Dinosaur Library

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Thought I might show a few of my favorite books since that seems to be a popular concept . I will post more where time allows.

That old piece with Burians work is stunning.
A few of the newer Sauropod works for those that enjoy them as much as I do.








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[amargasaurus cazaui]

Regarding the copy of "Oceans of Kansas " I pictured, I was able to meet the author, Michael Everhart and have him dedicate my copy to me in April. I was able to learn that he served as one of the consultants for the Newer model Carnegie Tylosaur, so I also had him sign it as well.
This is him with a massive Tylosauarus model be brought for the show, as well as with the book .

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[sauroid]

excellent collection of books.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

I couldnt resist posting this when  I saw the forum had a member named Gwangi. Neat comic book !!\
Since I was posting dinosaur comics, figured I might as well add these as well. These are some older comics, but I just love the cover art and retro look to them.

[Gwangi]

Very cool! I didn't know there was a Gwangi comic book. I have a copy of the VHS, still need to get the DVD.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Very cool! I didn't know there was a Gwangi comic book. I have a copy of the VHS, still need to get the DVD.

Yes I love that old movie. I think my copy is sadly VHS. I did post the comic for your benefit so glad you noticed it, thanks. It is generally offered at some point on ebay and is not that outrageous given its age, yet.

[Gwangi]

Thanks for sharing it, I just love old dinosaur movies. I'll have to keep an eye out for it on eBay.

[Roselaar]

Excellent collection(s) here! That comic art is awesome!

BTW, am I wrong in assuming there were no giant sharks like that during the Mosasaur ages? Megalodon only died out a few millions years ago, right?

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Excellent collection(s) here! That comic art is awesome!

BTW, am I wrong in assuming there were no giant sharks like that during the Mosasaur ages? Megalodon only died out a few millions years ago, right?

I am not that certain about sharks myself, but I had thought they existed clear back into the fossil record to at least the Cretaceous if not further. The book Oceans of Kansas speaks alot about various sharks he discovered or remains he recovered , although to me it seemed like he named other species than megalodon.

[Gwangi]

Sharks date back over 400 million years, to the Silurian period I believe. Megalodon lived between 28 and 1.5 million years ago. I don't know of any shark that reached the size of megalodon back in the Mesozoic but I know there were some that at least reached the size of modern white sharks.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Excellent collection(s) here! That comic art is awesome!

BTW, am I wrong in assuming there were no giant sharks like that during the Mosasaur ages? Megalodon only died out a few millions years ago, right?

After I responded I kept thinking, what sharks? So I went back through the pile of comics I had pictured. IN ocean-going animals there were two covers that had some version of an Elasmosaur or similar, and one that seems to resemble a shark biting a gun off of a battleship, but inside we are given the story and better pictures and it seems to be a mosasaurus type animal. I had deliberately not pictured several of the books from that set, as they showed more extant but gigantic type animals...i.e. massive crabs etc. These all appeared in a title called Star Spangled War stories over a space of some years back in the sixties. In the storyline , the war is being fought on an island inhabited by massive dinosaurs etc, as you can obviously tell. Nowdays they are a pricey idea to try collecting, I was fortunate to acquire mine about 25 years ago, when they were still reasonable.I also still lack many issues of having the complete set, but pictured some of the "funner" covers.