An attractive set of Royal Mail prehistoric animal stamps is being launched. The primary set will characteristic prehistoric animals together with Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. A second set of stamps can also be occurring sale commemorating the life and works of Mary Anning.
Celebrating Two Hundred Years For the reason that Formal Description of Megalosaurus
2024 marks the 2 hundredth anniversary of the formal, scientific description of a prehistoric animal that was later to be labeled as a dinosaur. The theropod dinosaur Megalosaurus was named and described in 1824 by the Reverend William Buckland who was president of the Geological Society of London. The binomial species identify Megalosaurus bucklandii was erected in 1827. This was the primary scientific account within the western world of a dinosaur. Megalosaurus options on a pair of stamps together with the roughly contemporaneous marine reptile Cryptoclidus.
Megalosaurus was for a very long time a taxonomic waste basket. Theropod fossils from totally different strata had been assigned to this taxon. The one definitive Megalosaurus stays come from Oxfordshire (England).
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The image (above) reveals a mannequin of Megalosaurus bucklandii from PNSO.
To view the PNSO vary of prehistoric animal figures: PNSO Prehistoric Animal Fashions and Figures.
Royal Mail Prehistoric Animal Stamps
The eight prehistoric animal stamps had been created by Joshua Dunlop, a digital idea artist primarily based in Exeter (Devon). A second set of stamps contains a portrait of the pioneering fossil collector Mary Anning. As well as, three stamps have been created that present images of fossils related to Mary Anning and the Decrease Jurassic rocks of Lyme Regis.
The record of dinosaurs featured:
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Iguanodon
- Megalosaurus
In Collaboration with the London Pure Historical past Museum
The Royal Mail prehistoric animal stamps had been created in collaboration with the London Pure Historical past Museum.
North American dinosaurs are featured (Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Diplodocus). Prehistoric animals identified from fossil discoveries from southern England are additionally included. Every pair of stamps present the same picture however from a special prehistoric animal’s perspective. For instance, one pair of stamps depicts a herd of Iguanodon escaping a forest hearth while a flock of startled pterosaurs (Coloborhynchus) fly overhead.
Every thing Dinosaur Feedback
A spokesperson from Every thing Dinosaur commented:
“These are stunning stamps. The eight prehistoric animal stamps present 4 totally different scenes, and they’re designed to be seen as pairs. As an illustration, the Tyrannosaurus stamp reveals this theropod attacking a Triceratops. In distinction, the Triceratops stamp reveals the horned dinosaur warding off a lunge from the Tyrannosaurus.”
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