Dinosaur DatatDig
Dinosaur DataDig

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Dinosaur DataDig: About us
r DataDig: About us
DinosaurCentral® / Dinosaur DataDig is an international project involving top researchers, paleo-artists and illustrators from around the globe. While the majority of experts come from US, South America, Australia, Europe and Japan, we have contributors from all continents, giving the project a truly cosmopolitan nature.
Steve Walsh
Team leader, design, data
Steve is an educator of 30 years experience with a life-long love of dinosaurs. He has worked as a teacher, advisor in the classroom use of computers and a developer of educational software and webware.
Lee Jones
Dinosaur Central
Lee is a lover/collector of many things including sci-fi, new and vintage wrist watches, cars, motorcycles and table top RPGs. He has been building websites for more than a decade. He has worked on major projects and specialises in database-driven sites.
Dr Alex Davidovic
Programming
Alex is an ex-international chess master, a karate brown-belt and company director. He is manager of the successful Internet software company C-Point Pty. Ltd.
Josh Hilditch
Interface and graphic art
Mineo Shiraishi
Restoration artist
Mineo Shiraishi is a Japanese paleoartist born in 1953. While he conducts painstaking research to ensure the accuracy of his drawings, Mineo's primary concern is to capture the natural beauty of these long-dead animals. He seeks to inspire those who see his art, particularly younger people.
Scott Hartman
Science consultant
Scott Hartman's research has centered on the biomechanics and phylogeny of dinosaurs, notably an emphasis on the evolution of birds. His skeletal reconstructions have appeared in museums on 5 continents, in several books and technical papers, and served as the anatomical basis for numerous artistic reconstructions.
Tracy Lee Ford
Data consultant
Independent paleo consultant, researcher and artist
Tracy, a native Californian, is a private paleontology consultant, researcher and artist. His particular interests are dinosaur phylogeny and biology and the fish and tetrapods of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and articles and has contributed to several specialist books on a range of topics related to dinosaurs. His "How to Draw Dinosaurs" is a regular feature in the magazine "Prehistoric Times".
Mark F. Berry
Filmography co-editor
Mark is a technical writer and freelance author on the subject of genre films. He lives in Glasgow, Kentucky. Mark is author of The Dinosaur Filmography.
Douglas Irvine
Soundscapes
Douglas Irvine is a composer, sound artist and instrument maker who lives and works in New England. His music and sound work has been featured internationally through museums, art galleries, public radio, film, video and computer-based media. With a background in the musical traditions of ancient Middle Eastern cultures, Doug teaches and lectures about the musical practices of civilizations including ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
 
Life restorations
Mineo Shiraishi
Ezequiel Vera
Sergio Pérez
Nobumichi Tamura
Luc Bailly
João Boto
Michael Carroll
Benjamin De Bivort
Eduta Felcyn
Robert Gay
T. Michael Keesey
Tuomas Koivurinne
Jordan Mallon
Todd Marshall
Matt Maryniuk
Thomas M. Miller
Øyvind M. Padron
Jim Robins
Brian Roesch
Ville Sinkkonen
Joe Tucciarone
Marianna Ruiz Villareal
 
Skeletal reconstructions
Scott Hartmann
Gregory S. Paul
Tracy Lee Ford
Julius Csotonyi
Matt Celesky
John Long
Jaime Headden
Øyvind M. Padron
Ville Sinkkonen
Lex Kalka
 
Reviews
Timothy Bond
Gerry Carpenter
Phil Chandler
Rob Craig
Michael Delahoyde
Brian Webster
Tom Knapp
Iain McLachlan
Jon Reeves
Richard Scheib
Dave Sindelar
 
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