Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Allosaurus foamilis

Whew - the semester is drawing to a frantic close, and I'm still in the process of much dissertation writing/editing. One of the things I did to keep myself from going too crazy was to build a 3D skeleton of Allosaurus to help teach dinosaur anatomy to my class. Overall, I think the project was a success:



Here's a close-up of the anterior portion of the critter:




I may just try to formalize some plans for this thing and try to develop some teaching labs around it. Hopefully I'll add some plans for others - but don't hold your breath: I've got plenty of other work to do first.