Ben Creisler
Some recent items:
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Paleontological papers on the news this week
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Paleowire Summer Digest | WEEKLY BRIEF | July 28 â August 4, 2018
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First caudal vertebrae of the various Haplocanthosaurus specimens
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Sauropod astragulus found at dinosaur site in Angeac-Charente, France, as latest dig season ends (in French)
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Team of paleontologists including Pascal Godefroit and Ulysse LefÃvre from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences find new Jurassic bones at dinosaur site in Wyoming (with photo comparing sauropod and deer vertebra) (part 1 of series) (in Dutch)
On Twitter:
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Old dinosaur bones, new technologies (in French)
Vieux os de dinosaures, nouvelles technologies
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In Mongolia, Drones Look Deep Into the Past in a Hunt for Dinosaur Fossils
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Public talk in Solnhofen by Frederik Spindler "Solnhofen und die Dinosaurier" [and the Dinosaurs] (in German)
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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum celebrates 30 years of dinosaur discoveries; a carnivorous dinosaur tooth was found in a survey conducted by the Prefectural Museum (then) from August 9 to 11, 1988. (in Japanese)
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New excavation begins in Cretaceous Kitatani Formation dinosaur bonebed in Katsuyama, Japan (in Japanese)
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Dinosaurs Revealed: Journey Across America exhibit at Union Station Kansas City in Missouri (including Utahraptor)
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The search for a sea monster: Mosasaur excavated in Navarro County, Texas
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The earlest tetrapods liked it brackish (in French)
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The Real Science Behind the Megalodon
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On the pop culture side...
"Rock Fossils" show highlights "rock music" in paleontology, with casts (some made oversize) of fossils named for rock performers. To date, 74 musicians (including the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc.) have been honored with specific or generic names for fossils. (in German)
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Also, see Richard Butler's entertaining blog about groups and songs mentioning prehistoric creatures...
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Lessons in ichnology from the old SF movie THEM! (about giant ants, not dinosaurs...)
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videos that may be of interest
How Dinosaurs Took Over The World
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Scott Sampson: Intention, Immersion, Imagination and Dinosaurs
Dr. Scott explores the links between creativity, science, the future of education and... dinosaurs!
Scott Sampson at CreativeMornings Vancouver, July 2018.Â
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DARIAH Annual Event 2018:Â
Keynote speech by Jon Tennant
Â"Open Science is just good science"
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