the site of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a repository for ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/03/31/it-came-from-wipp/ …that took a bit longer than expected. And there's no shortage of things left to be done. But, it seems well past time to work on putting some content up here, so I'll fix as I go. If there are any long-suffering readers still out there, please let me know if ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/03/30/well-now/ Indohyus restoration by Carl Buell Meet Indohyus The image above, created by artist Carl Buell, shows a charming little animal called Indohyus, about the size of a modern raccoon, that lived some 50,000,000 years ago in what is now northern India. Indohyus is a member of the Raoellidae, an obscure, extinct ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2007/12/20/indohyus/ From the illustration blog Drawn! comes word of The Daily Mammal, a blog where Jennifer Rae Atkins posts an original drawing of a different mammal every day. At this rate, she estimates she'll make her way through all 5,000 or so species of living mammal in about 14 years. This Saturday, ... http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2007/12/18/a-mammal-a-day/