THE PLESIOSAUR DIRECTORY NEWSLETTER. ISSUE 2
(Sunday 17th June 2007)
If you have any comments or recommendations on how I can improve this newsletter,
if you want to recommend a link, image or PDF to feature in a future issue of
the newsletter, if you have any corrections, or if you think you are the first
to find Paddy, please contact me at plesiosauria@gmail.com. Adam
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NEWS
A specially designed postal cancellation stamp featuring an Elasmosaurus has
been released by the post office in Norman, Oklahoma, to coincide with the opening
of a new exhibit in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. The stamp
was designed by wildlife artist Debby Kaspari, who also designed a number of
murals featured in the new exhibition including a painting of a giant Elasmosaurus.
To see the cancellation, visit the official press release:
http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/SpecialPostalCancellation.htm
The exhibition opened on Saturday the 16th June – the Elasmosaurus mural
will feature in a future news story.
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UPDATES
A new genus has been added into the plesiosaur directory – the short-snouted
Oxford Clay pliosaur Simolestes.
http://www.plesiosauria.com/simolestes.html
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PDF-CORNER
This issue’s featured scientific article is by Richard Owen, on the generic
characters in the order Sauropterygia (the group to which plesiosaurs belong):
http://www.plesiosauria.com/linkremoved
Full reference: Owen, R. 1883. On the generic characters in the order Sauropterygia.
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 39, 133-138.
Please note that PDFs featured in ‘PDF-Corner’ will only be available
temporarily.
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FEATURED IMAGE
An interpretation of the skull of Kaiwhekia katiki from the paper by Cruickshank
and Fordyce (2002) – a so-called ‘southern weirdo’!
http://www.plesiosauria.com/kaiwhekea.jpg
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PICK OF THE WEB
Palaeoartist Mineo Shiraishi has a page dedicated to marine reptiles, including
a selection of plesiosaurs.
http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/JurassicGallery/page15.htm
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WHERE’S PADDY?
Three people found Paddy last issue: he was hiding on the ‘Classification’
page. But congratulations go to Marlies Fischer who was the first person to
spot Paddy. Well done!
Keep your eyes peeled, because Paddy is back in town! Paddy the Plesiosaur is
a cartoon plesiosaur with a letter ‘P’ on his back - and he is hiding
somewhere on the Plesiosaur Directory Website! Be the first to find him and
get a special mention in next weeks Newsletter! Just email me at plesiosauria@gmail.com
with the subject ‘I found Paddy’ and tell me what page he is hiding
on. Find out more at http://www.plesiosauria.com/paddy.html
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ADS
Dinosaur Shop launched!
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Wallace!
I will be reviewing this book in detail in a future newsletter – it sounds
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