[dinosaur] Bajadasaurus + Conflicto + Champsosaurus + labyrinthodonts + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

New Spiky Dinosaur Discovered in Patagonia

Bajadasaurus had a neck covered in long spikes. The question is "Why?"

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/new-spiky-dinosaur-discovered-in-patagonia/

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Introducing Bajadasaurus pronuspinax

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/introducing-bajadasaurus-pronuspinax/

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/02/06/dinosaur-with-a-mohawk-of-spikes-discovered-in-patagonia/#5a5e84346ba4

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In CzechÂ

http://www.pravek.info/novinky/bajadasaurus-pronuspinax-novy-pankac-mezi-dinosaury/

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Conflicto and the Evolution of Waterfowl

https://albertonykus.blogspot.com/2019/02/conflicto-and-evolution-of-waterfowl.html

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Prehistoric Crocodile Cousin Crushed the Bones of Its Prey Long Before T. Rex

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/prehistoric-crocodile-cousin-crushed-bones-its-prey-long-t-rex-180971423/

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What Scientists Learned From a Trove of Fossilized Archosaur Poop and Vomit

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https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/01/31/what_scientists_learned_from_a_trove_of_fossilized_archosaur_poop_and_vomit.htmlÂ

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Strange Marine Creature Resembles a Reptilian Platypus

Small eyes and decorative plates make this Triassic creature stand out

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/strange-marine-creature-resembles-a-reptilian-platypus/

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Champsosaurus: CT scanning reveals its ear openings really were on the bottom of its skull

https://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/champsosaurus-ct-scanning/

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The labyrinthodonts

https://bryangee.weebly.com/blog/the-labyrinthodonts

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Review of new book "Dinosaur Fragments" on history German Tendaguru dinosaur fossil expeditions (in German)

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/neues-buch-dinosaurierfragmente-wie-aus-einem-stueck-stein.950.de.html?dram:article_id=440227

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Dinosaurs of Canada 25-Cent 3-Coin Set

https://www.mint.ca/store/coins/dinosaurs-of-canada-25-cent-3-coin-set-prod3470015?rcmiid=link|categorypage|Dinosaurs_of_Canada_25-Cent_3-Coin_Set|Shop-Circulation_and_base_&

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New popular book on Permian tetrapods of Russia (in Russian):

Dmitry Bobdanov (2019)

Mammal-like Reptiles and Other Monsters of the Permian.Â

Preview pages:

http://shop.armada.ru/books/679229/

Review:

https://elementy.ru/bookclub/review/5273619/Entsiklopediya_nedinozavrov

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Non-dino stuff:

The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

PBS Eons

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

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20-million-year-old kangaroo relative found to be a hopper

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-million-year-old-kangaroo-relative-hopper.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47130734

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