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Kotz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 4 Prehistoric Times No.142 Summer 2022 FROM THE EDITOR Thank you again for join- I know it shocks you no end, faithful PT ing us during the hot summer readers, when you hear that I could possibly fire season here in California. make a mistake in PT but apparently I forgot Italian artist Fabio Pastori sent us what he declares to print the subtitle 'Antiques in the Making' one of his best paintings ever for our front cover. He in Robert Telleria’s #18 article in the last said it was very appreciated by world famous paleon- issue. Sorry Bobby! tologist Jack Horner who called it the first accurate As always, I ask (beg) that you please dinosaur painting. Fabio’s Velociraptor mongoliensisis spend some of your hard earned money on an acrylic painting illustration that is different from items being sold by our advertisers. You and stereotypes. This shows an elegant predator that in the they are what keep Prehistoric Timesin print. period of courtship shows off its iridescent feathers of MOVING?? PLEASE let us know your the forelimbs. Fabio says, “It is absolutely my work of new address when you plan to move. The which I am most proud.”(cid:31)He named it "Mongolian magazine is NOT forwarded and it costs us to Swift Seizer." Fabio and Jack Horner worked together resend the magazine later to your new “digs.” to create very colorful images of dinosaurs and both Also, if you subscribed to PT by sending were kind enough to show their work in this issue. your payment anywhere except directly to us, Jack describes them and Fabio beautifully paints them Fabio’s original drawing for please know that we only received a small and offers us a generous multi-page selection inside to percentage of that payment. The people you his cover painting enjoy. Thank you. sent the payment to got the majority of your (cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)For a change, John money. When you (hopefully) renew your Lavas tells us the story of subscription, PLEASE do it by sending your Burian’s early life instead payment directly to us. We are a small busi- of showing his art. Let us ness and could really use your support. know if you would like Thanks so much to many of you who have more of this.(cid:31)Also in this started renewing directly with us. Would the issue Phil Hore tells us rest of you please stop your automatic about the dinosaur renewal with an internet subscription ser- Yutyrannusand the carniv- vice? We sure thank you! orous fish named ARTISTS! PTdoes not pay for submis- Xiphactinus.(cid:31)In Paleonews, sions but many artists whose work is seen in one of the stories was sent Prehistoric Times get paying work from directly to me from paleon- other sources. Please send jpg files of your tologist Kevin Padian of artwork scanned at 300 DPI resolution. Send University Berkeley, Yutyrannus as an approx 4” jpg with your name in the California with his very title of the image--example--Triceratops © Cody Zaiser interesting explanation for by John Smith.jpgto our e-mail address or mighty T. rex’s tiny arms. Mike Howgate enlightens us send good copies (that you don’t need returned and that aren’t larger than about the prehistoric figures that were not to be and our 9 x 12 scanner bed) to our mailing address in California. We need your Tracy Ford continues with his articles about feathers. art and info:For #143 Kunbarrasaurus/Thylacine (Sep. 10 2022) In the first of a series Paul McFarland has created a For #144 Dilong/Titanoboa(Dec. 10 2022) bronze bison sculpture plus Robert Telleria has two For #145 Hypsilophodon/Kelenken (March 10 2023) articles in this issue on dino collectibles and Randy For #146 Thescelosaurus/Tullimonstrum - the Tully Monster (June 10, Knol and I tell you about even more, etc, etc.(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31) 2023) There is nothing I hate to have to report more than For #147Ornitholestes/Repenomamus (Sep 10, 2023) the death of great people that had a positive influence For #148 Australovenator/Ambulocetus (Dec 10 2023) Thank you. on this magazine or the world of dinosaurs or both. Anthony Beeson passed on April 1, 2022. From his home in England, Anthony designed the prehistoric animal figures that CollectA produced. You would read his comments whenever Randy or I reviewed their new figures because he was always kind enough to send us descriptions which we often repeated to you. He was talented and a great friend to this magazine. John Lanzendorf passed away on May 27, 2022. The “hairdresser to the stars,” dinosaur art collector, and philanthropist, John was another great friend to this magazine from his home in Chicago. Both of you will be greatly missed. I saw Jurassic World : Dominionin 3D (which did- n’t do much for it) but it was certainly full of action and packed with dinosaurs including many new ones plus non dinosaur prehistoric animals too. Good to see three actors from the original Jurassic Park back. It was pretty long but I recommend it. I also enjoyed Prehistoric Planet on the Apple channel. David Attenborough narrates and I’ve been hearing from many of you that there is no way we can speak with certainty about prehistoric animal behavior. I know, it was the same with Walking with Dinosaursand other MANY MORE DINOSAUR DESIGNS AVAILABLE TOO! CG dinosaur documentaries, but the look of the ani- ALL COLORS OF SHIRTS PLUS CAPS, MAGNETS, mals and the animation is some of the best ever so I WATER BOTTLES, MUGS, BAGS, GLASSESAND MORE! just enjoyed it for that. AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT WWW.CAFEPRESS.COM/PRETIMES Prehistoric Times No.142 Summer 2022 5 MMEESSOOZZOOIICC lion with fees, to an undisclosed buyer and I read the skeletal speci- men contains 126 real bones, but the MMAAIILL rest are reconstructed, including most of the skull. It was also announced that the Tyrannosaurus rexfossil known as “Stan” that drew a record price at auction in 2020 of $31.8 million will be part of a new natural history museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Triceratops by Bodhi Turkel-Vose Age 10 FOSSIL Greetings from North Queensland, Mike. PT #141 I know you’re a rock and you can't talk just arrived; What a treat! I must endorse the positive but the stories you could tell. comments from readers about the heavier gauge paper. Hard as stone, a dinosaur bone It makes the magazine even more appealing than of a creature long ago. usual, and I will be happy to pay an extra on the sub- Plant or meat, which did you eat? scription to keep that feature in future. I saw Jon Alive, where did you roam? Noad's photo of the badlands in Alberta, and it trig- Fast or slow , how big you grow? gered a memory. My wife, daughter and I drove across Walked on how many feet? Canada four years ago and I insisted on visiting the But luck was on your side Royal Tyrrell Museum at Drumheller, set in the extra- though you didn't survive. ordinary landscape of that area. Melbourne Museum Got caught in a flood ,buried in mud has recently acquired what is said to be the most com- Triceratops by Amias Turkel-Vose and that was the day you died. plete Triceratops ever found and a report on it might Layers and layers above, make a suitable encore for PT's latest from Burian's below your body compress. brilliant artwork. A google search will turn up the details. I have mostly Under all the pressure gone over to digital magazines due to space, weight and convenience issues time did all the rest. when my wife and I are traveling in our RV. The exceptions are Nile In a desert valley, once a swamp (Ancient Egypt fan) and Prehistoric that was your home. Times, which I insist on having in After heavy rainfall "real". Covid passed us by but the erosion exposed a bone. kids got it and are fine. Apart from A cowboy searching for a cow the looming horror of a Federal elec- that never made it home. tion, all is well on this side of the Rode across a hillside Pond. Rowan Partridge, Tolga, looked down and saw a bone. Queensland, Australia Wasn't sure what he found Thanks so much for the nice letter, but knew that it was big. Rowan. I know people liked the The news made papers all around thicker paper but my printing and scientist's came to dig expenses have gone up with each Piece by piece and part by part issue lately and I promised no sub- 3 years has passed from the start. scription rate hike a while back They reconstructed what they found (although I might raise the cover buried long time underground. price if expenses continue to climb NO DOUBT ABOUT IT !!! and then buyers in Barnes & Noble This thing ate meat ,walked on 2 legs will help me cover my expenses.) when complete. My family and I had a driving trip up through the Canadian Rockies Museum hall , for all to see and stopped off at the Tyrrell in Drumheller a few years back. A great the first T-Rex known to be. trip. Hi Mike, Thanks for another year of Krishna Garcia-Martinez Age 10 BY IAN DAVIDSON PT - looking forward to the next one. I *Loosely based on Barnum Brown saw on the Today show that Christie’s is 1902 Hell Creek Montana auctioning off a “raptor” skeleton, And events that happened being labeled “Velociraptor,” but is 75 million years ago. actually Deinonychus. I’m curious to know the real fossil percentage. As Mike, Years ago, I bought the large well- usual, please send my PT renewal to detailed ferocious Spinosaurus model (Papo?) Jeff Siskin, Canyon Country, Ca. You with movable jaw. That was when we all probably know by now that the thought it was a gigantic landlubber, but now Deinonychus antirrhopus specimen, we assume that it was a sea-going creature nicknamed “Hector” sold at crusher with a vertically flatter shape than pre- Christies for a whopping $12.4 mil- viously regarded, an incised dorsal vertebral 6 Prehistoric Times No.142 Summer 2022 sail, and a now-blunted tail. If my model was no enjoying the mag and I can’t thank you longer regarded as correct in shape, that updated enough for buying multiple copies of Tracy version bothered me to the point of thinking about Ford’s and my coloring books - editor how I could make mine match with no going back to the original model's features. So I used the Greetings Mike, It took a while for my Spring CollectA image printed in PT to guide me as well 2022 PT to arrive, carried no doubt, by coura- as I could as I cut the dorsal sail with a penknife geous elephants through crocodile infested and shaped it with a razor blade and blunted the swamps, but it arrived at my Thailand lair yes- tail somewhat (perhaps too much). See the terday. PT has broken some barriers by printing scanned picture with the cuts and the original cut the extensive article by Gregory Paul that is a fragments including the spindly tail. I then used a companion for his scientific research data. What cut fragment and held it over my red-hot kitchen- other magazine could be the vehicle for a con- range coil to practice getting used to the plastic's temporary explanatory commentary that is properties when heated. It softened without being descriptive of rigorous scientific research? burnt or burning up. Using gloves, I then took the Nobody! PT spans multiple worlds and is irre- whole model and softened only the whole tail placeable if you ever migrate to another prehis- enough so that I could quickly use a heavy door- toric habitat. Not to mention another suitable for stopper's weight to mash it flatter than before, framing cover by John Sibbick. My walls are pressing repeatedly till I was sure the shape would becoming populated by PT covers. Sawatdee, freeze when cold. It remained warm for quite a Chuck Malick. It’s always an honor when well long time, and so I kept pressing it repeatedly till known authors and paleontologists think of it hardened. During the pressing I was lil’ ole PT and send us some new sad to see that the plastic was now science. Paleontologist Kevin shiny, having lost the scaly look. Later Padian of the University of on, I scribed and scratched in a mesh California Berkeley sent us a nice pattern to break up the shininess and article in this issue giving a possi- roughed it up with some coarse sand- ble explanation of why T. rex has paper too---still a bit too shiny. such puny arms - editor Seeing that the cut plastic was too much like dull-yellowish ocher, a few Mike, I have identified the days later I mixed some tiny amounts Messmore & Damon figure which of mixed green-blue-brown paints to Don Glut in PT thought might be a match and applied the paint. The paint promo piece for the film Gorgo. The helped to subdue the tail changes, yet photo was in PT 140 on the page the tail tip remained shiny unobtrusive- with Don's Pastorama article. He ly. So now it is an up-to-date was in the right church, but the Spinosaurus. wrong pew. I found a photo of the the figure being driven around on a Carl Masthay, Creve Coeur (St. Louis), flat bed truck to promote a film in Missouri, 3 April 2022 1956. Yes, it was Beast of Hollow Mountain. That is Irish McCalla in Hello Mike, My latest edition of her Sheena outfit on the Nassour Prehistoric Times arrived just when I needed it. I have joined the ranks of Studios lot where her show was filmed. With her is male co-star Christian the vaccinated who contracted covid-19. Having my Prehistoric Times to Drake. There are two photos. One shows the Nassour Studios figure touring read makes my time in solitary confinement easier to get through. Thanks on the West Coast, the other the Messmore & Damon touring on the East to your magazine’s Mesozoic Coast. A caption by the photos is Media section I have enjoyed a lot amusing, as it calls the one a of good reading. I finished reading "twin brother" to the other, yet The Beasts before Us by Elsa they look nothing alike. These Panciroli and am currently reading have not been seen for some 66 Otherlands by Thomas Halliday. years. Gary Williams, Toronto, Both books are full of great infor- Canada mation on ancient mammals. These books are also an easy read Mike, These are resin 3D printed because you don’t have to be an animals which I printed and academic to understand them. I Robert Telleria painted for me. also have almost all your coloring The figures were designed by books too. Thanks for all the great Koval Liudmila, and the print reading and I’m enclosing my files were available via a resubscription payment so I can KickStarter project called keep enjoying it. Rae Zabit, Prehistoric Beasts - Tamed and Goshen, CT. First off, so sorry to Wild. Great credit to Robert and hear you have been ill; hopefully Koval. 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It is unknown if Czech film-maker Karel Zeman as they ventured into the Kotouc (/KO-to-uch/) Hill caverns near their fam- (1910–1989) was aware of Burian’s childhood excursions into Kotouc, but ily home in Moravia. Three decades later Burian would paint a group of a key scene of his 1955 animated film Cesta do praveku (Journey to club-wielding Neanderthals against a backdrop of the hill (where primeval ages) for which Augusta was enlisted as technical advisor, shows Prehistoric Times No.142 Summer 2022 9 four child actors exploring a similar cavern where they discover Palaeolithic (1943–1991). Of these, 1,110 were oil paintings and the remainder were tools and cave paintings. pastel, tempera, gouache, ink, and pencil. However, palaeo-restorations My previous biography of Zdenek Burian provided a broad overview of accounted for only a small portion of these figures. From the age of 16 his contributions to palaeo-art and palaeontology (PT 116, 117). Burian’s Burian had been first and foremost a book illustrator and only began his for- total artistic output over his 60-year-long career approached the staggering mal association with Josef Augusta in 1938 (but completed only six palaeo figure of 20,000 items according to his enigmatic cataloguer Petr Sadecky images that year because of the German occupation). During his career Burian illustrated no fewer than 456 books, 200 book jackets, and 550 serialised short stories. The range of their subjects included adventure stories, novels, travel- ogues (both real and imagined), history, ethnography, geography, natural history, and science fiction. As an artist Burian seems to almost evade precise definition. He was a gun-toting, horse-riding cowboy enthusiast who painted remarkably convincing wild- West scenes without references to guide him, an idealis- tic pacifist and romanticist, an accomplished artist of natural history and ethnology, a pioneer of the photore- alism gouache technique, and a palaeo-artist who, despite lacking access to many fossil forms that he restored, completed what were regarded as scientifically accurate restorations (and did so at a speed that almost defies imagination). The main reason I chose the photo of Burian used on the lead page rather than one from his later years (with which most readers will be more famil- iar) was because more than any other image this embod- ies all the aforementioned qualities, in particular the ide- alistic and classical virtues to which he was dedicated during the Augustanian Era. This extended biography is an attempt to contextu- alise Burian’s palaeo-art within the wider scope of his general illustration work. Naturally Burian was not the first notable palaeo-artist of his era; in the U.S. Charles R. Knight (1874–1953) and Russian-born Rudolph Zallinger (1919–1995) achieved fame for their magnifi- cent museum dioramas of the 1930s and 1940s, respec- tively. But Burian’s art differed in several regards. First, he was the only artist to provide a systematic record of global prehistory (flora as well as fauna) via scientifical- ly based restorations. Even today it would be feasible to 10 Prehistoric Times No.142 Summer 2022