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[dinosaur] Pterosaur symposium + Scotty the T. rex + domesticated dinosaurs + more






Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent items:

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Fossil Friday Roundup: August 17, 2018


http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/08/17/fossil-friday-roundup-august-17-2018

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Palaeontology and Open Science roundup: August 17th, 2018


http://fossilsandshit.com/palaeontology-and-open-science-roundup-august-17th-2018/



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National Fossil Day 2018: Events, Part 1


http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/08/15/national-fossil-day-2018-events-part-1

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Summary of recent pterosaur symposium
Flugsaurier 2018 â Los Angeles






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Saskatchewan's provincial fossil--Scotty (the Tyrannosaurus rex)--gets down and dirty (in imaginary interview) on "birthday" of his discovery

https://thestarphoenix.com/life/bridges/saskatchewans-provincial-fossil-scotty-gets-down-and-dirty

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Paleontologists report finding tyrannosaurid and troodontid teeth, as well as remains of hadrosaurs and other fossils at Blagoveshchensk in Amur region;Â also, new finds at Chita in Siberia this summer (in Russian)


http://www.amur.info/news/2018/08/17/142309


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Hungarian Dinosaur Research Expedition led by Osi Attila reports finds from latest dig in Harkut and neighboring NÃmetbÃnya and BakonyjÃk, including three crocodile skulls (in Hungarian)Â


https://www.veol.hu/kozelet/helyi-kozelet/rekordszamu-dinoszaurusz-leletet-tart-fel-a-bakonyi-expedicio-2413473/


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Dinosaur colors (in German)

https://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/w-wie-wissen/farbe-dinosaurier-100.html


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Interview with paleoartist and biologist Oscar Sanisidro about paleoart (in Spanish)
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https://valenciaplaza.com/paleoarte-cuando-ciencia-e-ilustracion-se-alian-para-revivir-a-los-dinosaurios

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Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara: 'Dinosaurs were the last great champions'

Interview in English for French television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqaVrqT34z4

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Mark Loewen, paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Utah, teaches course about science in fiction

https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/paleontologist-explores-science-and-fiction/


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Chinese paleontologist Xing Lida publishes first science fiction novel "Yulongji: Prehistoric Intruder" about a human civilization built on living with dinosaurs, some used as domesticated animals for riding, eating (in Chinese)


http://www.kaixian.tv/gd/2018/0817/525403.html

https://read.douban.com/ebook/55220542/#

http://item.jd.com/12396150.html

cover art

https://www.weibo.com/3003897427/GtR1ws1aH?type=comment#_rnd1534532430165


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Could We Domesticate (Non-Bird) Dinosaurs?

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2018/8/16/could-we-domesticate-non-bird-dinosaurs


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non-dino:



Polar bear grabs frozen mammoth leg


https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/polar-bear-grabs-50000-year-old-breakfast-a-hairy-leg-of-extinct-woolly-mammoth-found-by-scientists/

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Pygmy mammoth carcass found on island off Siberian coast

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/scientists-discover-unique-carcass-of-extinct-pygmy-woolly-mammoth-on-island-off-siberian-coast/

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Northern Illinois University engineering students work to re-create saber-toothed cat


https://newsroom.niu.edu/2018/08/14/jurassic-effort-niu-engineering-students-work-to-re-create-saber-toothed-cat/