Re: Feathered tyrannosaur at AMNH + chocolate Tyrannosaurus for Easter + more news

[Paul P <turtlecroc@yahoo.com>]

A feathered chocolate dinosaur?  Sounds, er, very scientific. 


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On Tue, 3/8/16, Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Feathered tyrannosaur at AMNH + chocolate Tyrannosaurus for Easter + 
more news
 To: dinosaur@usc.edu
 Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 11:49 AM
 
 Ben Creisler
 bcreisler@gmail.com
 
  Some recent items:
  
 Feathered tyrannosaur for "Dinosaurs Among Us" at the
 American Museum
 of Natural History in New York to show bird-dinosaur
 connection
 
 http: //
 www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/celebrities/article64719667.html
 
 http: //
 
www.amnh.org/about-the-museum/press-center/amnh-announces-new-exhibition-dinosaurs-among-us
 
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 Tyrannosaurus skeleton made out of chocolate to celebrate
 Easter in
 Vigo, Spain; will be broken up and eaten by customers on
 Easter Sunday
 (in Spanish)
 
 http: //
 
www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/vigo/2016/03/07/trescientos-kilos-chocolate-dan-vigo-nuevo-dinosaurio-fotos/00031457351735536309366.htm
 
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 Hind limb proportions cast doubt on the validity of
 Nanotyrannus
 
 http: //
 
mambobob-raptorsnest.blogspot.com/2016/03/hind-limb-proportions-cast-doubt-on.html
 
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 Scott Persons interview on tyrannosaur tracks in Wyoming
 
 http: //
 
billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/wyoming-dinosaur-footprint-officially-measured/article_d42aa271-e154-5cd1-a286-c47339d41f2a.html
 
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 Possible Early Jurassic dinosaur bones found in Saltrio,
 Italy, where
 Saltriosaurus was discovered, with video (in Italian)
 
 http: //
 
www.varesenews.it/2016/03/scoperte-ossa-del-giurassico-forse-e-un-nuovo-dinosauro/494677/
 
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 Arkansaurus proposed as official Arkansas state dinosaur
 
 http: //
 
5newsonline.com/2016/03/07/local-politicians-support-students-proposal-for-state-dinosaur/
 
 http: //
 
www.4029tv.com/news/fayetteville-student-proposes-state-dinosaur-for-arkansas/38400226
 
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 Omar Rafael Regalado, PhD student from Mexico, studying
 origin of
 gigantism in sauropods at London University College (in
 Spanish)
 
 http: //
 
www.invdes.com.mx/ciencia-mobil/10684-el-gigantismo-de-los-dinosaurios-se-genero-al-pasar-de-caminar-de-2-a-4-patas
 
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 Micro-CT-scanner allows study of smallest fossils
 
 https: //
 
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/science-stories/2016/02/04/what-lies-within-new-micro-ct-scanner-allows-inside-view-of-even-the-tiniest-fossils/
 
 http: //
 phys.org/news/2016-03-micro-ct-scanner-view-tiniest-fossils.html
 
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 Evolutionary leap from fins to legs was surprisingly simple
 
 
 http: //
 phys.org/news/2016-03-evolutionary-fins-legs-surprisingly-simple.html
 
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 Mercury as evidence that Deccan volcanic eruptions caused
 dinosaur
 extinction (in Portuguese)
 
 http: //
 
www.tvi24.iol.pt/tecnologia/erupcao-vulcanica/cientistas-portugueses-querem-mostrar-que-erupcoes-vulcanicas-extinguiram-dinossauros
 
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