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Podcast Show Notes: Episode 44 – Brian Franczak and Mesozoic Art II
Your Charmosaurs crew is here again with a cool new episode. This month, we’re discussing the works of the late, great Brian Franczak as it appears in The National Audubon Pocket Guide: Dinos…
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Podcast Episode 44!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
A Graveyard of Dinosaurs
There's a dinosaur event at the legendary Burgers' Zoo! What could possibly go wrong? Hoo boy...
There's a dinosaur event at the legendary Burgers' Zoo! What could possibly go wrong? Hoo boy...
A Graveyard of Dinosaurs
When the days get shorter and leaves start to fall, there’s always a zoo somewhere in the Netherlands that gets taken over by dinosaurs. In previous years, I’ve covered dinosaur events …
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A Graveyard of Dinosaurs
There's a dinosaur event at the legendary Burgers' Zoo! What could possibly go wrong? Hoo boy...
There's a dinosaur event at the legendary Burgers' Zoo! What could possibly go wrong? Hoo boy...
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This will be rather eclipsed by other palaeo news today, I fear. 😅 But for Ep. 44, we discuss the work of the much under-celebrated Brian Franczak, who sadly left us too soon. Plus Marc interviews @tetzoo.bsky.social & Steve White on their jointly edited new palaeoart compilation, Mesozoic Art 2.
Podcast Episode 44!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
Podcast Show Notes: Episode 44 – Brian Franczak and Mesozoic Art II
Your Charmosaurs crew is here again with a cool new episode. This month, we’re discussing the works of the late, great Brian Franczak as it appears in The National Audubon Pocket Guide: Dinos…
chasmosaurs.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This will be rather eclipsed by other palaeo news today, I fear. 😅 But for Ep. 44, we discuss the work of the much under-celebrated Brian Franczak, who sadly left us too soon. Plus Marc interviews @tetzoo.bsky.social & Steve White on their jointly edited new palaeoart compilation, Mesozoic Art 2.
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Had a great time doing this!
Podcast Episode 44!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
Podcast Show Notes: Episode 44 – Brian Franczak and Mesozoic Art II
Your Charmosaurs crew is here again with a cool new episode. This month, we’re discussing the works of the late, great Brian Franczak as it appears in The National Audubon Pocket Guide: Dinos…
chasmosaurs.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Had a great time doing this!
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My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
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October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Podcast Episode 44!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
Podcast Show Notes: Episode 44 – Brian Franczak and Mesozoic Art II
Your Charmosaurs crew is here again with a cool new episode. This month, we’re discussing the works of the late, great Brian Franczak as it appears in The National Audubon Pocket Guide: Dinos…
chasmosaurs.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Podcast Episode 44!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
We get knocked down, but we get up again. You're never gonna keep the podcast down! Discussing the work of Brian Franczak and featuring a double interview with @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and @tetzoo.bsky.social!
The website is back online!
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The website is back online!
It appears that our website is down. We're aware of the problem and trying to find a solution.
October 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It appears that our website is down. We're aware of the problem and trying to find a solution.
Who else can't wait for Prehistoric Planet Ice Age?
Prehistoric Planet season three has released its first clip, showing a family of North American ground sloths frolicking in the snowy landscape of the late Pleistocene.
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 "Roll Around" Clip | Apple TV
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October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Who else can't wait for Prehistoric Planet Ice Age?
Let's bring it home! Part Three of Hubrecht at the Lyceum!
Vintage Dinosaur Art: Hubrecht at the Lyceum – Part 3
It’s time to bring it home, the big project of discussing the seven massive paintings by Marie Hubrecht on the walls of the Joke Smit College, once the Girl’s Lyceum, in Amsterdam. Havi…
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October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Let's bring it home! Part Three of Hubrecht at the Lyceum!
C. M. Kosemen, artist extraordinaire and friend of the blog, just uploaded this lovely review of some very strange French trading cards featuring all sorts of prehistoric critters. If you like Vintage Dinosaur Art give it a watch, you won't regret it!
So Bizarre! 🇫🇷🐍 Reviewing Obscure French Palaeo Trading Cards
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October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
C. M. Kosemen, artist extraordinaire and friend of the blog, just uploaded this lovely review of some very strange French trading cards featuring all sorts of prehistoric critters. If you like Vintage Dinosaur Art give it a watch, you won't regret it!
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New crowdfunding campaign funding science just dropped! Spread it, share it, donate!
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Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea
We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New crowdfunding campaign funding science just dropped! Spread it, share it, donate!
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A #DinoConUK-themed article and podcast from @chasmosaurs.bsky.social, yay! chasmosaurs.com/2025/09/23/p...
Podcast Show Notes: Long Live DinoCon!
It’s that time of year again, even though it’s at a different time each year. Natee, Gemma and Marc attended the very first iteration of DinoCon, the spiritual successor to TetZooCon, b…
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September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A #DinoConUK-themed article and podcast from @chasmosaurs.bsky.social, yay! chasmosaurs.com/2025/09/23/p...
Here it is! Our long awaited briefing on the very first DinoCon! Was it a worthy successor to TetZooCon? (yes) Find out here! #DinoCon2025 @dinoconuk.bsky.social
Podcast Show Notes: Long Live DinoCon!
It’s that time of year again, even though it’s at a different time each year. Natee, Gemma and Marc attended the very first iteration of DinoCon, the spiritual successor to TetZooCon, b…
chasmosaurs.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Here it is! Our long awaited briefing on the very first DinoCon! Was it a worthy successor to TetZooCon? (yes) Find out here! #DinoCon2025 @dinoconuk.bsky.social
As previously stated, we've had an illness so we haven't been able to release our DinoCon coverage as quickly as we'd hoped. But it's all been recorded now and it's coming in a few days, so look out for that! - Gemma
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As previously stated, we've had an illness so we haven't been able to release our DinoCon coverage as quickly as we'd hoped. But it's all been recorded now and it's coming in a few days, so look out for that! - Gemma
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Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:
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Armoured dinosaurs have of course been on our mind, so a VERY GOOD MORNING to you from this..interesting depiction of a Hylaeosaurus - by “F.John” - from a series of cards produced by a German cocoa company, early 20th Century..
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August 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Armoured dinosaurs have of course been on our mind, so a VERY GOOD MORNING to you from this..interesting depiction of a Hylaeosaurus - by “F.John” - from a series of cards produced by a German cocoa company, early 20th Century..
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this is a fantastic blog post
this is a fantastic blog post
Here’s a fantastic blog post about the Reichardt Kakao cards, from our friends at @chasmosaurs.bsky.social
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Vintage Dinosaur Art: Tiere der Urwelt (Reichardt) – Part 1
And it’s a proper Vintage Dinosaur Art as today, we’re looking at a rather obscure collection of paleoart from the very beginning of the 20th century. Let’s lay down some groundwo…
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August 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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this is a fantastic blog post
this is a fantastic blog post
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Here’s a fantastic blog post about the Reichardt Kakao cards, from our friends at @chasmosaurs.bsky.social
chasmosaurs.com/2023/11/28/v...
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Vintage Dinosaur Art: Tiere der Urwelt (Reichardt) – Part 1
And it’s a proper Vintage Dinosaur Art as today, we’re looking at a rather obscure collection of paleoart from the very beginning of the 20th century. Let’s lay down some groundwo…
chasmosaurs.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Here’s a fantastic blog post about the Reichardt Kakao cards, from our friends at @chasmosaurs.bsky.social
chasmosaurs.com/2023/11/28/v...
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#DinoConUK Wedel: Most sauropod adaptations appear to have worked best at large size. Maybe baby sauropods were just bad at being sauropods. Hence extremely high reproductive output, allowing them to take anything the Earth threw at time. Sadly they could not take everything space threw at them.
August 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#DinoConUK Wedel: Most sauropod adaptations appear to have worked best at large size. Maybe baby sauropods were just bad at being sauropods. Hence extremely high reproductive output, allowing them to take anything the Earth threw at time. Sadly they could not take everything space threw at them.
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an extremely successful #DinoConUK
met a lot of wonderful people and thank you for everyone that stopped at our shop to grab a little something silly
posing with the velocinator 🤖
met a lot of wonderful people and thank you for everyone that stopped at our shop to grab a little something silly
posing with the velocinator 🤖
August 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
an extremely successful #DinoConUK
met a lot of wonderful people and thank you for everyone that stopped at our shop to grab a little something silly
posing with the velocinator 🤖
met a lot of wonderful people and thank you for everyone that stopped at our shop to grab a little something silly
posing with the velocinator 🤖
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#dinoconuk was so inspiring, I should really draw more #dinosaurs! Here's an old piece of #paleoart from 2018. "Raptors at Night". Ink and gel pen on toned paper.
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#dinoconuk was so inspiring, I should really draw more #dinosaurs! Here's an old piece of #paleoart from 2018. "Raptors at Night". Ink and gel pen on toned paper.
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The difference between Saturday and Sunday morning at #DinoConUK lol... Maybe I'll be free to attend some talks today, yay!
August 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The difference between Saturday and Sunday morning at #DinoConUK lol... Maybe I'll be free to attend some talks today, yay!
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@dinoconuk.bsky.social was A.MA.ZING! Paleo peeps are creative, kind and so generous with their knowledge. I could barely keep up taking notes of all the interesting paleontology/zoology/fabrication information! 🎨🦖 #paleoart #dinosaurs #dinoconuk
August 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@dinoconuk.bsky.social was A.MA.ZING! Paleo peeps are creative, kind and so generous with their knowledge. I could barely keep up taking notes of all the interesting paleontology/zoology/fabrication information! 🎨🦖 #paleoart #dinosaurs #dinoconuk
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#DinoConUK 2025 is over, and what an amazing success, we the organising team are very proud :) Thanks to everyone who attended and took part - here's to an even bigger and better 2026!
August 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#DinoConUK 2025 is over, and what an amazing success, we the organising team are very proud :) Thanks to everyone who attended and took part - here's to an even bigger and better 2026!
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What I went to #DinoConUK with... and what came home. Thanks to everyone who visited my stall, said hello, bought books, chatted about neat palaeo stuff, and to the organisers for putting everything together.
August 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What I went to #DinoConUK with... and what came home. Thanks to everyone who visited my stall, said hello, bought books, chatted about neat palaeo stuff, and to the organisers for putting everything together.