Fwd: Why land mammals are not big as dinosaurs + sauropod find in China + Snow Ball Earth

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

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From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:38 PM
Subject: Why mammals aren't as big as dinosaurs + sauropod found in China
To: dinosaur@usc.edu


Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent items of interest:


Royal Tyrrell Museum's annual Speaker Series

Being Giant: Why are mammals not as big as dinosaurs?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HqiOrZEyMQ&feature=youtu.be


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Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur found in Huili County in Sichuan
Province, China

http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2015-01/05/content_34480551.htm

http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2015/01-05/149314.shtml


In Chinese:

http://travel.people.com.cn/n/2015/0105/c41570-26323622.html

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Ichthyosaur find in Scotland prompts call to amateur collectors


http://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2015/01/12/calling-all-amateur-fossil-collectors-geologists-appeal-after-new-species-of-ichthyosaur-discovered-in-scotland/



http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/fossils/step-aside-nessie-fossils-prove-there-was-once-a-cooler-sea-monster-in-town

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How Snow Ball Earth led to complex life


http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150112-did-snowball-earth-make-animals

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