Re: Ostrom Obituary in the New York Times

[Allan Edels <edels@msn.com>]

To be precise:  The _Deinonychus_ casts (2 of them) went on display at ANSP 
in 1986, attacking a small (read: juvenile) _Tenontosaurus_, and 3 
Tenontosaur 'babies'.  A mural was painted showing the scene, and it became 
the cover of "Dinosauria" (first edition).

ANSP revamped Dinosaur Hall beginning in 1984 thru 1986.  I was at the 
opening night (I can't remember if it was January or March)  [Hey! It was 
almost 20 years ago!].  Ken Carpenter was in charge of the preparators, 
which included Cathy Forster [who sculpted the _Tenontosaurus_ baby skull - 
using the "lost styrofoam" process].  (There are a few other notables who 
were on the team - Ken should be able to recall them all).

And... I have gained way too much weight from a lifetime of Philly 
cheesesteaks.  :-))

Allan Edels

> From: Danvarner@aol.com
> Reply-To: Danvarner@aol.com
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> CC: edels@msn.com
> Subject: Re: Ostrom Obituary in the New York Times
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:40:00 -0400 (EDT)
>
> In a message dated 7/21/2005 1:00:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> edels@msn.com
> writes:
> << At that time, ANSP was the only place that
> had a _Deinonychus_ sculpture on display, and the only place with a
> permanent mount of the skeleton(s).  [At the DinoFest (1998) in Phila.,  
> they
> had 3 (or was it 5) _Deinonychus_ skeletons on display].  I  believe the
> Peabody exhibit was created in 2000 or 2001. >>
>
> Czerkas' model at the California Academy of Sciences  goes back before that
> (ain't that right, Ralph?). The AMNH had a Deinonychus  skeleton in the mid
> 1990's. The Yale mount was done around then, but I don't  know when exactly 
> it
> was put on exhibit. But Philly does have great  cheesesteaks... DV