Brontosaurus Greek for “Thunder Lizard”. One of the most famous of the Dinosaurs is back! New research indicates Brontosaurus is a distinct genus from Apatosaurus that includes B. excelsus, B. yahnahpin and B. parvis. The 300 page study examines 477 different physical features of 81 specimens of sauropods including Diplodocus, Apatosaurus and now Brontosaurus. A…
Month: June 2018
Jurassic World: Kingdom of the Fallen Premiere with the NHMLA
Dinosaurs have been in movies since the 1920’s. The “The Lost World” in 1925 featured Clay dinosaurs that I preferred to the lizards with attachments in the 1960 version of the film. “The Lost World” sixties version attached horns to iguanas, alligators and tried passing a monitor lizard off as a dinosaur by attaching a…
Kevin Goes to the Dentist!
Today was my regular 6-month dental visit for cleaning. I decided it was time for Kevin to have his teeth checked. It’s never to early to visit the Dentist. Dr. David Tanner in Newhall, California has been my dentist since he started his practice over 30 years ago. I have known David since Junior High,…
Dinosaurs at Mountain Vista Elementary
Kevin & I were invited to Mountain Vista Elementary School – home of the “Wildcats” – to make a presentation to five Kindergarten Classes. We made two presentations. The first group gathered in Miss Rangel’s classroom along with teacher Ms. Vasquez – one Kindergarten Class and one Transitional Kindergarten Class. We started with “Dinosaurs” by…
Dinosaur Hunting: Trip to Templeton
Recently I reconnected with a friend from Junior High School. It’s amazing and a little scary what you can find on a Google search. We had not seen or communicated with each other in over 40 years! It was great catching up. When Gary learned what I was doing with Metal Dinosaurs, he mentioned there…