Argentina "PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONGRESS" abstracts + Dino-Extinction webcast + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent news and blog items:



Abstracts for up-coming Mendoza, Argentina, 4th INTERNATIONAL
PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONGRESS--THE HISTORY OF LIFE: A VIEW FROM THE
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Of particular note for the DML:

Symposium (8) The origin and early evolution of birds....... 139-152

Symposium (19) Sauropod dinosaurs from Gondwana: the evolution of
giants..... 313-334

http://www.ipc4mendoza2014.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Abstract-Volume-IPC4.pdf

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Royal Society launches new open-access journal Royal Society Open Science

http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/1/1

A forthcoming article (not yet posted):

Max Langer, Ascanio Rincón, Jahandar Ramezani, Andrés Solórzano and
Oliver Rauhut.
New dinosaur (Theropoda, stem-Averostra) from the earliest Jurassic of
the La Quinta Formation, Venezuelan Andes.

http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/q/1mfK7qdjBCL9ACvt8FLN/wv



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Kirk Johnson webcast about dinosaur extinction set for 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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Ikrandraco pterosaur press release by IVPP

http://english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/201409/t20140916_127940.html


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Tetrapod Zoology reviews the year in pterosaurs (so far...)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2014/09/24/an-amazing-year-for-pterosaurs/


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Green Sand fossil dig in New Jersey

http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2014/September/Community-Fossil-Dig-Day-in-New-Jersey/


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Permian extinction, interview with Curt Stager

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/949/20140925/what-could-be-worse-than-the-disaster-that-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs


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In Bavaria (where Sciurumimus and Archaeopteryx have been found)
nearly all fossil collecting is done by private individuals. There is
no budget for scientific fossil collection by  government
institutions--or laws to protect  or register important fossil
discoveries and assure scientific access; includes interview with
Oliver Rauhut :  article + radio audio (in German)


http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/nahaufnahme/erdgeschichte-fossilien-bayern-suche-100.html

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Tumbler Ridge (with dinosaur tracks and fossils) in British Columbia
becomes official UNESCO Geopark

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Tumbler+Ridge+becomes+second+North+America+receive+Geopark/10234621/story.html


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Mesozoic fossil crocodile recreated with 3D printing

http://3dprint.com/16097/extinct-crocodilian-3d-printing/


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Handheld 3D scanners to record fossils as found

http://www.cnet.com/news/using-3d-scanning-to-preserve-fossils/



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REMEMBER--OCTOBER IS "NATIONAL DINOSAUR MONTH"!

http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/26/this-amazingly-life-like-pumpkin-carving-of-a-t-rex-will-blow-your-mind-4883493/