new episode of terrilbe lizards, by @dave_hone and @iszi , interviewing @TetZoo , of the famous 20 year old Tetrapod Zoology blog. Good grief I've been reading that blog for 19 years!
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I'm biased, but the only book that does a good job of covering plesiosaur diversity (with illustrations of all the groups) is my #AncientSeaReptiles - it has JUST gone to third edition and I believe is available now (if not, in a few weeks). It might be hard to get outside of the UK though.
Cover showing Chirinos art of pliosaurid vs long-necked plesiosaur.
Cover boards under dust jacket. Same look but grey.
Book interior. Pictures and Japanese text. Art shows phytosaurs, birds, pterosaurs.
Spines of three copies.
The Japanese edition of my #AncientSeaReptiles has arrived, and it's great. It's a new version for 2025, so contains changes and images not yet featured in English editions. It has great design features (like the art on the cover boards). I'll be bringing a copy to #DinoConUk :)
Very excellent review of my #AncientSeaReptiles by DinoDadReviews: "I consider Ancient Sea Reptiles an absolute must-have for fans of prehistoric life". Thanks DinoDad :) dinodadreviews.com/2025/04/07/a...
Despite containing the Cedar Hill Museum inside, the new Traphene Hickman Library didn’t have any books on prehistoric sea life, so I donated a copy of @tetzoo.bsky.social’s #AncientSeaReptiles! I also wrote a review of the book, which you can read here:
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Darren Naish near projector screen with slide titled The News on Ancient Sea Reptiles and showing two Prehistoric Planet images of marine reptiles.
Darren Naish near projector screen showing DinoCon promotional info and imagery.
Thanks to everyone who came to my #AncientSeaReptiles talk at Bournemouth Natural Science Society today (all but ONE of my books sold). Here's me doing a bit of #DinoCon promotion :)
Copies of Naish's Ancient Sea Reptiles, the book, with a few marine reptile models in front.
See my book #AncientSeaReptiles for coverage of the differences between the various #mosasaur groups.
copies of Ancient Sea Reptiles, both US and UK editions, as photographed by different people around the world.
Montage showing Ancient Sea Reptiles and drawings of various of the animal groups that the book covers.
Copy of NHM version of Ancient Sea Reptiles on top of, and surrounded by, other literature on Mesozoic marine reptiles. I think it's crucial that authors check the work of others when writing reviews.
Simple cladograms showing relationships inferred for Mesozoic marine reptile groups as a whole (at left) and plesiosaurs. Both are included within the book.
Once again, massive thanks to everyone who bought #AncientSeaReptiles, still on sale in some places (but generally selling out). Last year I gave numerous talks related to the contents of this book. This year, things are different in that the talks are spin-offs and concern more >specific< topics.
Yes, it's discussed in my book #AncientSeaReptiles
Both US and UK covers, stood next to each other with a toy mosasaur and ichthyosaur nearby.
Interested in the great sea reptiles of the Age of Dinosaurs? My NHM London book #AncientSeaReptiles covers what we know of the diversity, evolution and biology of these amazing animals. It's a fast moving field and many parts of the book are already in need of update! #books
Substantial thanks to everyone who's bought, and said nice things about, my Natural History Museum, London book #AncientSeaReptiles. The best guide to the sea-going reptiles of the Age of the Dinosaurs, with stacks of diagrams and great art. More info and links .... tetzoo.com/blog/2023/2/...
