Comments on: Dinosaurs Rule at SVP http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/10/dinosaurs-rule-at-svp/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Rob Gay http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/10/dinosaurs-rule-at-svp/comment-page-1/#comment-7183 Rob Gay Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:53:35 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8636#comment-7183 My favorite talk by far was the 3D xray of the birds in motion showing the insane amount of long-axis rotation they are capable of at the knee joint. Apparently it is not such a simple hinge after all. My favorite talk by far was the 3D xray of the birds in motion showing the insane amount of long-axis rotation they are capable of at the knee joint. Apparently it is not such a simple hinge after all.

]]> By: Stu Pond http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/10/dinosaurs-rule-at-svp/comment-page-1/#comment-7180 Stu Pond Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:22:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8636#comment-7180 Sums it all up perfectly! It was a great meeting, and I particularly enjoyed Parson's discussion on the flexibility of the neck of Deinonychus (it was similar to a pelican's i.e.very flexible), Breithaupt's review of photogrammetry (more accurate than Lidar?) and Padian's discussion on Pterosaur tracks (mostly, they're not). Oh, and the chairs. Just excellent. Sums it all up perfectly!

It was a great meeting, and I particularly enjoyed Parson’s discussion on the flexibility of the neck of Deinonychus (it was similar to a pelican’s i.e.very flexible), Breithaupt’s review of photogrammetry (more accurate than Lidar?) and Padian’s discussion on Pterosaur tracks (mostly, they’re not).

Oh, and the chairs. Just excellent.

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