[dinosaur] Pterosaur jaws + Scipionyx home + Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Pterosaur jaw shape â what does it mean?

https://gimpasaura.wordpress.com/2018/05/28/pterosaur-jaw-shape-what-does-it-mean/

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Controversy over curation and display of juvenile theropod Ciro (Scipionyx) fossil found in Italy;Â the fossil is currently at the Soprintendenza archaeology museum in the former Convento San Felice, in Caserta, but demands have been made to return the fossil to Pietraroja, where it was discovered, to be displayed at a planned upgraded facility. However, government official has expressed security concerns for the valuable fossil. (in Italian)

https://www.anteprima24.it/benevento/fossile-ciro-valorizzare/

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Two new studies report what happened on Earth when the asteroid killed the dinosaurs

https://theweeklyobserver.com/two-new-studies-report-happened-earth-asteroid-killed-dinosaurs/34520/

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Dinosaur-Killing Impact May Have Superheated Earthâs Atmosphere for 100,000 Years

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/270092-dinosaur-killing-impact-may-have-superheated-earths-atmosphere-for-100000-years

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Global forest fires after Chicxulub impact (in Czech)Â

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/05/28/asteroid-z-konce-kridy-otepleni-a-smrt-stromovych-ptaku/

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'Gangly-looking house cats': The humble beginnings of Earthâs most dominant species

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/ganglylooking-house-cats-the-humble-beginnings-of-earths-most-dominant-species/news-story/d8756afe282fff264051ba8b5c970f85

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'Spectacular' discovery in Utah gives rare view of walking dinosaursÂ

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900019854/spectacular-discovery-gives-rare-view-of-walking-dinosaurs.html

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Benjamin Burger

http://rockheadsciences.com/assistant-professor-vertebrate-paleontology-dr-benjamin-burger-day-life-series-benjamin_burger/

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Work on the Archbishop [sauropod] begins!

https://svpow.com/2018/05/28/work-on-the-archbishop-begins/

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Dinosaurs and plants, podcast with Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum

http://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2018/5/27/ep-162-of-dinosaurs-and-plants

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video

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum visit (in English)

7:32 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPiSrP3el_I

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The bone collector: Grand County now home to massive collection of dinosaur skeleton casts, some to be seen in the upcoming 'Jurassic World' sequel

https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/the-bone-collector-grand-county-now-home-to-massive-collection-of-dinosaur-skeletons-some-to-be-seen-in-the-upcoming-jurassic-world-sequel/

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New exhibit at Naturkundemuseum Heineanum in Haldberstadt highlights historic Plateosaurus find (with photo gallery) (in German)

https://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/magdeburg/magdeburg/dinosaurier-ausstellung-halberstadt-100.html

https://www.volksstimme.de/lokal/halberstadt/dinosaurier-schaetze-aus-der-urzeit

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Parahenodus (in Spanish)

https://www.ecoticias.com/naturaleza/184641/Descubren-Guadalajara-primer-craneo-placodonto-Peninsula

http://godzillin.blogspot.com/2018/05/recordais-queridos-lectores-que-hace.html

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Abstracts book from 2017 not yet mentioned:

Primera ReuniÃn de PaleontologÃa de Vertebrados de Chile 2017 (in Spanish mainly)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320957859_Primera_Reunion_de_Paleontologia_de_Vertebrados_de_Chile_--_Libro_de_Resumenes

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Dinosaur-themed pop records blog...

https://thefossilrecords.weebly.com/

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Non-dino

Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct 'bone-crushing' dogs

http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2018/05/tseng-fossilized-poop.html

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Leaping cassowary

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-cassowary-high-caught.html

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