Mapping dinosaur tracks with drones + beefy plesiosaurs + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


A number of recent items:



Drones used to survey dino tracks in Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-24/drones-help-scientists-survey-dinosaur-tracks/6416760


http://rt.com/news/252721-dinosaur-footprints-drone-australia/

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Radio interview with Steven Salisbury

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2015/s4223328.htm

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More on discovery of  total of 10,000 dinosaur tracks at Cal Orcko in
Bolivia; in English, stories in Spanish posted yesterday (with photos)


http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/04/25/with-new-discovery-bolivia-has-most-dinosaur-footprints-on-earth/

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Dinosaur track site in British Columbia--crowdfunding of research

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/research-dinosaur-tracks-in-northeast-bc-canada



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Dinofest events and exhibits in Hampshire in Britain

http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art525219-Dinofest2015-brings-the-worlds-leading-dinosaur-exhibits-to-museums-across-hampshire

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More comments and analysis on Brontosaurus revival

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2015/04/24/that-brontosaurus-thing/


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Plesiosaurs depicted too scrawny, need blubber and muscle

http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.com/2015/04/plesiosaur-machinations-part-vii-you.html

NOTE: Blog discusses fat tails but doesn't mention plesiosaur found in
Mexico with evidence of broad tail soft-tissue outline.


See:

https://books.google.com/books?id=hQgiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=Plesiosaurs,+Reptiles+between+Grace+and+Awe&source=bl&ots=FWh9TfeV4W&sig=fgxqmSfvrH4w6aiVBY2-4jHSbKA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=B9M7VYu4I8eboQTE4oCoBg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Plesiosaurs%2C%20Reptiles%20between%20Grace%20and%20Awe&f=false


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