History of dinosaurs on the Internet + hairy ankylosaurs? + other news and blogs

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

A number of recent news and blog items:

History of dinosaur websites (including the DML) and dinosaur content
on the Internet


http://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-brief-history-of-dinosaurs-on-internet.html?spref=tw


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REMINDER FOR WEDNESDAY

Kirk Johnson webcast about dinosaur extinction set for this Wednesday,
Oct. 8, 2014

Smithsonian Science How: Mass Extinction - Solving the Dinosaur
Mystery Featuring Museum Director Kirk Johnson

OCTOBER 8TH AT 11 AM AND 2 PM EDT



http://qrius.si.edu/webcast-mass-extinction-solving-dinosaur-mystery

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Where to see dinosaurs in the United States

http://www.nerdabsurd.com/cool/virginia-asks-where-grown-ups-and-kids-should-go-to-learn-about-dinosaurs/

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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences dinosaur digs in Utah

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/05/5211069/nc-museum-of-natural-sciences.html#.VDFme_ldXTo



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Hairy ankylosaurs and armored tyrannosaurs?


http://pseudoplocephalus.blogspot.com/2014/07/big-screaming-hairy-dinosaurs.html?spref=tw

http://pseudoplocephalus.blogspot.com/2014/10/happy-birthday-dynamosaurus.html?spref=tw


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Chile paleontology symposium (in Spanish)



http://www.surlink.cl/index.php/losrios/19067-uach-sera-capital-de-la-paleontologia

https://sites.google.com/site/paleo2014/home

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National Parks Service highlights Mesozoic fossils in 2014

This month it's Mesozoic mammals...

October: Mesozoic Mammals

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_mammals.cfm

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Earlier postings:

January: Fossils of the 2014 National Fossil Day Artwork

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/nfd_2014_artwork_fossils.cfm

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February: Petrified Forest National Park

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_pefo.cfm

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 March: Garden Park Paleontology Society

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_gardenpark.cfm

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 April: Big Bend National Park

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_bibe.cfm

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 May: Fossil Cycad National Monument

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_focy.cfm

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 June: Alaskan National Parks

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_arctic.cfm

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 July: Dinosaur State Park

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_dsp.cfm

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 August: Bureau of Land Management, Hell Creek fossils

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_hellcreek.cfm

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 September: Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology at Ghost Ranch

http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/mesozoic_ghost_ranch.cfm

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Inner Mongolia Museum displays dinosaur eggs  with photos (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-49-979-1.html


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Jurassic topic podcasts

Plesiosaur and ichthyosaurs

http://historyoftheearthcalendar.blogspot.com/2014/10/october-3-jurassic-plesiosaurs-and.html

Karoo volcanism

http://historyoftheearthcalendar.blogspot.com/2014/10/october-5-karoo-volcanics.html?spref=tw




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Not exactly about dinosaurs but paleontologist O.C. Marsh was an
important debunker of the Cardiff Giant hoax....

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/connections/history/2014/10/05/cardiff-giant/16508949/