Triassic forest found in Antarctica + Mexican Ice Age TV series + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent mainly non-dino news that may be of interest:


Italian scientists find charred remains of Triassic forest in Allan
Hills in Antarctica, may be been burned by volcano or possibly by
impact event that knocked down the trees.

http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/123462/Italians-discover-fossilized-forest-in-Antarctica.html

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2015/01/08/italians-discover-fossilized-forest-in-antarctica_f913bda1-7a7c-4a21-9673-68194ffc298a.html

In Italian:

Blog

https://geoantarctica.wordpress.com/

Photogallery

http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/01/08/foto/una_foresta_fossile_in_antartide_tronchi_carbonizzati_di_250_milioni_di_anni_fa-104542934/1/#1

News articles:

https://geoantarctica.wordpress.com/

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Mexican Ice Age fauna to star in television series in Mexico (in Spanish)

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/2015/impreso/las-huellas-del-mexico-prehistorico-al-canal-once-75938.html

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Deccan traps eruption for students

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/dino-double-whammy

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More on evidence of pack-hunting Utahraptors

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113309607/mass-utahraptor-grave-may-prove-pack-hunting-hypothesis-010715/

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Australian mega-fauna

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/01/05/4157694.htm