[dinosaur] Utahraptor update + Titanosaurs + Moas + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Utahraptor as state dinosaur of Utah -- Senate gives roar of approval

http://kuer.org/post/senate-gives-utahraptor-roar-approval#stream/0

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New Utahraptor mount at the Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYfQt1oZJtE

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University of Mississippi geologist Brian Platt leads digital preservation project for the first tracks of carnivorous dinosaurs ever found in Arkansas

https://news.olemiss.edu/um-professor-leads-dinosaur-track-preservation-project/

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Titanosaurs all the way down

https://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2018/02/titanosaurs-all-way-down.htmlÂ

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Mansourasaurus

Major find for Egyptian paleontology

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/rare-dinosaur-discovery-egypt-signal-finds-52868115

Missing link titanosaur; history of Egyptian dinosaurs finds (in French)Â

http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1211/32/97/26760/Mansourasaurus,-le-maillon-manquant.aspx

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Dippy skeleton cast debuts in Dorset on its UK tour

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/09/dippy-dinosaur-unveiled-dorset-first-leg-uk-tour

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Volcanism, the Chicxulub impact and the K-Pg event

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/volcanism-the-chicxulub-impact-and-the-k-pg-event/

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Reptile genitalia

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/snakes-alligators-reptiles-genitalia-animals/

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Moa DNA

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11992228

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Moa coprolites reveal ancient diets and environment

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180212160859.htm

Alexander P. Boast, Laura S. Weyrich, Jamie R. Wood, Jessica L. Metcalf, Rob Knight & Alan Cooper (2018)

Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (advance online publication) 201712337Â

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712337115

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/02/06/1712337115

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Darwin's fossil finds

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/02/12/how-darwins-fossil-collection-helped-him-to-come-up-with-evolution/#18de92d11df3

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Ancient dinosaur finds (in Czech)

https://technet.idnes.cz/anticke-recko-a-dinosauri-0hy-/veda.aspx?c=A180209_144635_veda_vseÂ

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videos

Non-dino talks

Eocene Vertebrate Fauna and Flora in Canadaâs High Arctic

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/speaker-series-2018-eocene-vertebrate-fauna-and-flora-in-canadas-high-arctic/

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The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

PBS Eons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfYn9KVya-Q