[dinosaur] Swimming sauropods? + Arambourgiania + Acheroraptor + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Fossil Friday Roundup: August 10, 2018

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/08/10/fossil-friday-roundup-august-10-2018/

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Wrapping up the dig season at Angeac-Charente--photos of new finds (in French)

http://petitcarnetpaleo.blogspot.com/2018/08/derniers-rangements-fin-de-cette-9eme.html

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Boreal Alberta Dinosaur ProjectÂ

https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/entertainment/local-arts/boreal-dinosaurs-coming-to-the-surface

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Possible swimming sauropod tracks from Early Jurassic found at Maotai Township, Renhuai City, Guizhou Province, in China

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/10/c_137381670.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6044323/Jurassic-plonk-190mn-year-old-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-Chinese-wine-town.html

In Chinese:

http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2018/08-11/8596664.shtml

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The paper (already posted on the DML in July)Â is available for free here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118301452

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Chicxulub impact and its effects in what is now Czech Republic area (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/08/10/jak-se-projevil-dopad-planetky-chicxulub-na-nasem-uzemi/

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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

The Nastiest Feud in Science (Atlantic Magazine)

Gerta Keller and Deccan Traps vs. asteroid

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/dinosaur-extinction-debate/565769/

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Arambourgiania, giant pterosaur

https://www.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=the-winged-giant-that-was-bigger-than-t-rex

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Fossil "plesiosaur" found near Thouars, France, in 1982, lacking a skull, turned out to be a pliosaur after research in 2015; now a new half-size corrected model (out of paper) of the marine reptile is on display at the Centre dâinterprÃtation gÃologique du Thouarsais (CIGT) (in French)

https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/thouars/cigt-le-pliosaure-qu-on-a-pris-pour-un-plesiosaure

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What Did the Long-necked Plesiosaurs Use Their Necks For?

Nichollssaura borealis â Shaking its Neck from Side to Side

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2018/08/06/what-did-the-long-necked-plesiosaurs-use-their-necks-for.html

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When Protomammals Ruled Earth

A new study changes our understanding of how ancient forest collapse changed the course of life on Earth

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/when-protomammals-ruled-earth/

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295 million-year-old temnospondyl skull found in Bad Tabarz (Gotha District of Germany) (in German)

https://www.mdr.de/thueringen/west-thueringen/gotha/dinosaurier-ausgrabungen-bad-tabarz-100.html

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Fossils in Zambia Are a Window into Permian Extinction

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/fossils-zambia-are-window-extinction

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Acheroraptor temertyorum â Most Dangerous Critter of Hell Creek

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2018/08/10/the-really-dangerous-predator-of-hell-creek.html

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THE MOST CRINGE-WORTHY MOVIE MOMENTS FOR A MUSEUM EMPLOYEE

(collapsing dinosaur skeletons and adventure-driven archaeologists...)

http://blog.hmns.org/2018/08/the-most-cringe-worthy-movie-moments-for-a-museum-employee/

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New dinosaur book reviews in TetZoo

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2018/8/7/new-dinosaur-books-part-2-ben-garrods-so-you-think-you-know-about-dinosaurs-series