Ancient Shores
$650.00
In 2020 while researching his book Shore Life of the Great Ocean Road (2022) and exploring reefs along the Otways coast, Tim discovered a dinosaur trackway on a remote shore platform west of Cape Volney. He made moulds of the prints and had them cast made by the renowned Museums Victoria artist, Peter Swinkles. This is Tim’s favourite dinosaur footprint; a small ‘raised’ track infill, length of 12.0 cm, width of 14.4 cm. It is believed to be the right footprint of an ornithopod (plant eating) dinosaur, with a hip height of approximately 48 cm. The track includes a Ribbed Topshell (Austrocochlea constricta), two Van Diemen’s Siphon Shells (Siphonaria dimenensis) and Honeycomb Barnacles (Chamaesipho tasmanica). This caste is one of only two made with the Ribbed Topshell. This and other track casts from Cape Volney are held for display at the Apollo Bay & District Museum.
Artwork Info
| Dimensions | 18 × 14 cm |
|---|---|
| Artist Name | Tim Godfrey/Peter Swinkles |
| Artwork Date | 2020 |
Artist Bio
Tim Godfrey is a marine biologist, publisher and co-author of Shore Life of the Great Ocean Road (2022). A guide for hikers, beach lovers and reef explorers. This book explores the diversity of marine life along the shore platforms of the Great Ocean Road, and reveals fossil evidence of dinosaurs that roamed freely across the ancient Victorian landscape when it was part of the Gondwana super continent 110 million years ago. Tim has worked as a diving instructor in Apollo Bay and in the Maldives, and published a number of titles about the marine life of the Maldives. This is his first book to be published in Australia.