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22 10, 2017

Dinosaurs of Britain and Europe

By Mike|2023-08-18T22:10:45+01:00October 22nd, 2017|Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page|1 Comment

Dinosaurs of Britain and Europe

Robert Townsend has sent us some more pictures of his prehistoric animal diorama. This time, the focus is on the Mesozoic fauna of England and Europe. Robert has constructed a large, prehistoric landscape and he has populated it with dinosaurs known from Europe and southern England.

The Rare Carnegie Collectibles Baryonyx Model is on the Prowl

The Carnegie Baryonyx model in a dinosaur diorama.

Picture credit: R. Townsend

The colouration of the Carnegie model certainly comes into its own in Robert’s skilfully made prehistoric scene. This carnivorous dinosaur is very well camouflaged amongst the various model plants and trees.

A Classical Figure of an Iguanodont

A classical Iguanodon model.

Picture credit: R. Townsend

A Classical Iguanodont Model

The picture above shows a wonderful model of an Iguanodont. Much has changed within the Iguanodon genus since this particular model was cast. For example, the type fossil material for I. bernissartensis is now a more complete specimen from Belgium, replacing the previous type material for Iguanodon, the fragmentary British fossil material. Robert has carefully mixed older models with more recent replicas in his prehistoric animal diorama.

A Browsing Camptosaurus is Surprised by an Europasaurus

A CollectA Camptosaurus and a Bullyland Europasaurus dinosaur model.

A CollectA Camptosaurus is surprised by a Bullyland Europasaurus.

Picture credit: R. Townsend

British Dinosaur Models

The size of the prehistoric landscape provides Robert with plenty of opportunities to build in mini scenes. For instance, in part of the diorama, a browsing Camptosaurus is surprised by the emergence of an Europasaurus. This cleverly crafted photograph highlights the range of plant replicas used in the scene and the Europasaurus in the background provides a sense of perspective.

CollectA Deluxe Dinosaurs Do Battle

The CollectA Dacentrurus battles a CollectA Torvosaurus.

The CollectA Deluxe Torvosaurus faces a rearing CollectA Dacentrurus.

Picture credit: R. Townsend

The model maker has placed a CollectA Deluxe Torvosaurus, a model of the biggest carnivorous dinosaur known from Europe, close to a CollectA Dacentrurus. The rearing pose of the thyreophoran makes it look like that it is rearing up as the Torvosaurus approaches. It is a nice touch to see the three-toed dinosaur footprints in the foreground.

For dinosaur and prehistoric animal models: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Models.

Dinosaurs Fighting Over a Carcass

Battling over a carcass the Collecta Lourinhanosaurus versus the CollectA Metriacanthosaurus.

The CollectA Lourinhanosaurus tussles with the CollectA Metriacanthosaurus.

Picture credit: R. Townsend

Theropods Fighting Over a Sauropod Carcase

Having a model of dead sauropod in the diorama provides plenty of scope for creating detailed prehistoric scenes. On this occasion, the model maker has chosen to feature a squabble over the spoils between a CollectA Lourinhanosaurus and the CollectA Metriacanthosaurus. Once again, the well-made and carefully selected vegetation makes an excellent backdrop.

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21 10, 2017

Steppe Mammoth Model on Display at Museum

By Mike|2023-09-02T08:53:28+01:00October 21st, 2017|Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|3 Comments

Eofauna Steppe Mammoth Helps Out with Museum Display

Scale models of prehistoric animals are not just appreciated by collectors, they can also help to educate and inform. Here is a wonderful example of a museum quality replica being used in a museum exhibition to help illustrate evolution. Everything Dinosaur was contacted by Dr Jan Fischer of the Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP, Dr Fischer wanted a Eofauna Steppe Mammoth model for a display case illustrating the evolutionary development of elephants.

Not a problem, as soon as stock of this 1:40 scale Mammuthus trogontherii model had arrived at our warehouse, one of our dedicated team members reserved a replica for the museum and emailed Dr Fischer. One purchase later and the usual customary swift delivery from Everything Dinosaur and Dr Fischer could add the Steppe Mammoth model to his display showcasing the diversity of Proboscideans and how their teeth show adaptations to different diets.

The Eofauna Steppe Mammoth on Display Next to a Steppe Mammoth Molar

Eofauna Steppe Mammoth on display in a museum.

Eofauna Steppe Mammoth used in museum display.

Picture credit: Dr Jan Fischer/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

Toothy Tales Illustrated by Prehistoric Animal Models

The Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP is located at the Lichtenberg castle (Burg Lichtenberg), near the picturesque town of Thallichtenberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. It is the largest natural history museum in Rhineland-Palatinate and at the present time, it is hosting a special exhibition all about prehistoric elephants “Mammoths – Icons of the Ice Age”.

The Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP Exhibition Poster

Mammoth exhibition poster.

Picture credit: Dr Jan Fischer/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

Running until the 22nd April 2018, this exhibition “Mammoths – Icons of the Ice Age” includes a life-size replica of a Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), as well as lots of fossils and other artefacts that highlight the evolutionary history of this branch of the elephant family.

A Life-size Model of Woolly Mammoth at the Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

Life-size model of a Woolly Mammoth on display.

Picture credit: Dr Jan Fischer/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

Amongst the numerous exhibits and helpful information boards look out for the replica of a frozen Mammoth calf from Siberia.

Showcasing the Evolution of the Proboscideans

Prehistoric elephant models in a museum display.

Prehistoric animal models are used in a museum display.

Picture credit: Dr Jan Fischer/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

For further information about the “Mammoths – Icons of the Ice Age”: Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP (German),

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“The molars give information on the diets of the various prehistoric and extant elephants in the display case and the scale models provide an excellent illustration of what the prehistoric animal actually looked like. The Eofauna Scientific Research Steppe Mammoth model has been created from three-dimensional scans of fossil material, so it is fitting that this very accurate prehistoric elephant model is being used in a museum display.”

To view the Eofauna Scientific Research model range: Eofauna Scientific Research Models.

The Beautiful Display Case Highlight Proboscidean Evolution

A beautiful display showcasing Proboscidean evolution.

Proboscidean evolution on display.

Picture credit: Dr Jan Fischer/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

Our congratulations to Dr Fischer and everyone involved in the setting up of this most informative and carefully laid out museum exhibit.

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20 10, 2017

New Type of Dinosaur Egg Described from Eastern China

By Mike|2023-08-18T21:51:42+01:00October 20th, 2017|Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page|0 Comments

Umbellaoolithus xiuningensis “Eggciting” Fossil Egg Discovery

Chinese scientists have announced that a new type of fossilised dinosaur egg has been found. A single nest, discovered in 2011, contains the remains of at least nine dinosaur eggs. Their unique shape and surface structure makes them distinguishable from all other known dinosaur eggs, this has led to the establishment of a new oospecies. An oospecies is the equivalent to a species in taxonomy, the “double o” in front of the taxonomic rank indicates that the term is being used to classify fossil eggs. Several dinosaur oogenera and oospecies are known, but since this fossil nest and its contents does not resemble anything found before, a new oospecies has been erected.

The Fossilised Dinosaur Eggs were Found in Upper Cretaceous Strata

Dinosaur egg fossils (Umbellaoolithus xiuningensis).

Picture credit: L. Feng/Chinese Science Bulletin

Dinosaur Egg Study

The photograph (above) shows the clutch of eggs, they have been numbered for reference purposes. Numbers 1-5 are the most complete, 6 is a fragment of eggshell resting on egg number 5, whilst egg numbers 7 through to 9 represent the preserved outline of eggs. The new species Umbellaoolithus xiuningensis was named after Xiuning county in Anhui Province (eastern China), where the egg fossil discovery was made.

From the Upper Cretaceous Huizhou Formation

The oval eggs are arranged along the long axis of all the eggs parallel to each other and not at the same horizontal level within the clutch, this nest arrangement, if an accurate depiction of the actual eggs after laying and not resulting from taphonomy, is very different from the elongated pairs, regular arrangement and radial orientation seen in other fossilised dinosaur nests (examples being the oogenera Macroelongatoolithidae and Elongatoolithidae).

A Typical Elongate Theropod Dinosaur Egg

Chinese dinosaur fossils. A fossilised dinosaur egg.

A fossilised dinosaur egg (Theropoda). Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

With an average diameter of just under fourteen centimetres (13.86 cm), it is not known what type of dinosaur laid the eggs. The discovery was reported in an article in the Chinese Science Bulletin by Dr Huang Jiandong, from the Anhui Geological Museum and Wang Qiang, a deputy researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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19 10, 2017

JurassicCollectables Reviews the Eofauna Steppe Mammoth

By Mike|2023-08-18T08:49:58+01:00October 19th, 2017|Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Product Reviews|0 Comments

A Video Review of the Eofauna Steppe Mammoth

Those clever people at JurassicCollectables have produced a video review of the debut model in a new range from Eofauna Scientific Research. The video provides viewers with an up-close and detailed view of the superb Eofauna Steppe Mammoth replica. A model created from 3-D scans of Mammoth fossil material.

JurassicCollectables Reviews the Eofauna Scientific Research Steppe Mammoth

Video credit: JurassicCollectables

Mammuthus trogontherii

First described in 1885, the Steppe Mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii), is thought to be one of the largest Mammoth species to have ever lived. Body mass estimates vary but some palaeontologists calculate that males of this species, which was a member of the Elephantidae family, could have weighed around fourteen tonnes, that’s heavier than seven Aston Martin DB9 sports cars. The narrator does not use this snippet of information, (it came up during an Everything Dinosaur product meeting about this new replica), but there is certainly of plenty of amazing information provided in this short (5:19) video review.

Available from Everything Dinosaur – the Eofauna Scientific Research Steppe Mammoth Replica

The Eofauna Scientific research 1:40 scale Steppe Mammoth model.

The Eofauna Scientific research Steppe Mammoth model.

Steppe Mammoth Video Review

JurassicCollectables outline how the model was produced. This beautiful 1:40 scale replica is based on an almost complete Steppe Mammoth skeleton from northern China that was studied by Eofauna Scientific Research team members. The skeletal measurements were then scaled up to the largest individual specimen found to date, a more fragmentary specimen from Mosbach, in the north of Baden-Württemberg, (Germany).

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The wonderfully detailed skull, shown in all its glory in this well-crafted video review, is based on a skull from Novosibirsk, Russia. A three-dimensional prototype was moulded and then printed out, muscles and skin were added, using extant elephants as the template. This is a scientifically accurate model and in the JurassicCollectables video review, the viewer is given plenty of opportunity to explore this model and to marvel at the scientific detail.

Everything Dinosaur’s Illustration of a Steppe Mammoth

An illustration of a Steppe Mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii). Picture credit; Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Sales Help Fund Scientific Research

The narrator comments that Eofauna Scientific Research is a non-profit organisation and that all revenues from sales of this figure are ploughed back into scientific study and the dissemination of knowledge. All the more reason to snap up this tusked-wonder and add it to your model collection.

To purchase the Eofauna Steppe Mammoth replica: Eofauna Scientific Research Models.

In the video, the Steppe Mammoth model is compared to a Papo Velociraptor and it is great to see JurassicCollectables regular “off-colour Alan” having a cameo appearance. The narrator provides some measurement details too, for a more complete assessment of the dimensions of the Eofauna figure, check out Everything Dinosaur’s earlier Steppe Mammoth article: Eofauna Steppe Mammoth scale and dimensions.

JurassicCollectables have developed a brilliant YouTube channel packed full of prehistoric animal model reviews and other entertaining and informative videos. They have just achieved 56, 000 subscribers, that’s an amazing achievement, our congratulations to the JurassicCollectables team.

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18 10, 2017

Mojo Fun Dinosaur Backpack Playscape with 5 Dinosaur Models

By Mike|2023-08-18T08:11:33+01:00October 18th, 2017|Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

Mojo Fun Dinosaur Backpack Playscape with 5 Dinosaur Models

Everything Dinosaur has just added a new product to its on-line shop. The Mojo Fun dinosaur backpack playscape with five dinosaur models. Mojo Fun models are designed for creative, imaginative play and the range includes lots of popular prehistoric animals. Everything Dinosaur is exclusively offering the Mojo Fun backpack with 5 dinosaurs to start off, or add to your dinosaur model collection.

An Exclusive Offer from Everything Dinosaur – The Mojo Fun Dinosaur Backpack Playscape with Five Dinosaurs

Mojo Dinosaur Backpack with 5 Dinosaur Models.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

A Fantastic Dinosaur Playset for Christmas

Formed in late 2009, Mojo Fun has set about creating a range of prehistoric animal models that are fun, fun to collect and fun to play with. The backpack folds out to make a large, colourful playset and we have included some dinosaur models with the backpack in a special offer as we start up the run towards Christmas. Dinosaur fans can expect to find a variety of meat-eaters supplied with the backpack, all of the dinosaur models will be different and we intend to include a Tyrannosaurus rex model with every set we sell.

The Quality Backpack is Ideal for Storing the Dinosaur Models

The Mojo backpack playscape.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Creative, Imaginative Play from Everything Dinosaur

Complete with back straps and a carry handle, this dinosaur backpack folds out to create a colourful prehistoric playscape for the five dinosaur models that are included. The playscape extends to nearly sixty centimetres long, this practical backpack makes an ideal storage space for dinosaur toys, what a super idea! A Mojo Fun dinosaur backpack that provides a playset for prehistoric animals, we even include five dinosaurs for your young palaeontologist to play with.

This combined dinosaur backpack/playscape with five dinosaur models is available nowhere else. This is a great gift for young palaeontologists and eager dinosaur fans. The price is £36.99 plus post and packing and this offer is available nowhere else, this represents a saving of over 20% if you were to buy the backpack and models separately.

To view the complete range of Mojo Fun prehistoric animals available from Everything Dinosaur: Mojo Fun Prehistoric and Extinct Models.

Everything Dinosaur stocks a wide range of Mojo Fun figures and models, these can be purchased on-line, including this super Mojo Fun dinosaur backpack/playscape complete with five dinosaurs. Young dinosaur enthusiasts can carry their very own “Jurassic Park” around with them, making creative, imaginative play available anytime and anywhere.

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17 10, 2017

Iron Oxide and Iron Deposits

By Mike|2023-08-18T08:07:17+01:00October 17th, 2017|Geology, Main Page|0 Comments

Banded Iron Formation

Whilst in Frankfurt a few days ago, a team member from Everything Dinosaur took the opportunity to photograph some of the amazing outdoor exhibits on display opposite the Senckenberg Naturmuseum (Frankfurt Natural History Museum). Amongst the stunning replicas of prehistoric plants and of course, the iconic, life-size model of Tyrannosaurus rex, our staff member spotted a beautiful example of a banded iron formation.

Not Too Difficult to Spot – A Huge Monolith (Banded Iron Formation)

An example of a banded iron formation.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

A Record of a Changing Atmosphere on Planet Earth

Formed in marine environments at least 2.5 billion years ago, these deposits provide information about when the atmosphere of our planet and its oceans became oxygenated. Iron oxide is not soluble, therefore the iron must have been transported in a non-oxidised form. This could only have happened if there was almost no oxygen in the atmosphere or the oceans.

A Closer View of the Iron Banded Formation Showing the Deposition

The individual layers can be clearly seen in this banded iron deposit.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Banded Layers of Iron Oxide

The picture above shows a close-up view of the banded layers. Each layer is quite thin and these patterns are usually formed by alternating bands of iron-rich material (usually magnetite) and silica (chert). During the Archean Eon, the primitive Earth had little free oxygen. Rocks rich in iron were weathered at the surface and this iron remained largely unchanged as there was no free oxygen to combine with it and create iron oxide (rust). The iron ions entered the sea in an unaltered chemical state. They formed the band of iron-rich material seen in some of the layers.

However, primitive cyanobacteria (blue/green algae), were beginning to become more abundant in surface waters. As algae populations grew, there was a subsequent increase in photosynthesis. Oxygen is a bi-product of photosynthesis and this free oxygen began to combine with the iron ions in the water to form magnetite (Fe3O4), iron oxide.

A Banded Iron Formation

As more and more algae photosynthesised so the amount of oxygen available to combine with the iron increased, until a point was reached whereby the O2 production of the biomass in the marine ecosystem exceeded the amount of iron that was available to combine with. The oxygen was left in the ocean and this gas rose to toxic levels decimating the cyanobacteria. The algae population collapsed and led to the accumulation of a sedimentary layer on the seabed low in iron (the chert). Over time, something like 800,000 years, algal blooms and peaks and troughs of oxygen production via photosynthesis led to the banded formations seen today in rocks dating from the Archean.

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17 10, 2017

Frankfurter Buchmesse – A World of Learning

By Mike|2023-09-02T08:57:04+01:00October 17th, 2017|General Teaching|Comments Off on Frankfurter Buchmesse – A World of Learning

Frankfurt Book Fair – A World of Learning

The 2017 Frankfurter Buchmesse has proved once again that the publishing world is full of innovation, especially when it comes to engaging the next generation of young scientists. Figures released by the organisers of this internationally important event, suggest that some 7,300 exhibitors attended, representing 102 countries. Visitor numbers were around four percent up compared to 2016, in all some 286,000 people attended this five-day book extravaganza.

Educationalists, Lecturers and Teaching Professionals from All Over the World Attended the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Visitors to the trade fair. The Frankfurt Book Fair.

286,000 visitors attended the 2017 Frankfurter Buchmesse. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The International Education Sector was Prominent

At this year’s Book Fair, the international educational sector was very well represented with visitors flocking to Hall 4.2 to participate in the “World of Learning Lab”. As well as the more traditional educational materials, digital media and its use in the education sector was prominent. One exhibit that took the eye was the virtual dive on a coral reef using virtual reality (VR) goggles.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur who attended the Book Fair commented:

“The Frankfurter Buchmesse provided a one-stop shop for members of the teaching profession and school administrators. Some of the advances involving the use of digital media in schools are breathtaking. The effective use of these tools in conjunction with appropriate schemes of work and carefully thought out lesson plans can really help to engage pupils.”

The “Educational Hot Spot”

The dedicated area of the show known as the “Educational Hot Spot” provided a series of highlights for Everything Dinosaur team members. The latest whiteboard technology was on display and there were plenty of opportunities to practice on the Smartboards and other classroom accessories. Everything Dinosaur staff members came away with a number of new ideas on how to adapt scientific research and make it accessible to teachers and teaching professionals.

Education was Definitely in the Spotlight in the “Educational Hot Spot” Area

A section dedicated to the educational sector.

The “Education Hot Spot” area. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

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Sofa talks, workshops and interactive presentations were on offer, along with the chance to review some of the latest science orientated teaching publications. The primary schools sector was particularly strong with dozens and dozens of companies at the show which serve the primary school sector. There were also several seminars that visitors could attend, providing insights into the latest teaching methods, pedagogical trends and inspirational ideas to help support term topics.

Plenty of Time to take in Expert Opinion at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Visitors enjoy cosplay at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

It really does take five days to cover the event, Everything Dinosaur team members felt that they had “hardly scratched the surface”, there was so much to see and do. We even found a few books on dinosaurs…

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16 10, 2017

“Rediscovering T. rex” Television Documentary

By Mike|2023-08-18T07:56:13+01:00October 16th, 2017|Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

T. rex to Appear in a New Television Documentary

Everything Dinosaur has received the first preview picture for the television documentary that attempts to bust a few myths when it comes to the most iconic of the Dinosauria – Tyrannosaurus rex. The one-hour documentary is a joint production between Talesmith and the leading North American producer, Cineflix Productions. The programme, which is to be presented by naturalist Chris Packham, has been jointly commissioned by the BBC, France TV and the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). The working title is “Rediscovering T. rex“.

“Rediscovering T. rex” – A New Television Documentary

Naturalist Chris Packham and a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Chris Packham next to “Tristan” at the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin).

Picture credit: BBC/Talesmith/Cineflix/Gordon Welters

Lifting the Lid on Tyrannosaurus rex

The television programme, which is believed to be scheduled in the UK for the Christmas period, aims to “lift the lid” on the most famous of all the meat-eating dinosaurs. The programme makers state that Chris Packham will look at the fossil evidence and examine ground-breaking research to piece together the anatomy and potential behaviour of the most infamous predator to have ever walked the Earth.

Life-long dinosaur fan Chris, will embark on a globe-trotting journey to discover the truth behind centuries of inaccuracy and misrepresentation fuelled by misconceptions and gaps in our scientific understanding, gaps, which have often been exacerbated when Tyrannosaurus rex is featured in the media. It seems that films like “Jurassic Park” and “One Million Years B.C.” have done T. rex a great disservice.

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Accurate Depictions of T. rex

Viewers can expect to see the most accurate three-dimensional CGI depiction of Tyrannosaurus rex made to date (that’s what the programme makers promise).

Alongside the presenter, the other “star” of the show is the beautifully preserved T. rex fossil specimen from The Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin), known as “Tristan Otto”. These fossilised bones, representing a single, sub-adult animal, consist of some 170 individual bones, making “Tristan Otto” one of the most complete T. rex skeletons ever found. Originating from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and discovered in 2010, it took over four years to excavate the bones and prepare them for mounting in the museum. Incidentally, this dinosaur is privately owned, the name “Tristan Otto” comes from the sons of the two owners and it is the largest original T. rex skeleton on display in Europe.

To read an earlier article by Everything Dinosaur on the forthcoming television documentary: T. rex Documentary Coming to the BBC.

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15 10, 2017

Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

By Mike|2023-08-18T07:48:57+01:00October 15th, 2017|Educational Activities, Main Page, Press Releases, Teaching|0 Comments

Education and Life-long Learning at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Everything Dinosaur team members found lots of inspiring ideas at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair. This huge event, showcasing the world of publishing, attracted some 286,000 visitors over the course of the five days that it was held. Exhibitors from over one hundred countries took part, it was a good job the event organisers had taken so much care and attention over the site layout, despite there being so much to see and do, congestion in the halls was kept to a minimum.

Visitors Attending the 2017 Frankfurter Buchmesse

286,000 visitors attended the 2017 Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

A Relaxed and Friendly Atmosphere

The spacious walk ways between the stands and exhibition areas, gave Everything Dinosaur team members the opportunity to peruse several displays and to get to grips with some of the latest teaching innovations. Having heeded the advice of the event organisers, our pull along cabin cases were left in the hotel, this enabled us to pass through the numerous security checks quite quickly. This was appreciated, as once again, there were so many stands and sectors on our “to do” list.

One of the sectors visited, was the area of the show dedicated to education – the “Hot Spot Education” zone. It was easy to find and well sign-posted. Once there, team members were able to look at the latest whiteboard technology and other classroom based interactive teaching hardware.

A Visit to the “Hot Spot Education” Area was a Highlight of the Exhibition

The “Education Hot Spot” area.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

“Hot Spot Education”

Lots of innovative teaching technologies were on display, alongside more traditional teaching methods all aimed at inspiring teachers and pupils alike. It was pleasing to see a number of exhibitors tackling the special education needs market and Everything Dinosaur staff enjoyed trying out some of the kinaesthetic themed teaching materials as well as the digital technologies such as the VR (virtual reality) goggles. The “Hot Spot Education” zone provided lots of inspiring ideas and insights, particularly when it came to the latest trends in learning aids.

For dinosaur themed, educational toys and games: Learning with Dinosaurs.

“Professional and Scientific Information Hot Spot”

Located in the same hall as the education zone, the “professional and scientific information hot spot” catered for the needs of academics and librarians. There were lots of specialist texts to peruse and an astounding number of academic publications to review, on just about every subject that we could think of. These areas were certainly very vibrant and we enjoyed examining a number of new publications, particularly those orientated towards the English national curriculum and the concept of working scientifically.

During our, all too brief visit, we even found several books on prehistoric animals. We just couldn’t help ourselves, we had to sit down in one of the many handy seating areas and indulge in our passion for reading about dinosaurs, fossils and prehistoric life.

A Dinosaur Book on Display

Dinosaur Books at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

A dinosaur book spotted at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

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14 10, 2017

Everything Dinosaur Prepares for TetZooCon 2017

By Mike|2023-08-18T07:42:04+01:00October 14th, 2017|Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Palaeontological articles, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

Slides Prepared for TetZooCon 2017

Not long to go now until the fourth, annual Tetrapod zoology conference (TetZooCon), opens its doors. The conference is on Saturday, October 21st and once again the organisers have put on an amazing and varied agenda. Everything Dinosaur is proud to be associated with this fantastic event and team members are busy finishing off the slides to be played in between the presentations, seminars, palaeoart activities and conference speaker slots.

Everything Dinosaur Prepares Slides for Use at TetZooCon 2017

TetZooCon 2017 Everything Dinosaur slides.

TetZooCon slide 3 from Everything Dinosaur (2017).

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

What is TetZooCon?

TetZooCon, is an annual meeting themed around the contents and remit of the world-famous blog “Tetrapod Zoology”, currently in its twelfth year, the blog having started at around the same time as Everything Dinosaur’s blog began. Written by vertebrate palaeontologist and author Darren Naish, “Tetrapod Zoology” covers topics as diverse as turtle evolution, the life and times of Secretary Birds (Sagittarius serpentarius), fossil discoveries, animals of myth and legend as well as model collecting.

TetZooCon provides an opportunity for fans of cryptozoology, palaeontology, zoology and evolutionary history to indulge in their passion. Co-organiser, talented artist John Conway, has used his considerable influence to bring together some of the great and the good in scientific illustration and a number of palaeoart workshops and book signings have been organised as part of the day of activities. You might even be able to snap up a few signed prints too.

Dinosaurs and prehistoric animal models: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animal Models.

Everything Dinosaur Stocks a Lot of Models

TetZooCon slide 2 from Everything Dinosaur (2017).

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Bigger and Better Than Ever

The fourth annual TetZooCon promises to be bigger and better than ever. Over 120 people are expected to attend this event, held at the prestigious central London venue appropriately called “The Venue”, located on Malet Street, WC1E. Doors open at 9 am and the packed programme includes talks on the history of zoos, marine reptiles of the Mesozoic, an update on Thylacine research and an insight into the latest developments in the fascinating world of cryptozoology.

For further information about this year’s exciting TetZooCon: TetZooCon Tickets and Conference Information.

Everything Dinosaur Highlighting the Company’s Range of Replicas

TetZooCon slide 1 from Everything Dinosaur (2017).

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur Supports TetZooCon

Everything Dinosaur has provided a range of wonderful, prehistoric animal themed goodies to help support this year’s event. These will be available as prizes at the end of conference quiz. A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“TetZooCon is getting bigger and better each year! Fans of palaeoart, palaeontology, biology and other related academic disciplines can feel a bit intimidated by the rarefied atmosphere of many scientific conferences, but not so with TetZooCon This annual gathering brings together genuine enthusiasts with shared passions and as such, it is a unique event. We congratulate the organisers for compiling such an amazing agenda and we compliment all those involved, helping to educate, inform and inspire the next generation of scientists.”

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