Thanks! I was in absolute awe when I saw that recreation. It was so pretty. :')
Like I told Khira, if you guys come and visit before the exhibit closes on January 31 (just checked it, lawl), I'll totally take you kids to see it! I can show you our local collection of hominins and stuff!
Those models look very familiar. I think I saw them when they were at the American Museum of Natural History in 2005. (Except for the Mei Long one, since that animal hadn’t been described yet at that point.)
I’ve got a couple questions about these pictures:
1: What genus of dromaeosaurid is that in the first picture? I’m thinking it might be Bambiraptor, but I can’t tell for sure.
2: Is that a cast of Microraptor gui, or is it the real fossil?
It wouldn't surprise me if you did, since to the best of my knowledge it's been traveling for quite a while. To answer your questions, yes that is Bambiraptor, and I believe it's the real fossil since it was behind a heavy glass case and most of the casts were not.
That’s a pretty good photograph of the fossil. Now that I know it’s of the original, I have two other questions:
1: Do you have a higher resolution version of this image?
2: If you do, would you mind me using it in the evolution book that Ferahgo, Keesey and I are working on? (I’d give you credit for it if I do.) My current plan is to use the photograph of it that was published in the fossil’s 2003 description in the journal Nature, but it would be helpful to have a backup option just in case I can’t get the journal’s permission to republish their photograph.
I do, and I would not mind. I have to double check that it is the actual fossil first, but I'm planning on going back at least once more before the exhibit leaves at the end of January so I can check then.
As for the higher resolution image, the original is 3872x2592. The quality is not as good as it could be since the lighting was low, but it isn't bad.
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Those pictures are gorgeous. I am thoroughly jealous that you got to go to the Natural History museum.
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Like I told Khira, if you guys come and visit before the exhibit closes on January 31 (just checked it, lawl), I'll totally take you kids to see it! I can show you our local collection of hominins and stuff!
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I’ve got a couple questions about these pictures:
1: What genus of dromaeosaurid is that in the first picture? I’m thinking it might be Bambiraptor, but I can’t tell for sure.
2: Is that a cast of Microraptor gui, or is it the real fossil?
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1: Do you have a higher resolution version of this image?
2: If you do, would you mind me using it in the evolution book that Ferahgo, Keesey and I are working on? (I’d give you credit for it if I do.) My current plan is to use the photograph of it that was published in the fossil’s 2003 description in the journal Nature, but it would be helpful to have a backup option just in case I can’t get the journal’s permission to republish their photograph.
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As for the higher resolution image, the original is 3872x2592. The quality is not as good as it could be since the lighting was low, but it isn't bad.
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The first one, upper picture, it looks a bit like the sceleton is dancing some ballet style!
Must be my brain >_>,
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