In this issue

The new issues delves in depth into the history and science of the mighty dinosaur Diplodocus including art and article by world famous paleo artist Mark Hallett. Also included is our continuing series on artist Zdenek Burian. This time starts his meat-eating dinosaurs. We also cover the prehistoric croc Kaprosuchus and much more.

How to Draw Dinosaurs

Putting it all together, the skeleton of Corythosaurus

4 mins

Dinosaur Collector News

In the Cambrian, the arthropods and their allies look like the big winners. The moulesca are important but have not dominated their brachiopod rivals and vertebrates are sparse. Arthropods are invertebrates with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. They include insects, arachnids, myriapods, crustaceans, and several extinct groups.

6 mins

Neanderthals of the Swiss Alps

For a long time anthropologists believed that the Neanderthal man was more of a brute force simpleton who lived in a few concentrated places such as the valley of the Neander near Düsseldorf (from where he got his name). These views have been modified in more recent years as more becomes known about this ancestor of mankind.

9 mins

When Giant Arthropods Ruled the Earth

The bones which belonged once upon a time to living beasts, which have been unearthed by curious minds, take on new life in our imaginations. Human beings have frequently dreamt up wild stories around prehistoric lifeforms; some of these were even being told and believed among early paleontology groups. For a while, a mythological aura hung around the study of these titans of a former age.

5 mins

THE FACE OF DIPLODOCUS: Nostril Placement in Sauropod Dinosaurs

In writing and illustrating our 2016 Johns Hopkins University Press book, The Sauropod Dinosaurs: Life in the Age of Giants, my coauthor Matthew J. Wedel and I sought to explain the most current ideas about the paleobiology and ecology of this enigmatic dinosaur group.

8 mins

Dinosauriana Imagined 11

Dinosauriana Austriana (A Tiere-ful Endeavor)

5 mins

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Prehistoric Times Magazine Description:

In this issue we interview paleoartist Julius Csotonyi who has a new book "Dinosaur World" that contains his art for over 1200 different dinosaurs including many sample shown here. Also interviewed is British artist John Conway who has a new book out titled "A History of Painting (with Dinosaurs)" Featured animals are the giant snake Titanoboa and the Chinese early tyrannosaur Dilong plus many book and figure reviews and much more.