The next issue of the quarterly magazine “Prehistoric Times” will be out shortly. Our thanks to the editor for sending us an image of the front cover of the next issue (issue 153).  Hadrosaurs feature prominently in this spring edition.  Pete VonSholly and Mark Hallett have written about duck-billed dinosaurs.  Gryposaurus features and is highlighted by Phil Hore.  A member of the Hadrosauridae subfamily Saurolophinae, Gryposaurus is known from the Late Cretaceous of North America.  The dramatic front cover art is by the regular contributor Chuck Egnaczak, a highly respected palaeoartist.

Readers may recognise Chuck’s artistic style.  He has supplied many illustrations for the magazine and if I recall correctly, his spectacular close view of the head of a Suchomimus was the front cover illustration for issue 139.

The front cover of “Prehistoric Times” magazine issue 153. The artwork for the spring edition was created by Chuck Egnaczak. Picture credit: Mike Fredericks.

Picture credit: Mike Fredericks

The front cover of the spring edition features a pair of hadrosaurs being ambushed by a tyrannosaur.  In addition, we can expect articles from Randy Knol, Tracy Lee Ford and the continuation of the long-running series on the influential Czech artist Zdeněk Burian.

Issue 153 of “Prehistoric Times” Magazine

Inside the spring issue, subscribers will find an article by Andreas Forrer about the Burgess Shale.  The Chicago Field Museum’s extensive collection of Cambrian fossils is highlighted. Furthermore, a collector from Florida shows us some of his vast collection of fossils from Australia.  There will be lots of reader’s art on display too.

Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“I believe one of the creatures to be featured in this issue is Steller’s sea cow.  This huge marine mammal is believed to be extinct. It was thought to have died out in the late 1700s.  However, I am interested in finding out how the article treats supposed sightings from as recently as the 1960s.”

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