[dinosaur] New "running" theropod + Sternberg Museum + Brazil National Museum fire update + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items

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New theropod found at Ischigualasto in Argentina at Triassic-Jurassic boundary, notable for long legs for running, called "a bird ancestor" (in Spanish)Â

https://elpaisdiario.com.ar/nacionales/item/10400-aparecio-en-san-juan-un-antiguo-dinosaurio-antecesor-de-las-aves

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Tyrannosaurus rex ate meat but also accidentally fruit

https://www.earth.com/news/tyrannosaurus-rex-planted-fruit/

http://www.oikosjournal.org/accepted-article/allometric-scaling-seed-retention-time-seed-dispersers-and-its-application

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Bajadasaurus: Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2019/02/bahadasaurus-beast-of-week.html

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Call for national law to protect Indian fossils, including dinosaurs

https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-need-law-to-protect-preserve-fossils-paleontologist-sahni/1457132

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New Sternberg Museum paleo fossil prep lab

https://www.hayspost.com/2019/02/12/%F0%9F%8E%A5-new-sternberg-paleo-fossil-prep-lab-is-a-crossroad/

http://www.hdnews.net/news/20190212/new-paleo-lab-offers-more-space-visitor-interaction

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Recovery work update on the National Museum fire in Rio, Brazil--some vertebrate fossils apparently survived (in Portuguese)

https://oglobo.globo.com/sociedade/ciencia/museu-nacional-itens-do-acervo-que-se-pensavam-perdidos-sao-resgatados-23447126

https://www.noticiasaominuto.com.br/brasil/888883/museu-do-rio-virou-esqueleto-gigante-de-um-so-andar-apos-incendio

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More on Swiss Plateosaurus skeleton given on permanent loan to Vienna Natural History Museum (in German)

https://www.heute.at/oesterreich/wien/story/Schweizer-Dinosaurier-als---berraschungs-Ei--45660843

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Czech article about sinking of ship (SS Mount Temple) with fossil Corythosaurus during WWI:Â

https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/pribeh-potopenych-dinosauru-proc-utocili-nemci-na-lod-s-fosiliemi

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Author interview for book She Found Fossils about women paleontologists

http://www.maryanningsrevenge.com/2019/02/she-found-fossils-interview.html?spref=tw

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Darwin Day 2019:Â

Some Papers In Evolutionary Biomechanics

https://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2019/02/12/evobiomech/

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Mylodon darwinii (in honor of Darwin)

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mylodon-darwinii-darwins-ground-sloth.html