[dinosaur] Africa before the dinosaurs + Ascendonanus + Hamipterus + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Fossil Friday Roundup: April 13, 2018

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/04/13/fossil-friday-roundup-april-13-2018/

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Weekly stuff roundup: 13th April, 2018 (Jon Tennant)

http://fossilsandshit.com/weekly-stuff-roundup-13th-april-2018/

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Before the dinosaurs: Digging up answers in Africa

http://www.dailyuw.com/science/article_08650eea-3e03-11e8-b678-23b95e7156fe.html

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Italian paleontologist Mattia Baiano working in Argentina on new titanosaur finds (in Italian)

https://ilmattino.it/societa/persone/da_napoli_al_sud_america_scoprire_dinosauri_ho_realizzato_un_sogno_avevo_fin_da_bambino-3667046.html

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New titanosaur remains presented at museum in Plottier, Argentia (in Spanish)

http://www.limaynoticias.com.ar/ver_noticia.php?id=20180412073001

Description:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-018-0047-5

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Appalachiosaurus (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/04/12/jester-z-appalacie/ÂÂ

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Original (now returned) fossil skull mounted on Callawayasaurus skeleton at Museo GeolÃgico Josà Royo y GÃmez in Bogota, Colombia (in Spanish)

http://www.semana.com/educacion/articulo/servicio-geologico-colombiano-recupero-el-plesiosaurio-encontrado-en-villa-de-leyva/562660

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Traveling dinosaur art exhibit with work by Takashi Oda (in Japanese)

https://www.gifu-np.co.jp/news/20180412/20180412-29155.html

Older video of artist at work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-ryJ7avfs

Gallery of earlier drawings through 2015

http://www.studio-corvo.com/contents/gallery/nature-art/index.php?page=2

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Ascendonanus profile (scaly "pelycosaur")

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/paleo-profile-the-climbing-dwarf/

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HamipterusÂ

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2018/04/hamipterus-beast-of-week.html

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First of the Flightless Penguins

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-of-flightless-penguins.html

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