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January 7, 2020
“How Plesiosaurs Swam: the Formal Paper by Max Hawthorne, et al on ResearchGate”
How Plesiosaurs Swam: New Insights into Their Underwater Flight Using “Ava”, a Virtual Pliosaur, by Max Hawthorne, Mark McMenamin, and Paul de la Salle, is now available on ResearchGate for FREE download
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November 23, 2019
KRONOS RISING Deleted Scene 2: the Pliosaur Comes Ashore!
Deleted Scene 2: The Pliosaur Comes Ashore Kronos Rising was my first novel and was originally written in 2004, over a period of nine months (technically twelve, as I took a three-month hiatus to deal with some stuff). They say nobody’s first novel ever turns out really well, and that may well be the case. […]
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November 2, 2019
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 McMenamin, and Paul de la Salle. To view the formal paper on Pre-Prints, click How Plesiosaurs Swam. To view the animation, click Underwater Flight in […]
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October 26, 2019
Max Hawthorne talks “Guardian Angels” on Introspection
Sky Door Network hosts Kelly Steffen and Matthew Bennett ask novelist Max Hawthorne about cryptids, ghosts, and the guardian angel who keeps him from harm on this week’s INTROSPECTION.
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October 15, 2019
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, Ava is a scientifically accurate animation swim cycle that demonstrates how a short-necked plesiosaur, known as a pliosaur, swam.
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October 12, 2019
Max Hawthorne appears on Introspection
Join hosts Matt Bennett and Kelly Steffen as they interview author Max Hawthorne, the “Prince of Paleofiction”, on the Sky Door Network’s show, Introspection. Max answers questions on Megalodon, the Mothman, and much, much more!
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October 10, 2019
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
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October 6, 2019
Bitten Plesiosaur Paddle Bone Demonstrates how Savage the Jurassic Seas Were.
This small-but-intriguing fossil comes from my display case. It is a fragment of plesiosaur limb bone that shows definitive evidence of predation by Jurassic Period sharks. Although it’s difficult to say with complete certainty, after doing a substantial amount of research (including conferring with a well-known paleontologist colleague), I believe it to be a partial […]
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September 16, 2019
Author Max Hawthorne appears on Fate Magazine Radio
Birmingham, Alabama’s one and only Kat Hobson, the host of Fate Radio WBHM-DB, interviews award-winning KRONOS RISING series author Max Hawthorne live on her show.
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September 13, 2019
Max Hawthorne Saves Father From Alligator
Novelist Max Hawthorne talks about fighting off an aggressive alligator that tried eating his father during a recent fishing trip.
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