Book recommendations

[ceratopsian]

I read it when it first came out and was entranced. I found it a well written, easy read.

[Halichoeres]

I read it when it first came out and was entranced. I found it a well written, easy read.

Haven't read it, but I've been meaning to. This is an endorsement I trust!

[HD-man]

Anybody read "When Life Nearly Died?" I can't believe that a subject such as the Permian Mass Extinction could be made boring, but Michael J. Benton managed it.

@GojiraGuy1954 No, but I'm not surprised ( http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2210.msg126062#msg126062 ).

[Subduction]

Anybody read "When Life Nearly Died?" I can't believe that a subject such as the Permian Mass Extinction could be made boring, but Michael J. Benton managed it.

@GojiraGuy1954 No, but I'm not surprised ( http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2210.msg126062#msg126062 ).

That's a huge bummer!

Does anyone have any recommendations for a book on pelycosaurs, therapsids, and other early synapsids? I remember someone gave me the name of an old but still good book but I can't remember it's name anymore.

[HD-man]

I remember someone gave me the name of an old but still good book but I can't remember it's name anymore.

S @Subduction Was it 1 of these?: http://web.archive.org/web/20160922124109/https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/the-stem-mammals-a-brief-primer/

[Newt]

S @Subduction -

Romer and Price's Review of the Pelycosauria is old but still chock full of great information on pelycosaur-grade synapsids, with lots of drawings of full skeletal restorations and individual bones. I found a copy on Abebooks for a reasonable price.

[CityRaptor]

There are also these:
https://www.amazon.de/Forerunners-Mammals-Radiation-Histology-Biology/dp/0253356970
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3

[Subduction]

H @HD-man
I believe it was! I remember the person mentioning the book was published during the 80s. Thank you so much!

@Newt @CityRaptor
Thank you so much for your recommendations as well!

[HD-man]

S @Subduction Anytime!

I'm surprised the following books (which are for teens/adults) haven't already been mentioned. I'm especially looking forward to Naish's book:

-Black's The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World ( https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250271044 )

-Naish's Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore ( https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691212029/dinopedia )

-The 2020 edition of Shapiro's How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction ( https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691209005/how-to-clone-a-mammoth )

[Halichoeres]

Has anyone seen the new book Locked in Time by Dean Lomax? (http://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281) It discusses 50 fossils that allow direct inference of behavior, and is illustrated by Bob Nicholls. I'm just curious whether Nicholls illustrated all 50 behaviors.

[HD-man]

@Halichoeres Yes ("1 of 50 new paintings I created for "LOCKED IN TIME – Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils"": https://twitter.com/paleocreations/status/1372580738831372292?lang=en ).

[Halichoeres]

Thank you! That's a must-buy then, and a downright bargain for 50 Bob Nicholls illustrations.

[Libraraptor]

This book is a must-have for me, a no-brainer.

[HD-man]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a book on pelycosaurs, therapsids, and other early synapsids?

S @Subduction Just found out about Panciroli's Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution (which might be of interest to you: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/beasts-before-us-9781472983978/ ).

Has anyone seen the new book Locked in Time by Dean Lomax? (http://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281)

Thank you!

@Halichoeres Anytime! Speaking of books published by Columbia University Press, I'm surprised Hallett/Harris' On the Prowl: In Search of Big Cat Origins ( https://cup.columbia.edu/book/on-the-prowl/9780231184502 ) hasn't already been mentioned.

[Subduction]

H @HD-man
Ohh yes! I browsed through the author's Twitter page last week. I'm definitely picking this one up. Thank you!

"On the Prowl" looks interesting as well. I'll have to buy it eventually since big cats (felidae in general) are some of my favorite animals.

[Halichoeres]

I got Locked in Time a few days ago, and while I'm glad I got it, I expected the illustrations to be in color and they aren't. That was a bit disappointing, seeing 50 Bob Nicholls paintings reduced to grayscale! Still a good introduction to fossil behavior.

[Bokisaurus]

I got Locked in Time a few days ago, and while I'm glad I got it, I expected the illustrations to be in color and they aren't. That was a bit disappointing, seeing 50 Bob Nicholls paintings reduced to grayscale! Still a good introduction to fossil behavior.

Yes, I just got mine this week and I 100% agree with you about the illustrations! I was so disappointed not to be able to see them in all their colorful glory! It was one of the reason I was excited about the book
Still, it look like a great and interesting fun book to read.

[ceratopsian]

Were they "reduced to greyscale" or were they created that way?  I know they were digital only, not physical paintings.

I got Locked in Time a few days ago, and while I'm glad I got it, I expected the illustrations to be in color and they aren't. That was a bit disappointing, seeing 50 Bob Nicholls paintings reduced to grayscale! Still a good introduction to fossil behavior.

[HD-man]

Were they "reduced to greyscale" or were they created that way?  I know they were digital only, not physical paintings.

@ceratopsian IDK for sure, but compared to an uncorrected proof of another book that's meant to be in color, they look like they were "created that way" (which is why I don't mind despite my preference for color).

[Halichoeres]

Were they "reduced to greyscale" or were they created that way?  I know they were digital only, not physical paintings.

I got Locked in Time a few days ago, and while I'm glad I got it, I expected the illustrations to be in color and they aren't. That was a bit disappointing, seeing 50 Bob Nicholls paintings reduced to grayscale! Still a good introduction to fossil behavior.

Oh, I think you're right! I think that based on previous work I'd seen from Nicholls, and the fact that he referred to them as paintings, I assumed they'd be in color. But I think you're right that they were black and white to begin with, after scrolling through his Twitter feed. The images definitely still suffer from the paper they're printed on, but they haven't lost color information because there never was any.