[dinosaur] 2016 in birds and theropods + Skye dino track damage revised + Arctic mosasaurs + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Raptormaniac's 2016 in birds and theropods

http://albertonykus.blogspot.com/2017/01/review-of-2016.html

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PaleoNews #22: New Years 2016

https://thetetanuraeguy.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/paleonews-22-new-years-2016/

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Isle of Skye dino tracks not permanently damaged after all

https://stv.tv/news/highlands-islands/1377234-no-permanent-damage-to-dinosaur-footprints-on-skye/

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Mosasaurs from the Arctic Circle: Part 1

https://bonesharpesite.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/arctic-mosasaurs-1/

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Distribution of Mesozoic turtles

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2017/01/02/terrestrial-mesozoic-ninja-turtles/

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Richard Fallon on Popularization and Palaeoart: Then and Now

http://www.poppalaeo.com/blogposts/2017/1/3/richard-fallon-popularisation-and-palaeoart-then-and-now

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Suspension of Disbelief: Science's Ever-Changing Vision of Dinosaurs

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/suspension-of-disbelief-dinosaur-paleoart.html

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More on Texas marine reptile find

http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/A-hike-in-the-Eagle-Ford-takes-geologist-back-92-10829924.php

http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/7048220-complete-reptile-fossil-important-find-/

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Xing Lida's path to paleontology (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-12-7841-1.html

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Dippy the Diplodocus: How do you pronounce the dinosaur's name as he leaves the Natural History Museum in London?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dippy-diplodocus-how-do-you-pronounce-dinosaur-natural-history-museum-london-leaves-national-tour-a7509191.html

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Non-dino stuff

Fossil leaves analysis method provides clues to CO2 levels in the past (including Mesozoic) and forces revised estimates of ancient levels

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/fossil-leaves-suggest-global-warming-will-be-harder-fight-scientists-thought

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280 million-year-old fossil Dwykaselachus reveals origins of chimaeroid fishes

http://phys.org/news/2017-01-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-chimaeroid-fishes.html

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Some recent videos of talks:

Prof. Jacques Gauthier - Birds are Living Dinosaurs/Dinosaurs are Stem Birds

Science on Saturdays: Yale University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71vEJF6alc

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Dinosaur Research Project at Southwestern Adventist University.

Video starts way too early--actual talk begins about 36 minutes in, so skip ahead to that point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-pw5MShOY