Ray,
Perhaps of general interest
and not too far off "track", I'd like to let the paleo ichnology fans know
that I've recently had the opportunity to complete illustrations for 2
new papers, soon to be submitted to Nature concerning newly described
trackway material. Both are completely unique for their own particular
reasons, but one is, in the eyes of the author and myself, nothing short of
breathtaking and is bound to be both controversial and thought
provoking. I'm not at liberty to say more than that at the moment and as
usual you're all more than familiar with ever haunting "wait for the
paper". Hopefully it will be in print soon.
Mike
Skrepnick
I agree 100%, and would only
add that it would be nice and more realistic to see some newly formed TRACKS
behind those dinosaurs progressing in a situation where tracks should be left
behind. Even some of our best and best-known artists who depict
dinosaurs and other ancient terrestrial vertebrates in natural settings
are often negligent in this respect. When so much effort is put into
making a naturalistic reconstruction visually credible, it is difficult to
imagine why such an element of reality is either forgotten or deliberately
left out.
As a tracker, I feel every serious artist
painting dinosaurs should keep a good book on dinosaur tracks handy. If
anyone out there wants my recommendation of the best one(s), please ask
me off-list.
Ray Stanford
"You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles."
-- Sherlock Holmes in The Boscombe Valley
Mystery