Fantastic overview of what transpired at the Flugsaurier 2010 convention by MarkWitton. An interesting bit for you artists out there:

John (Conway) discussed why pterosaur palaeoart – sorry – palaeontography – would benefit from a far more scientific approach. He’s dead right: pterosaurs are frequently portrayed with entirely incorrect proportions, muscle construction and unlikely colour schemes.

And: another write-up by Dave Hone with great coverage… and links to abstracts… in Chinese…

Argh. Looking forward to the detailed papers, particularly of water-launching pterosaurs and Helmut Tischlinger’s UV lit discovery of oversized headcrests.

Michael Keesey has been doing interesting things with phylogenetic trees, but now he’s gone and created a tree of animated animals. Click the image above for a full post of his phun phylogenies. Among the highlights: Marvin the Martian out in left field.