[dinosaur] Cooling ankylosaurs + Sue the T. rex + pterosaurs + podocarps + Utahraptor + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Fossil Friday Roundup: Friday December 21, 2018

https://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/12/21/fossil-friday-roundup-friday-december-21-2018/

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Armored dinosaurs had an efficient internal cooling system

https://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/12/19/armoured-dinosaurs-had-an-efficient-internal-cooling-system/

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https://people.ohio.edu/witmerl/ankylosaur_brain-AC.htm

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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/dinosaurs-breathed-through-long-tubes-in-their-noses/578512/

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Sue the Celebrity Dinosaur Just Got a Makeover

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sue-t-rex-dinosaur-field-museum

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SUE Returns To The Field Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuRpJ9qGmn4

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Saltriovenator Part 4

https://theropoda.blogspot.com/2018/12/il-theropode-di-saltrio-quarta-parte.htmlÂ

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Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britainâs tropical Jurassic past

http://uopnews.port.ac.uk/2018/12/20/spectacular-flying-reptiles-soared-over-britains-tropical-jurassic-past/

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uop-sfr122018.php

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Pterosaurs may have been covered in fur and primitive feathers

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-reptile-pterosaur-fossils-fur-primitive-feathers

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https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/on-pterosaurs-and-feathers/

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Fuzzy anurognathids!

https://zhejiangopterus.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/fuzzy-anurognathids-and-pycnofibre-homology/

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Christmas in the Early Cretaceous (featuring Yutyrannus huali and Dongbeititan dongi) (in Czech:

Âhttps://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/12/21/vanoce-ve-spodni-kride/

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Discovering The Past Through Dino Poop

https://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/discovering-the-past-through-dino-poop/

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The idiosyncratic mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-idiosyncratic-mammalian-diversification-extinction-dinosaurs.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/fda-ti122018.php

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Reconstructing the Kronosaurus at the Queensland Museum

https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2018/12/12/reconstructing-the-kronosaurus/

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Argentine paleontologists show off plesiosaur fossil replica (with video)

https://www.euronews.com/2018/12/21/argentine-paleontologists-show-off-plesiosaur-fossil-replica

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The Four Coolest Discoveries In Paleontology In 2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelmarshalleurope/2018/12/21/the-four-coolest-discoveries-in-paleontology-in-2018/#3350ff1a7b6c

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R. T. Bakker, "Father" of Dinosaur Renaissance (in Czech)

https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/robert-bakker-otec-dinosauri-renesance

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The Dinosaur Echo, a television documentary about dinosaur discoveries in Canada will be airing between Dec. 21 and 25 on some PBS stations in the United States.

"The Dinosaur Echo is a documentary about the renaissance of paleontology in Canada today and what dinosaurs can teach us about climate change. The film introduces us to a new generation of paleontologists who are making extraordinary dinosaur discoveries in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada."

http://www.netaonline.org/Program-Service/Program-Catalog-Search?ProgramID=6630

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Scipionyx "Ciro" national contests for school students in Italy. The upper secondary school (= high-school in US) contest is to design a logo based on the juvenile dinosaur fossil for the Ente Geopaleontologico di Pietraroja; primary and lower secondary schoolers can compete for the most original and creative work in traditional or multimedia form on the topic of  "Ciro il cucciolo di dinosauro" [Ciro, the dinosaur cub]. (in Italian)

http://www.irpinia24.it/wp/blog/2018/12/21/un-logo-per-ciro-il-dinosauro-concorso-nazionale-rivolto-alle-scuole/

Official link with pdf for details:

http://www.miur.gov.it/web/guest/competizioni-e-concorsi-per-studenti/-/asset_publisher/WpUfCqhm4qkV/content/concorso-nazionale-ente-geopaleontologico-di-pietraroja-scuole-secondarie-di-secondo-grado-un-logo-per-ciro-scuole-primarie-e-secondarie-di-primo-grad?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miur.gov.it%2Fweb%2Fguest%2Fcompetizioni-e-concorsi-per-studenti%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_WpUfCqhm4qkV%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D3

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Underwater Breathing by a Tropical Lizard

http://www.anoleannals.org/2018/12/20/underwater-breathing-by-a-tropical-lizard/

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Origin of podocarps pushed back to Permian

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/middle-east-fossils-push-back-origin-key-plant-groups-millions-years

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/aaft-hco121718.php

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5 Anatomical Rules for Animators â Stuart Sumida

https://justmakeanimation.com/5-anatomical-rules-for-animators-stuart-sumida

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videos

Scott Madsen gives a tour of bones he has prepared in a select area of the Utahraptor megablock.Â

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWl4ZdHivo&feature=youtu.be

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What Fossils Reveal about Today's Climate Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=D2RLDUn0kgY

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Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct

PBS Eons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTPcq2HczVY

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