Photography and illustration talk, Part 14: Summary figures, and the talk files
April 3, 2014
The rest of the series is here. As promised, here are the files for the talk, in PPT and PDF formats.
Wedel 2014 Photography and illustration lecture (PPT, ~53 Mb)
Wedel 2014 Photography and illustration lecture (PDF, ~21 Mb)
References
- Wedel, M.J. 2007a. What pneumaticity tells us about ‘prosauropods’, and vice versa. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:207-222.
- Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2013a. Neural spine bifurcation in sauropod dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation: ontogenetic and phylogenetic implications. Palarch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 10(1): 1-34. ISSN 1567-2158.
- Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2013b. Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus. PLOS ONE 8(10):e78213. 14 pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078213
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week 
April 3, 2014 at 5:19 am
I think the “heat map” of the vertebrae series is one of my favourite graphics. Colour can add another dimension to a graph or dataset allowing it to contain and convey more information. Even in this example, where technically it doesn’t increase the amount of information, its judicious use enhances readability and understanding (for tri-chromats anyway).
This has been a great series, Matt. It’s really only been of general interest for me but hopefully people writing and reviewing papers will take some of these ideas on board and help make their work more accessible for those who don’t work in the field. I see this as having application beyond papers on sauropods, perhaps as wide as papers on ornithodirans, or even archosaurs.
April 3, 2014 at 6:06 am
“I see this as having application beyond papers on sauropods, perhaps as wide as papers on ornithodirans, or even archosaurs.”
LOL!
April 4, 2014 at 6:39 am
I don’t have such grand ambitions. If anyone beyond the hardcore brachiosaur workers finds this stuff useful, that’s gravy.
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