Texas dinosaur tracks + Hypselospinus + Sue anniversary + paleo talk videos

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


A number of recent news and blog items, plus videos of scientific talks



Dinosaur tracks discovered in Texas after heavy rains (with video)

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fossilized-Dinosaur-Tracks-Discovered-at-Lake-Grapevine-321509491.html


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Changing image of dinosaurs


http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2015/08/13/from-scaly-mammals-to-feathered-birds-how-views-of-dinosaurs-changed-over-150-years/

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25th anniversary of "Sue" the T. rex

http://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/08/12/americas-most-famous-and-most-expensive-dinosaur-turns-25-today/


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Hypselospinus fossils go on display

http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2015/08/14/hypselospinus-on-show-at-bexhill-museum.html



http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/discovery-of-a-new-dinosaur-goes-on-display-1-6897623
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Dinosaur State Park at Rocky Hill, Connecticut, has celebration


http://patch.com/connecticut/rockyhill/rocky-hill-families-can-celebrate-dinosaur-state-park-day-saturday

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Reconstructing a new oviraptorid taxon

https://qilong.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/the-best-little-oviraptorid-in-mongolia/

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Follow ups on stories already posted--

Turning sauropod tracks from China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/12/c_134509218.htm

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Theropod dinosaur tracks found in Germany

http://www.livescience.com/51815-dinosaur-megalosauripus-footprints.html

http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2015/08/12/tracking-down-german-meat-eating-dinosaurs.html

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"Scarface" Ichibengops, therocephalian from Zambia

http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/08/13/scarface-an-ancient-cousin-to-mammals-unearthed-in-africa/


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-prehistoric-carnivore-dubbed-scarface-zambia.html


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Outdoor Seymouria sculptures stolen in Germany, known as the "Tambach
Loving Couple" (in German)

http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/leben/blaulicht/detail/-/specific/Das-Tambacher-Liebespaar-ist-verschwunden-805319963

http://www.mdr.de/thueringen/mitte-west-thueringen/dinosaurier-georgenthal-diebstahl100.html

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VIDEOS

A number of vertpaleo public lecture videos not yet mentioned on the
DML. The videos were posted a few months back on YouTube and record
talks from a few years ago. However, the topics are still of interest.

Western Australian Museum Talks

Western Australian Ichthyosaurs – The last of their kind

Dr Mikael Siversson, Curator of Palaeontology, Earth & Planetary Sciences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NseOhYkAByg

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The rise of super predatory sharks

Dr Mikael Siversson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEg_YwFwHPs


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Dinosaurs of the 21st Century: masters of the sky

Dr Mikael Silversson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tomn73D4nWY

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Harvard Museum of Natural History
Evolution Talks


Jurassic Mothers from China: Origins and Evolution of Mammals

Zhe-Xi Luo, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgfitOeTcDY


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What Art Thou Little Bird: Developmental Mechanisms for the Origin and
Evolution of Birds

Arkhat Abzhanov, Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology, Harvard University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0VsIG4zcuQ&index=10&list=PLcuB9ocQRZCmzOU_wllGCZvTwts-OtN2O


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Six Most Incredible Fossils Preserved In Amber


http://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/08/13/the-six-most-incredible-fossils-preserved-in-amber/