The winter edition of “Prehistoric Times” magazine, (issue 152) features a wraparound front cover by the extremely talented Luis Rey.  Inside, an interview with the London-based artist can be found.  Luis Rey has published a third instalment in the “Extreme Dinosaurs” series, the first of which was published in 2000.  The new book is entitled “Extreme Dinosaurs Part 3, Blogging!” It features a wealth of incredible artwork and in the interview with Mike Fredericks, some of the remarkable illustrations are highlighted.

The stunning wraparound artwork created by Luis Rey for issue 152 (winter) of “Prehistoric Times” magazine. A Triceratops is ambushed by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Picture credit: Luis Rey.

Picture credit: Luis Rey

The artist has a unique style.  Dinosaurs are often depicted as vibrant and extremely colourful animals.  Luis Rey highlights inferred behaviours and creates dramatic dioramas.

To learn more about this beautifully illustrated book we recommend contacting Luis Rey via email at [email protected], he will be able to provide you with information about this new publication.

On the subject of innovative artwork, take a look at the second part of “Paint Strokes in Time” by Alain Omer Duranceau.  Issue 152 includes more imagined artwork if great artists of the past had an understanding of palaeontology. There is a fabulous reincarnation of Hokusai’s “The Great Wave”, complete with marine reptiles and a pterosaur.  Our personal favourite is the parody of a Turner landscape that portrays the Permian mass extinction event.

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Phil Hore discusses the British palaeontologist Francis Rex Parrington and Nyasasaurus parringtoni, perhaps one of the earliest dinosaurs known.  The article features lots of amazing reader art.  Our congratulations to all the contributors.  Particular mentions to Tim Bollinger for his scale drawing, Victoria Grabowsky, Ethan Martinicky and Sam Allred for their colourful illustrations. Moreover, we noted the Nyasasaurus drawing by eleven-year-old Ronin Johnston from Canada.

In the previous edition of “Prehistoric Times” magazine John Lavas highlighted Zdeněk Burian’s art that featured early proboscideans. In the latest issue, deinotheres are to the fore in the long-running series outlining the incredible contribution to prehistoric animal illustration made by the Czech artist.

It is always a pleasure to see such fantastic and detailed studies.

A canvas by Burian completed in 1968 featuring the giant, prehistoric Deinotherium giganteum. Picture credit: Zdeněk Burian.

Picture credit: Zdeněk Burian

In his regular column Randy Knol outlines different horned dinosaur models and their merits.  He discusses pterosaur figures and highlights the recently released CollectA Dearc model.  His section on Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon figures seems to have been cut short.  However, editor Mike Fredericks in his “What’s New in Review” examines new model introductions from CollectA and Safari Ltd.  The PNSO Lokiceratops figure gets a mention too.

Mike also looks at the latest books in his section entitled “Mesozoic Media”.  It is pleasing to see books penned by scientists based in the UK being included.  For example, “The Little Book of Dinosaurs” by Rhys Charles (School of Earth Sciences from the University of Bristol) and the latest book by Professor Paul Barrett of the London Natural History Museum.

To read Everything Dinosaur’s review of “The Little Book of Dinosaurs”: “The Little Book of Dinosaurs” is Reviewed.

Sarkastodon mongoliensis

Phil Hore tells the story of the discovery of Sarkastodon mongoliensis, a giant hypercarnivore of the Eocene. He pays tribute to the pioneers who discovered the sparse fossils that represent this enormous predator. Phil suggests that there is an opportunity for palaeontologists to undertake further research on the S. mongoliensis fossil material.  Congratulations to John Trotter, Jeri Hurt, Aaron Marsh and M. Elliot Massion for their Sarkastodon illustrations.

Tracy L. Ford examines the skin of ornithopods and there is plenty of new research and fossil discoveries to dive into in the regular “Paleonews” section. Regular contributor Sean Kotz builds an updated Concavenator and Allen A. Debus begins a new series exploring how palaeontology has been depicted in popular culture.  John M. Navroth contributes an extensive article entitled “Cavemen versus Dinosaurs”, which provides a detailed examination of the classic 1966 Hammer Film “One Million Years B. C.”.

All in all, this is another jam-packed edition of “Prehistoric Times” magazine.  Highly recommended.

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