1. Discovering a Dinosaur ––– a palaeontologist's tale Mike Taylor, Bristol University dino@miketaylor.org.uk

2. What is palaeontology?

7. What is a dinosaur?

12. ?

13. This is a dinosaur

14. Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. – Theodosius Dobzhansky.

15. Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. – Theodosius Dobzhansky. That goes double for palaeontology.

16. The tree of life

19. The tree of life: dinosaurs

20. The tree of life: sauropods

21. Sauropods: biggest & best!

22. Sauropods: How big?

23. Sauropods: How big?

25. Sauropods: whale-size

26. Sauropods: maybe bigger

28. How?

29. Sauropods: maybe bigger How? I could talk about that all day

30. My new dinosaur Brontomerus

31. All we have is bones

32. Usually not many bones

36. What can we know?

37. 1. It's a sauropod

38. 2. What kind of sauropod

39. 3. How big it was (roughly!)

40. 4. Big thigh muscles

41. Thunder thighs = Brontomerus

42. 4. Big thigh muscles ?

43. 5. Kicking behaviour?

44. Why kicking?

49. Thanks for listening! ––– Mike Taylor, Bristol University dino@miketaylor.org.uk