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Item Robert Dale (Bob) Anderson (1949-2009)(2011-08) Anderson, Robert Dale (Bob); Doroba, Mark (photographer)The Fine Arts Library is proud to exhibit the work of artist Robert Dale Anderson. Anderson was an esteemed art teacher here at the University of Texas for over twenty years. The fourth floor of the FAL is the current home to Anderson's elaborate found-object construction "Male"(c.1980's). On the fifth floor, there are two more sculptural works by Anderson, "Almost" (1983-85) and "White Girl" (1995). Also on exhibit are four lithographs of intricate drawings by the artist. All of the work is on loan through Mona and Ken Hale. Marnie Weber described Anderson's "Almost" as: "Carrying an awesome and silent presence, the sculpture has a very human quality, suggestive of an ancient Polynesian king on a throne...it rests with a quiet patience and a humble compassion, yet it seems to know its own absurdity." In a recent artist statement, Anderson wrote: “What is realized through silent contemplation is content that polite society does its best to hide - decay, disease, death, dementia, and chaos: the dark side. Siding within the traditions of the erotic, carnivalesque, fantastic, surrealistic, and psychedelic we find malignant growth and movement, a rotting world turned upside down in disorder, twisted grotesque bodies, beautiful monsters and decaying ruins.” Anderson was represented by Conduit Gallery in Dallas and D. Berman Gallery in Austin. His work is in countless private collections as well as in the collections of the Blanton Museum of Art, the Ransom Center and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Born in Glendale California in 1949, Anderson received his M.F.A. and B.F.A. at California State University at Long Beach. He moved to Austin in 1988 when he joined the faculty the University of Texas.Item Soft-Shelled Turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty formation (Late Cretaceous: Late Turonian) of Uzbekistan: Shell-Based Taxa(2013-04) Danilov, Igor G.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Vitek, Natasha S.In this paper we describe previously unpublished trionychid turtle material, consisting of numerous shell fragments, from the Late Cretaceous (late Turonian) Bissekty Formation of the Dzharakuduk locality in Uzbekistan. This material is assigned to two shell-based taxa: Aspideretoides cf. riabinini and "Trionyx" cf. kansaiensis. The material which cannot be confidently attributed to these two taxa is identified as Trionychidae indet. In addition to these shell-based trionychid taxa, the Dzharakuduk turtle assemblage includes two skull-based taxa of trionychids (Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis and Trionychini indet.). The trionychids from the Bissekty Formation are most similar to trionychids from the younger (Santonian - early Campanian) Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan, represented by three shell-based taxa (Aspideretoides riabinini, Paleotrionyx riabinini and "Trionyx" kansaiensis), and one skull-based taxon (Khunnuchelys sp.). We provide an improved understanding of the subtle similarities and differences between four closely related Cretaceous turtle assemblages of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item Soft-Shelled Turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan(2014-05) Vitek, Natasha S.; Danilov, Igor G.; Vitek, Natasha S.Localities from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan are the oldest in Middle Asia and Kazakhstan to preserve two broadly sympatric species of trionychid turtle. Material described here comes from multiple Cenomanian formations from the Itemir locality, and from multiple localities in the Cenomanian Khodzhakul Formation. The first taxon from the locality, "Trionyx" cf. kyrgyzensis, has multiple morphological similarities with the older, Early Cretaceous "Trionyx" kyrgyzensis. In contrast, the second taxon, "Trionyx" dissolutus, has multiple similarities with "Trionyx" kansaiensis, one of two species of trionychid found in younger Late Cretaceous localities. "Trionyx" dissolutus bears some superficial resemblance to other trionychid taxa within the clade Plastomenidae because of its highly ossified plastron with a hyoplastral lappet and an epiplastral notch. However, Plastomenidae is diagnosed primarily through characters that are absent or cannot be observed in the available material of "T." dissolutus, and other shared features are plesiomorphic. In addition, "T" dissolutus shares other synapomorphies with Trionychinae. A heavily ossified plastron may be more homoplastric within Trionychidae than has been previously recognized. Finally, we provide an improved understanding of the subtle similarities and differences between several closely related Cretaceous turtle assemblages of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.