[dinosaur] Bird-dinosaur reproduction + rebbachisaurid skull + therapsid skulls + women in paleontology + Jack Horner talks videos + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

MSU paleontologists publish paper in ornithological journal linking dinosaur, bird reproduction

http://www.montana.edu/news/16394/msu-paleontologists-publish-paper-in-ornithological-journal-linking-dinosaur-bird-reproduction

Nearly complete rebbachisaurid skull found in Argentina (in Spanish)

http://www.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=148681

http://www.cronicadearagon.es/wordpress/destacadas/el-equipo-de-un-paleontologo-de-la-universidad-de-zaragoza-halla-el-craneo-de-una-nueva-especie-de-dinosaurio

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English abstract about find is on pages 43-45 in the abstracts book for VI Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qMXOsdpeL3S18zcWo5Y2tkWTV3aE1wenpNVXkyUWpLWEtR/view

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How horrifying was the neck of Barosaurus?

https://svpow.com/2016/09/16/how-horrifying-was-the-neck-of-barosaurus/

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Tracks on ancient beach in Portugal show megalosaurs after fish (Megalosaurus et les vacances de Monsieur Bulot) (in French)

http://www.dinosauria.org/blog/2016/09/22/megalosaurus-et-les-vacances-de-monsieur-bulot/

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Sauriermuseum Frick in Switzerland celebrates 25 years and the excavation of more then 70 Plateosaurus skeletons, including an 8-meter long skeleton (nicknamed XL), prepared with help from crowdfunding (in German)

http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/fricktal/ein-dino-kommt-selten-allein-ueber-70-saurier-ausgegraben-130588189

Article on preparator Ben Pabst (in German)

http://www.sauriermuseum-frick.ch/fileadmin/img/pressearchiv/2016/AZ20160829PortraitBenPabst.pdf

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Kemerovo Regional Museum in Siberia displays more than 100 fossils of dinosaurs and also a symmetrodont mammal, found in Shestakovo (in Russian)

http://www.otr-online.ru/news/paleontologi-v-kemerovskoi-65498.html

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Therapsid Choerosaurus' head decorations

http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2016/2016-09/palaeontologists-uncover-age-old-secret-of-hollywood-celebrities-.html

http://phys.org/news/2016-09-palaeontologists-uncover-age-old-secret-hollywood.html

https://theconversation.com/you-can-thank-our-pre-mammalian-ancestors-for-your-sexy-teeth-65663

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Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York, gets $130,000 grant to highlight women in paleontology with Daring to Dig

http://ithacavoice.com/2016/09/50054/

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Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology

http://www.daringtodig.org

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Joan Wiffen in New Zealand (in Spanish)

http://www.omicrono.com/2016/09/joan-wiffen-dinosaurios/

Joan Wiffen and her fossils

http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Dating-the-Past/Sci-Media/Video/Joan-Wiffen-and-her-fossils

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VIDEOS

Some not so recent online talks not yet mentioned:

Jack Horner on Dinosaurs of the Past, Present and Future at Princeton University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U809zJ8eMQ

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MNHC's Evening with a Naturalist featuring Jack Horner and Hank Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST88qMJKucE

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IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología in Lima, Peru (in Spanish)

http://ixcongresopaleo.com/inicio/programa/programa-cient%C3%ADfico.html

http://larepublica.pe/impresa/ocio-y-cultura/804573-paleontologos-se-reunen-en-congreso-internacional