softdinosaurs

Jason Brougham Paleontological Art

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Extant Species
  • New Bruce Museum Dilophosaurus Model
  • Posts
    • Ecosystem Reconstructions
  • About
  • Species Reconstructions
  • Dinosaur Biology
    • CT scans of my Microraptor sculpt courtesy Dr. John Hutchinson RVC
  • Behavioral Reconstructions

Author Archives: jbrougham

Pterosaurs at the AMNH

March 31, 2014by jbrougham 2 Comments

Some recent press coverage of our Pterosaurs show. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/behind-the-scenes-at-pterosaurs-flight-in-the-age-of-dinosaurs.html?_r=0 http://podcasts.nytimes.com/podcasts/2014/04/01/science/01scitimes-podcast/20140401-scitimes-podcast.mp3

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Life in the Jurassic Thicket.

September 29, 2013by jbrougham 2 Comments

In the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of China paleontologists have found the oldest known paravians: the animals that gave rise to birds. There is no reason to think that the […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Bennettites: The Nearly Invisible Mesozoic Plants

September 29, 2013by jbrougham Leave a comment

This is the third installment of my series on bennettites and this time I will try to describe them, for paleoartists, in plain language. For more scientific language or references […]

Read Article →
Paleobotany

Bennettite Paleoenvironments

September 23, 2013by jbrougham 2 Comments

Bennettites show up in the fossil record first in the Middle Triassic. Late Triassic beds around the world show many fronds of Anomozamites, Pterophyllum, and Zamites. Throughout the Jurassic bennettites […]

Read Article →
Paleobotany

Bennettites (Cycadeoids)

August 30, 2013by jbrougham 7 Comments

Bennettitales (Cycadeoidales)   I write to the paleo community today not because we have failed, but because we are succeeding like never before. We are ready to take on a […]

Read Article →
Paleobotany

Deinonychus antirrhopus skeletal reconstruction

August 6, 2013by jbrougham 6 Comments

    The new header on my blog’s first page is a skeletal reconstruction of Deinonychus that I did on a commission a few years back. I studied the osteology […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Memoriam: Dr. Larry Martin

March 31, 2013by jbrougham 6 Comments

Dr. Larry Martin I would like to offer this brief essay about Larry Martin. He passed away on March 9th after a long and productive career as a Paleontologist, Professor, […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Take These Broken Wings And Learn To Fly

August 31, 2012by jbrougham Leave a comment

August 31, 2012 Could early birds fly well, could they fly at all? The balance of evidence tips back and forth as new anatomical  studies probe the issue from different […]

Read Article →
Microraptor

A Shoulder to Cry On

August 31, 2012by jbrougham 2 Comments

Microraptor Wings 4 – Scapular Orientation and Glenoid Mobility 7/28/2011 In 2006 Dr. Phil Senter published two scientific papers in which he stated that non – avian theropods have ventral […]

Read Article →
Microraptor

What does “Soft Dinosaurs” mean?

August 2, 2012by jbrougham 1 Comment

The title is a triple entendre. 1) Dinosaurs turn out to be soft, rather than rough, because they were covered with fluffy filaments or feathers 2) I am particularly interested […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Post navigation

← Previous 1 2 3 Next →
In trying to understand extinct animals I have become more and more interested in the organisms and ecosystems of the world today.

recent posts

  • The Doctor Responds!
  • Bilateral Supremacy
  • Alien Life: Convergence vs. Phylogenetic Signal
  • The Bennettite Wielandiella
  • Flattering!

Archive

Blogroll

  • Inside Dinosaurs
  • Inside Dinosaurs

Press

  • Science Times podcast, in which journalist Helene Stapinski discusses our Pterosaurs show at AMNH. Science Times podcast, in which journalist Helene Stapinski discusses our Pterosaurs show at AMNH.
  • Some information about the new Pterosaurs show at the AMNH. Even a couple of quotes fom me! Some information about the new Pterosaurs show at the AMNH. Even a couple of quotes fom me!
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • softdinosaurs
    • Join 570 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • softdinosaurs
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...