[dinosaur] SWAU dino dig + Italian national park for dinosaur tracks + Dan Chure + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Fossil Friday Roundup: June 30, 2017

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2017/06/30/fossil-friday-roundup-june-30-2017/

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Southwestern Adventist University Celebrates 20,000th Dinosaur Bone Found

http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5226-us-adventist-university-celebrates-dinosaur-bone-found-darcy-force

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Agreement signed to protect and develop dinosaur track sites in a regional national park in southern Italy (in Italian)

http://www.baritoday.it/cronaca/firma-protocollo-orme-dinosauro-lama-balice-progetto.html

http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/bari/cronaca/17_giugno_28/studio-orme-dinosauro-lama-balice-siglato-accordo-c3f75aee-5bfc-11e7-bf93-de8ecfcd14fe.shtml

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Giant dinosaur claws have appeared above the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales, along with a smashed statue and a giant pile of dinosaur poo in a local street (all to promote the Dinosaur Babies exhibit) ....

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/giant-dinosaur-claws-appeared-above-13261077

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Sneak peek of Nottingham's world exclusive Dinosaurs of China exhibition

http://www.nottinghampost.com/a-sneak-peek-of-nottingham-s-world-exclusive-dinosaurs-of-china-exhibition-which-opens-this-weekend/story-30417935-detail/story.html

http://www.mynottinghamnews.com/world-exclusive-dinosaur-exhibition-opens-in-nottingham/

Dan Chure retires at Dinosaur National Monument

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/dinosaur-national-monument-paleontologist-retires-after-38-years/

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Sebastián Apesteguía on paleontology in Argentina (in Spanish)

http://www.larazondechivilcoy.com.ar/locales/2017/6/27/paleontologo-investigador-conicet-estuvo-edicion-prociencia-89558.html

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Looking for ancient pollen and plants...and finding a dinosaur...

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/what-happens-when-two-research-fields-collide/

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Vintage paleoart...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59pm7n/paleoart-taschen-visions-of-the-prehistoric-past-dinosaurs

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First animated dinosaur...

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gertie-the-dinosaur-1914-animated-cartoon