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Auteur Matt Wedel

Can I really be the first one to have done this? Seems unlikely. Sing out in the comments if you’ve seen others. Anyway, folks, here’s your new all-purpose scale silhouette. Useful fact: the standard metal folding chairs found from sea to shining sea are 29.25 inches tall, or 0.75 meters.

ArtGratuitously Awesome ImagesPigStinkin' HeadsStinkin' MammalsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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These are nice. Click through to empiggen. I ripped them from Parker (1874), which appears to be a free download from JSTOR, here, and tweaked the colors just a bit. If you are here for serious science, these guides to the abbreviations used in the plates will come in handy.

Anatomical PreparationsDIYPigStinkin' HeadsStinkin' MammalsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Auteur Matt Wedel

Here’s how my pig skull turned out (prep post is here). Verdict? I’m reasonably happy with it. As Mike wrote in the post that kicked off the “Things to Make and Do” series, “a pig skull is a serious piece of kit”. It’s big and substantial and it looks awesome sitting on the shelf.

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It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Up top, C10 and C11 of Diplodocus carnegii CM 84, from Hatcher (1901). Below, C9 and C10 of Apatosaurus louisae CM 3018, from Gilmore (1936). The Diplodocus verts are in right lateral view but reversed for ease of comparison, and the Apatosaurus verts are in left lateral view.

Anatomical PreparationsDIYPigStinkin' HeadsStinkin' MammalsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Auteur Matt Wedel

This is something I did over Thanksgiving break in 2019. I meant to blog about it sooner, but you know, 2020 and all. So here I am finally getting around to it. (Yes, I know the ruler in the above photo is the worst scale bar ever. I was, uh, making a point.

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These things just catch my eye, I can’t help it. Left: Oddbins corkscrew, circa 1997. Right: left femur of Patagotitan mayorum , circa 100,000,000 BC. Note that the corkscrew features a distinct medially directed femoral head, the bulge in the lateral margin of the proximal portion that is characteristic of titanosaurs, and a straight shaft.