DID A RUSSIAN PLIOSAUR RULE THE CRETACEOUS SEAS?
What was the largest Russian pliosaur and when did it live? Pliosaurs were a group of extinct macropredatory marine reptiles that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the early Late…
Max Hawthorne’s “Ava the Pliosaur” appears in a UK newspaper.
"Ava the Pliosaur", the animated swim cycle that demonstrates how plesiosaurs swam, appeared in a UK newspaper this week. The animation accompanies the pending research paper by Max Hawthorne, Mark…
Ava the Pliosaur Surfaces at UK Museums
How did plesiosaurs swim? Enter “Ava the Pliosaur”, the brainchild of bestselling novelist Max Hawthorne, author of the popular Kronos Rising series of paleo-fiction novels. Named after the author’s daughter,…
How Plesiosaurs Swam: the Formal Paper (FREE download)
How Plesiosaurs Swam: New Insights into Their Underwater Flight Using “Ava”, a Virtual Pliosaur by Max Hawthorne, Mark McMenamin, and Paul de la Salle
