Re: Conway's Nyctosaurus Restoration or Introducing the Bennett Prize!

[John Conway <john_conway@mac.com>]

On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 01:00  AM, Chris Glen wrote:

> Nice pic John! Didn't get a close look at it last time.

What, when it was projected thirty-times life size? ;-)

>   hmmm, I might have a crack at that "Bennett membrane schmembrane" 
> thing...

Good. I really do understand Chris Bennett's dismay at the number of 
restorations with a membrane on the crest. Palaeoartists (well, artists 
in general) have a tendency to copy each others work - if all the 
pictures out there show a membrane, then very likely that's the only 
way it will ever be shown, despite the lack of fossil evidence. And a 
membrane without a specific use (such as skim-sailing) would hardly be 
an advantage.


John Conway

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