Dinosaur Renaissance

[DinoToyForum]

The major shift in our understanding of dinosaur biology and behaviour that took place in the 1960s and 70s is called the Dinosaur Renaissance. But is anyone aware of an overarching name for the later shift that took place in the 1990s and early 2000s following the discovery of feathered dinosaurs in China and elsewhere? I feel like someone has coined a term for this period but I can't seem to find it.

[ceratopsian]

I'm really not sure I've ever heard a single term for the revolution brought about by the discovery of feathers.

[DinoToyForum]

I'm really not sure I've ever heard a single term for the revolution brought about by the discovery of feathers.

Maybe I'm misremembering. Well, in that case, maybe we can create one! You mentioned revolution and like "Dinosaur Revolution". But I still have an itch someone has beat us to the punch.

[ceratopsian]

I'll carry on having a think!

I'm really not sure I've ever heard a single term for the revolution brought about by the discovery of feathers.

Maybe I'm misremembering. Well, in that case, maybe we can create one! You mentioned revolution and like "Dinosaur Revolution". But I still have an itch someone has beat us to the punch.

[Samrukia]

we can try to follow cultural renaissance period logic

age of enlightenment?

[Halichoeres]

The Dinosaurs Get Dressed

[Stegotyranno420]

The Dinosaurs Get Dressed

So the Dinosaur Victorian Era
But that overlaps with when they actualy first were found, so it is a confusing loop.

Joking aside, from my observations(the terminology i heard throughout life), the first Dinosaur revolution/Renaissance was around the 60s-80s. However what most think of the Renaissance peaks circa 80s-00s. Then the soft Dinosaur revolution comes, characterized by feathers, bird-features, and speculative ideas seen in e.g. All Yesterdays. We are currently in the SDR.

[Libraraptor]

"Dinosaurs take wing" perhaps, was it something like that?

[HD-man]

Quoting Naish (See Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore, which I reviewed: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2210.msg327118#msg327118 ):

If the Renaissance was a cultural "event," when did it end? Was it short- lived and ended during the 70s, was it more drawn-out, or is it that we're still in it? I invited the thoughts of colleagues on this matter and discovered a diversity of opinions. The fact that we remain in a dynamic, fast-moving period whereby the ideas of the Renaissance continue to be supported and investigated could mean that the Renaissance is still ongoing.
But I rather prefer the view that the Renaissance could be considered "finished" once Renaissance views of dinosaurs became accepted in mainstream culture. The 1993 appearance of Jurassic Park could be interpreted as marking that acceptance, as could the 1990s publication of feathered dinosaurs like Sinosauropteryx and Caudipteryx. And if the Renaissance has finished, maybe we're now in a new period, a sort of Dinosaur Enlightenment.

[GojiraGuy1954]

The dinosaur rerenaissance

[Ludodactylus]

Renaissance 2: The Re-Feathering

[Samrukia]

Quoting Naish (See Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore, which I reviewed: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2210.msg327118#msg327118 ):

If the Renaissance was a cultural "event," when did it end? Was it short- lived and ended during the 70s, was it more drawn-out, or is it that we're still in it? I invited the thoughts of colleagues on this matter and discovered a diversity of opinions. The fact that we remain in a dynamic, fast-moving period whereby the ideas of the Renaissance continue to be supported and investigated could mean that the Renaissance is still ongoing.
But I rather prefer the view that the Renaissance could be considered "finished" once Renaissance views of dinosaurs became accepted in mainstream culture. The 1993 appearance of Jurassic Park could be interpreted as marking that acceptance, as could the 1990s publication of feathered dinosaurs like Sinosauropteryx and Caudipteryx. And if the Renaissance has finished, maybe we're now in a new period, a sort of Dinosaur Enlightenment.

wow, Naish and myself think alike

[Over9K]

Jurassic Park the movie tried to give us the science of The Renaissance, but Hollywood cannot ever tell the truth... ever. Jurassic Park the franchise stomped The Renaissance to death. We will be dealing with the erroneous perception of certain species for decades.

We're living in The Dinosaur Revival now...

[DinoToyForum]

Quoting Naish (See Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore, which I reviewed: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2210.msg327118#msg327118 ):

If the Renaissance was a cultural "event," when did it end? Was it short- lived and ended during the 70s, was it more drawn-out, or is it that we're still in it? I invited the thoughts of colleagues on this matter and discovered a diversity of opinions. The fact that we remain in a dynamic, fast-moving period whereby the ideas of the Renaissance continue to be supported and investigated could mean that the Renaissance is still ongoing.
But I rather prefer the view that the Renaissance could be considered "finished" once Renaissance views of dinosaurs became accepted in mainstream culture. The 1993 appearance of Jurassic Park could be interpreted as marking that acceptance, as could the 1990s publication of feathered dinosaurs like Sinosauropteryx and Caudipteryx. And if the Renaissance has finished, maybe we're now in a new period, a sort of Dinosaur Enlightenment.

I think this must be what I read, thanks!

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

I'm really not sure I've ever heard a single term for the revolution brought about by the discovery of feathers.

I'm personally partial to "The Fluffening"