[dinosaur] Pseudosuchians + Tarbosaurus size + ground sloth hunt + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

THIS MESOZOIC MONTH April 29, 2018 by David Orr

https://chasmosaurs.com/2018/04/30/this-mesozoic-month-april-2018/

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Adorable Triassic Pseudosuchians

http://waxing-paleontological.blogspot.com/2018/04/adorable-triassic-pseudosuchians.html

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Hadrosaurs book review Part 2

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/eberth-and-evanss-hadrosaurs-a-book-review-part-2/

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How big was Tarbosaurus? (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/04/30/jak-velky-byl-tarbosaurus/Â Â

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Bite Like a Theropod

https://pseudoplocephalus.com/2018/04/29/bite-like-a-theropod/

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Fossil teeth of dicynodonts reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago

https://theconversation.com/fossil-teeth-reveal-new-facts-about-a-mass-extinction-260-million-years-ago-94191

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Crocodiles with elongated rostra from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel (in Spanish)

http://www.aragosaurus.com/?seccion=news_full&id=1718

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Hunting Fossils in Glen Canyon Park

https://www.nps.gov/articles/park-paleo-spring-2018-rodriguez-glca-b.htm

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B.C. dinosaur museum closes doors over funds, operations feud

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/b-c-dinosaur-museum-closes-doors-over-funds-operations-feud-1.3907885

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Metoposaurs and dinosauromorphs depicted

https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2018/04/beside-triassic-pond.html

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Interactive map of where dinosaurs have been found in Kent, England

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/map-shows-kents-fossil-finds-182038/

Seems to be referring to this map...

https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/

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New game means science knowledge is far from extinct

https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/04/new-game-means-science-knowledge-far-extinct

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Archosaurs vs. synapsids:Â

Teed-off theropod "goose-bumps" golfer to protect nest...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/us/goose-golf-attack-michigan-photos-trnd/

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Non-dino ....

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Hunting ground sloths in ancient North America

David Bustos, Jackson Jakeway, Tommy M. Urban, Vance T. Holliday,, Brendan Fenerty, David A. Raichlen, Marcin Budka, Sally C. Reynolds, Bruce D. Allen, David W. Love, Vincent L. Santucci, Daniel Odess, Patrick Willey, H. Gregory McDonald and Matthew R. Bennett (2018)

Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America.

Science Advances 4(4) eaar7621

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7621

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaar7621

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/4/eaar7621.full.pdf

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News:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/a-prehistoric-hunt-preserved-in-incredible-fossilized-tracks/558797/

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/ancient-human-sloth-hunt-hinted-15000-year-old-footprints

https://theconversation.com/how-to-hunt-a-giant-sloth-according-to-ancient-human-footprints-95344

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crazy-set-footprints-may-show-humans-hunting-giant-sloths-180968900/

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkY5aWNomUs

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The Curious Necks of Giant Rodents

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-curious-necks-of-giant-rodents.html

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What did the giant South American deer Morenelaphus really eat? (In Portuguese)

http://abradivciencia.blogspot.com.br/2018/04/quanto-custa-uma-imensa-galhada_24.html

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The giant fossil mammals that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/april/giant-fossil-mammals-inspired-charles-darwin-theory-evolution.html