Monday, September 15, 2008

Dinosaur!

In honour of Leonardo, the mummified dinosaur recently discovered in Montana, the first to be found with intact internal organs and stomach contents (and the new documentary "Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy" airing on the discovery channel, which I'll probably post later once it is available), here is the documentary Dinosaur!" It was made in 1985, hosted by Christopher Reeve, it was one of the first of its kind featuring recreations of dinosaur life. A far cry from the fancy computer animation of today. We had this on VHS and watched it so many times! I remember thinking the part with the Tyrannosaurus was so freaky! Note a young(er) Robert Bakker who also makes an appearance in the Dinosaur Mummy documentary (check the preview here, he is such a character). FYI the bones discovered by Jim Jensen in 1979 and named "Ultrasaurus" in 1985 (later renamed "Ultrasauros" in 1995 because "Ultrasaurus" had already been published in 1983 by Haang Mook Kim as applied to a South Korean specimen he had discovered, which turned out to not be so big after all because he had mistaken a femur for a humerus), were later found to be parts of two separate dinosaurs, a Brachiosaurus and part of a Supersaurus that had been discovered at the same location. After that the term "Ultrasauros" came to be just another name for the Supersaurus, which was still really big.




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great memories CP! *sniff*

LP

Cara said...

Haha yeah:) Hey do you remember what else was on that tape? Was it Star Wars?

Anonymous said...

Another dinosaur show (not as good) and I think something else. I still have the tape buried somewhere :)

 
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