[dinosaur] Dromaeosaur claws + Svalbard Triassic ichthyosaur + teratorns + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

THIS MESOZOIC MONTH: AUGUST 2019

https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/08/30/this-mesozoic-month-august-2019/

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Dromaeosaurs: Killer claws or climbing crampons?

https://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2019/08/30/killer-claws-or-climbing-crampons/

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A new dinosauriform specimen from the ChaÃares Formation of north-western Argentina

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/a-new-dinosauriform-specimen-from-the-chanares-formation-of-north-western-argentina/

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Tate Museum Triceratops dig turns up tooth

https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/panama-city-man-digs-up-a-triceratops-tooth-in-wyoming/

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Builder 3D printers help reconstruct 67 million-year-old Triceratops skeleton for Naturalis Museum in The Netherlands

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/builder-3d-printing-helps-reconstruct-67-million-year-old-dinosaur-skeleton-for-naturalis-museum-in-the-netherlands-160965/

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Tyrannosaurus US postal stamps make official debut

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fearsome-dinosaur-immortalized-on-forever-stamps-300908071.html

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New Species of Stegosaur Unearthed in Mountains of Morocco

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-stegosaurus-fossil-unearthed-mountains-morocco-180972949/

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New fossils found near Senillosa in Argentina include a large sauropod, a medium-size theropod, and a pterosaur (in Spanish)

https://www.lmneuquen.com/encontraron-nuevos-fosiles-dinosaurios-cerca-senillosa-n647552

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Mashin Manabe interview for Dinosaur Expo in Tokyo
Unexpected career of "Dr. Dinosaur" (in Japanese)

https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/seminar/19/00112/00016/?P=1

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How did dinosaurs sleep? (in Italian)

https://www.amoreaquattrozampe.it/altri-animali/come-dormivano-dinosauri/45535/

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Theropod track found in Polcenigo,ÂItaly, will be left in place where it was discovered rather than moved to a museum; a digital printout version of the footprint will be created instead. (in Italian)Â

https://www.ilfriuli.it/articolo/tendenze/lorma-del-dinosauro-beppino-restera-a-polcenigo-/13/205284

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Big Triassic ichthyosaur fossil found on Svalbard, estimated at 8 to 10 meters, with the skull preserved. It was found on the last day of the dig and will be excavated next year and taken to Oslo. (in Norwegian)

https://www.nrk.no/troms/rekordfunn-pa-svalbard_-_-dette-er-sa-spanande-1.14664239

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Leninia, ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of Russia (in Russian)

https://ulpravda.ru/rubrics/nash-krai/ikhtiozavr-rodom-iz-kriush-cherep-lenina-zvezdnogo-nashli-na-beregu-volgi

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English version of story posted earlier in Russian:

Syodon therapsid fossil found by school children

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/monster-skull-unearthed-beast-older-19020724

From earlier on the DML:

Russian paleontologist Alexander Bakaev on finds in Udmurtia region of Russia, including Permian tetrapods (in Russian)

https://www.izh.kp.ru/daily/27014/4077513/

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We need to talk about teratorns

https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2019/08/we-need-to-talk-about-teratorns.html

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Non-dino:

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With Elephant Ivory Banned, a Brisk and Worrying Trade in Mammoth Tusks

https://undark.org/article/mammoth-tusks-sold-elephant-ivory-regulate/

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The silent decline of the platypus, Australiaâs beloved oddity

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/common-platypus-disappearing-australia/

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Ancient Malagasy Ammonites Reveal Changing Seas

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/ancient-malagasy-ammonites-reveal-changing-seas

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