Talk:Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight

Cleanup
I've listed this for cleanup and I hope to get around to it myself. But if I don't, here's my suggestions as to what we need:
 * Some images, or at least one anyway
 * I have been looking through the dinosaurs which we link to, but there aren't any images! I have some photos of the models that I've taken at Dinosaur Isle which we could potential use, but unfotunatly that apparently is contrary to copyright (photos are only allowed in the museum for personal use). Neo 10:56, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Naturenet 16:10, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Some more general intro text
 * More linking
 * More categories
 * More description of the sort of sites dinosaur fossils can be found at on the Island and the history of their discovery


 * Regarding the rest of these I'm going to try to get a paelontologist friend of mine to expand the scientific content of the article (but I need to talk to him when I get back to the Island - i.e. March-April time). But I think the article is pretty spiffy right now - a basic introduction, and certainly better than a stub or no article at all! Neo 10:56, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * I concur - it's now a presentable article as it is. Good work, what a quick response! I've removed the cleanup text, and perhaps I'll get round to adding something positive. Meanwhile, my list above can serve as suggestions. I look forward to seeing what your learned friend produces. Naturenet 22:57, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Note that there was a mistake over the identity of the Revd William D Fox who carried out the dinosaur discoveries on the Isle of Wight. There were two Revd William D Foxes both living close together on the Isle of Wight in the 1870s. The Revd William D Fox who made the dinosaur discoveries was the Reverend William D. Fox (1813-1881) who was born in Cumberland. He moved to the Isle of Wight in 1862 to take up the post of curate at the Parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Brixton (Brighstone). He became a prolific collector of dinosaur remains and other fossils, most notably from Brighstone and Brook Bays. Although lacking formal scientific training he was remarkably astute and discussed his findings with eminent palaeontologists of the day, including John Hulke, Sir Richard Owen and others. His lodgings at Myrtle Cottage, Brighstone were near enough to the coast for him to spend a considerable time away from his clerical duties, a fact that did not go un-noticed amongst his peers and superiors in the church. He is credited with finding a number of new dinosaurs, some of which are named after him, including Polacanthus foxii, Hypsilophodon foxii, Eucamerotus foxii, Iguanodon foxii and Calamosaurus foxii (formerly Calamospondylus), he is also credited with finding Aristosuchus. Fox's collection was acquired by the British Museum (Natural History) after his death. See We Site of the Dinosaur Museum at Snadown on teh Isle of Wight: http://www.dinosaurisle.com/paleontologists.aspx).

The Revd William Darwin Fox (see Wikipedia page of the same name) retired as Rector of Delamere to the Isle of Wight in 1873 and lived at "Broadlands", Sandown. (alark) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alark (talk • contribs) 23:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)