[dinosaur] Thalattosuchia + bird evolution + Archaeopteryx wing + Messel test dig begins + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Fossil Focus: Thalattosuchia

https://www.palaeontologyonline.com/articles/2018/fossil-focus-thalattosuchia/

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Birds, the surviving dinosaurs (National Geographic)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/05/dinosaurs-survivors-birds-fossils/?beta=true

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More about the discovery of a new Archaeopteryx fossil (a wing) in the MÃhlheim quarry (in German)

http://www.nordbayern.de/region/wei%C3%9Fenburg/einen-weiteren-urvogel-entdeckt-1.7532009

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The Curious Case of the Dodo

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2018/apr/27/the-curious-case-of-the-dodo-science-weekly-podcast

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The First Dinomania

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/05/01/the-first-dinomania/#783e56a135d0

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Thomas Jefferson and the mastodon

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/extinct-animals/mastodon-boneyard-that-stole-thomas-jeffersons-heart.htm

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Messel Pit dig moratorium lifted, new test dig will run from May 2 to June 8 (in German)

https://www.rtl.de/cms/messel-nach-gut-einem-jahr-moratorium-beginnt-probegrabung-4155888.html

http://www.fnp.de/rhein-main/Messel-Nach-gut-einem-Jahr-Moratorium-beginnt-Probegrabung;art1491,2976520

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From few months back, related to Carnian Pluvial Episode and not mentioned:

FIRST WORKSHOP ON THE CARNIAN PLUVIAL EPISODE (LATE TRIASSIC): A REPORT (free pdf)

https://albertiana-sts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/44-4-Corso_etal.pdf

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