Paleo news stories

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


A few news items on paleo topics:


Mosasaurus remains found at Maastricht in Netherlands

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/09/13metre_marine_reptile_fossil.php

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An article about paleontologist Kirk Johnson, about to head the
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History..

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/natural-history-digs-in-20120918

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Dinosaur meat sold in Australia??

Mainstream Portuguese language news services have been carrying a
"news" story about a supermarket in Sydney, Australia that allegedly
has been selling "dinosaur meat"--prompting a police investigation.

http://www.noticiageral.com/?p=20220

However, the photo is from a Dutch advertising campaign from 2010 for
a line refrigerators--the idea being that their refrigerators keep
food fresh for so long that they could preserve dinosaur, mammoth, and
sabertooth meat.

http://www.foodiggity.com/yabba-dabba-food/

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/27/frozen-dinosaur-meat/


The spirit of the Weekly World News has not died it appears.....