Episode 47: Pam Mara according to Chris (Featuring Chris DiPiazza)

We're trying out something new for our first podcast episode of 2026! Marc, Natee and Gemma are joined by returning guest Christopher DiPiazza, teacher, palaeoartist and now budding palaeontologist. Not only does he fill us in about all his adventures working with fossils from the Maryland Dinosaur Park bone beds, he also joins us for our Vintage Dinosaur Art discussion. Chris introduces us to the work of Pam Mara as it appears in several volumes of Rourke dinosaur books. These came out in the 1980s and have been illustrated by a handful of different artists, of which Pam Mara was one that proved particularly formative to Chris' young mind... Do old, half-remembered books still subliminally influence the artist's work? Why is Coelophysis purple? How is a tyrannosaur like Mickey Mouse? Why can we imagine the smell of vinyl when looking at these illustrations? And where does Gemma draw the line when it comes to stylization? Join us for the first episode of 2026! Show Notes at Chasmosaurs.com!

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Episode 47: Pam Mara according to Chris (Featuring Chris DiPiazza) is an episode from Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs by David Orr.

This episode is 66:47 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2026.

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