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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BRu_ntt_XZjR5suggyg3peiUvoqWi0xoYXWjAByXisjHszpoP_6WxOfaFoe6FTzTkGNiQUyLi4-exDhFQ0St_e1aFMk8y6hZ-fv3PuAaI5BebjB6ZQTIpQY-UDVZIFTGGl2G/s320/AllosaurusFoam1.jpg)
Here's a close-up of the anterior portion of the critter:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGdEsZtgkIK7PKCevX3UNjuIxNOKMtC2g887iLbTtIFf7yJDvh4IS06XMLxPVzbNcSJzv83Nkt5Oh_cv9Z5F59wk1SWdwqj8EzFRCGQTeQHoMHfZgY7bN-p5vO7BHZKx_Tol-/s320/AllosaurusFoam2.jpg)
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.