[dinosaur] T. rex Sue's arm CT scan + biggest abelisaur + crouching ornithomimosaur + pterosaurs + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

T. rex Sue arm to get powerful CT scan

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/sue-lends-hand

with video

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-sue-t-rex-arm-removal-20161006-story.html

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Biggest abelisaur of all (in Italian)

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2016/10/il-mio-abelisauro-e-piu-grosso-del-tuo.html

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Crouching and squatting ornithomimosaur tracks from Italy (in Italian)

http://www.nationalgeographic.it/scienza/2016/10/06/foto/il_dinosauro_gattonante_di_latina-3262943/1/?refresh_ce

Article here:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/crouching-theropod-at-the-seaside-matching-footprints-with-metatarsal-impressions-and-theropod-authopods-a-morphometric-approach/6754411EEAACCA791702FE5039E1B8CA

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Fossil Friday Roundup: October 7, 2016

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016/10/07/fossil-friday-roundup-october-7-2016/

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Austroposeidon, Brazil's biggest dinosaur

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1007/How-Brazil-discovered-its-largest-dinosaur-inside-a-museum

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/07/scientists-announce-discovery-of-largest-dinosaur-ever-found-in-brazil

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/10/06/scientists-announce-discovery-brazil-largest-dinosaur/

http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2016/10/austroposeidon.html

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Brief history of pterosaurs

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/a-brief-history-of-pterosaurs/

TetZooCon 2016 (pterosaur reproduction and more)

https://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2016/10/tetzoocon-2016.html

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/the-day-after-tetzoocon/

Tourist finds unique 200-million-year-old fossil at Bay of Fundy

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1403621-tourist-finds-unique-200-million-year-old-fossil

New Ichthyosaurus species from England

http://www.anspblog.org/ichthyosaurus-identified-at-the-academy/

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Scottish ichthyosaur video with Steve Brusatte

http://uk.reuters.com/video/2016/10/07/170m-year-old-sea-monster-ruled-the-wave?videoId=370064115&videoChannel=4000&channelName=Technology

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Triopticus radio interview with Michelle Stocker of Virginia Tech College of Science

http://wvtf.org/post/reptile-fossil-holds-clues-dinosaur-evolution

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New cynodonts

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/10/05/toothy-rodent-like-reptile-gave-rise-to-mammals/#.V_Z2MfkrLcs

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-ancient-reptile-that-gave-rise-to-mammals/

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Fossil type specimens of the National Parks

http://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2016/10/fossil-type-specimens-of-national-parks.html

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Australian paleontologist Mike Archer gets award for science communication

http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/royal-institution-australia-honour-palaeontologist

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Online computer game Tachidino uses baby dinosaur to help dyslexic children develop attention and perception skills to improve reading (in Italian)

http://www.lastampa.it/2016/10/07/scienza/galassiamente/un-dinosauro-amico-per-i-bambini-dislessici-FrE76so0lsbwFuTpn6ZbEJ/pagina.html

https://www.tachidino.com/