The science and art of paleontology
A blog on dinosaur anatomy and reconstructing the appearance of prehistoric animals.
First off, I want to thank everyone who participated, we ended up with over 1000 votes (though not necessarily 1000 voters, as we'll see below). There were several lead changes, but in the end a suspiciously strong showing for one dinosaur lost out to an even more suspicious last minute route by another dinosaur.
So without further ado, that (winning) dinosaur is...
Read MoreWe're about halfway through the vote to determine what my next skeletal reconstruction will be, so I tallied up all the votes from the previous post, Deviant Art, and the Skeletal Drawing Facebook page. Currently Yutyrannus is holding the lead, although several dinosaurs are still in striking distance.
Vote totals as of noon EST on March 15th
Looking over the data (closing in on 600 votes already) it's clear that different venues favored different dinosaurs. For example Argentinosaurus and Protoceratops are the current winners on Facebook, but they can't keep up with theropod mania on the other two polls. It'll be interesting to see if there are any lead changes before tomorrow night.
I'll announce the winner on Monday, and do the skeletal drawing in the coming week, along with one or two other surprised (as time allows).
So here is the deal: Spring break is coming up and I plan to do a skeletal reconstruction, so I thought I'd try something fun and let you, my loyal readers, choose which animal I'll restore. I've created a list of taxa for which I already have the data (and in some cases began scaling and preliminary work) to choose from.
Vote for your favorite from now through Sunday!
Poll now closed. The winner will be announced later Monday.
Paleontologist and paleoartist Scott Hartman provides a wealth of anatomical data and skeletal drawings of dinosaurs, and information on how prehistoric animals looked in life.
