. . . T-Rexes attacking in fighter jets

Yes! We need more of this!

And feathers, I want to see feathers on some dinosaurs.

I was a summer student for 3 summers at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Canada.

On my last day off of my first season out there, I found a tail club from an Ankylosaur!

At the time, it was only the 3rd one from the area, so the staff was very excited to see it. Sadly, it had washed down into the aluvium of a butte, and they never did recover the rest of the critter.

Plus Anne McAffery (spelling?) has written a ‘Dinosaur planet’ SF novel (& sequel) as well with other’s probably doing this too.

Then there’s one ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ strip I recall where Calvin had T-Rexes attacking in fighter jets.

@13. Joseph G :

@#9 QD: Hah! I keep picturing that club breaking other dinosaurs’ ankles. I guess that’s not too far from the truth, actually – looks like that tail is about ankle-level on a T-Rex. I wonder if the awkward upward tail bend in that illustration is necessary? Break a bipedal dino’s leg and they’re as good as dead, I’d think.

Yep. Did you miss out on seeing the Walking with Dinosaurs series?

Click on my name for their idea of a T-Rex (& her two young) encountering an ankylosaur & see which comes off worse.

(Surprised no-one’s posted this already – ‘spose there’s likely one awaiting moderation that’ll turn up here afterwards and beat me too it post-actively. Oh well.)

Fond memories of dinosaur books and toys here too – my first childhood science obsesson.

(I remember my ankylosaurs having spines sticking out their sides though. What happened to that there?)

As for finding a connection between space and dinosaurs there’s certainly rather a big one – hint : Chicxulub crater!

@3. Chris : “Too bad you didn’t write a book that I could give as a gift.”

Phil Plait hasn’t written *a* book, he’s written *two* of them – ‘Death from the Skies’ (Viking, 2008) & ‘Bad Astronomy’ (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) – But then you already knew that right?

If I can put in a request I’d love to see him write a few more, perhaps compiling some of the best items from his blog and putting them in permanent print form. Please BA?

I, too, used to be obsessed with dinosaurs and space (hey, why are there no TV shows about dinosaurs in space?). When I was about 7, I thought this was an Anklyosaur. I didn’t get the pronunciation right until – er – a few years later.

My kids love Dinosaur Train too. (Hank Ankylosaurus!) They’re also fans of Dino Dan over on Nick Jr. So they get a double dose of dinosaurs.

Also, I wonder if those childhood tapes that Phil made survived, maybe in some attic somewhere? They sound positively adorable

Reading words like “go” and “run” came later.

Here’s my girl going on and on and on about the fossils at our local museum–

http://cartersville.patch.com/articles/no-bones-about-it-4492bd2d#video-8186964

That font on the cover makes it look like a DVD of an obscure Irwin Allen production.

My 7 year old daughter knows about Ankylosaurus, because one of her favorite TV shows is “Dinosaur Train”. We also got the “How do Dinosaurs…” series of books for her and her younger brother.

Phil, thanks for the heads up about the book. I think I have a suggestion for Xmas present for my kids to give to the grandparents.

http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-How-Living-Things-Came/dp/1554534305/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319483879&sr=1-2

It is, indeed, excellent.