“Here’s my science tattoo.”–Vincent Iadevaia
Posts Tagged ‘paleontology tattoos’
Stegosaurus
Cambrian Crab
Neil writes, ” I got the tattoo shortly after SJ Gould’s death. I had settled on the design before he died so it’s not quite an homage but I did lift the picture from Wonderful Life. The original figure is by Marianne Collins I believe. The Cambrian “c” was added later, my long-range plan was/is for a whole paleozoic sleeve but I ran out of funding soon. I’d also like to get more ‘stem’ taxa one of these days.”
Trilobite
Neil writes, “Attached is a picture of the trilobite that I have tattoo on my shoulder. It looked slightly less damaged before I came of my bike recently but that is another story. For the record I have a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and am currently a lecturer in Electronics.”
Carnivore Skull
Dr. Anthony Friscia writes:
“The attached pic shows my tattoo of Miacis gracilis, and Eocene carnivoran from NE Utah I used in both my master thesis and doctoral dissertation. I started studying the carnivorans (members of the mammalian order Carnivora) there after going to the field with my undergrad advisor right out of college. I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life, and he said, “Come play in the dirt for a month and see if you like paleontology” and I did – like paleontology that is. He was an anthropologist so was interested in the early primates out there, but I liked the carnivores – cuz they ATE the primates….My masters was on the alpha taxonomy of the new species we found while collecting, and my dissertation was about broader community change in carnivores throughout the Eocene. Both used specimens of this particular taxa, and even this particular picture.”
