[dinosaur] Floating pterosaurs + Patagosphenos + Palaeontological Association videos + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

THIS MESOZOIC MONTH: FEBRUARY 2019

https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/02/28/this-mesozoic-month-february-2019/

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Phylogenetic bracketing rationality and Tyrannosaurus integument irrationalityÂ

Tyrannosaurus feathers, scales, or skin

https://theropoda.blogspot.com/2019/02/smettete-di-guardare-tyrannosaurus-col.html

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The problem with floating pterosaurs

https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2019/02/28/the-problem-with-floating-pterosaurs/

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Looking for dinosaurs in Switzerland (in Italian)

http://www.gist.it/perche-la-svizzera-e-simile-al-wyoming-sulle-tracce-dei-dinosauri/

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Patagosphenos, tuatara relative from Argentina (in Spanish)

https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/rio-negro-encuentran-restos-reptil-ahora-desconocido-90-millones-anos_0_8UGJHsMZS.html

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2019/02/argentina-fosil-podria-dar-pistas-de.html

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Baring the Bones of the Lost Country: The Last Paleontologist in Venezuela

https://longreads.com/2019/02/27/the-last-paleontologist-in-venezuela/

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Tiny Fossils Reveal Early Days of Frogs

Bones uncovered in Arizona help fill a gap in the great amphibian backstory.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/tiny-fossils-reveal-early-days-of-frogs/

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-paleontologists-small-fossils-oldest-frog.html

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The Montana House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill saying fossils are part of a property's surface estate and not the mineral estate.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2019-02-26/montana-house-approves-bill-to-decide-fossil-ownership

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Potoos As An Internet Phenomenon

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2019/2/28/potoos-as-an-internet-phenomenon

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Videos:

Palaeocast

New videos from 62nd AGM of The Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association in Bristol (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/user/palaeocast/videos

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Noting in particular:

The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: Stephen L. Brusatte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD5wBWvoi6s

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The nature and preservation of soft tissues in exceptionally preserved Jurassic ichthyosaurs:

Fiann M. Smithwick, Kieran Goss, Ian Fletcher and Jakob Vinther

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCy5bNikjeg

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Australiaâs polar Cretaceous mammals: longer lifespans may be indicative of hibernation

Pamela G. Gill, Elis Newham, Thomas H. Rich and Ian J. Corfe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0mpZNGrvuQ

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Strontium isotopes reveal migratory behaviour in Late Cretaceous hadrosaurs of Alberta, Canada: David F. Terrill, Jason S. Anderson and Charles M. Henderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2NG4oOrQoc

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Tracing the evolution of major bird characteristics: recent advances and future prospects: Xing Xu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYeoPLir30

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The trophic habits of Mesozoic birds: data from the Jehol avifauna: Jingmai K. OâConnor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg6b174dt2Y

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SXRF analysis of melanosomes reveals soft tissue anatomy of fossil vertebrates: Valentina Rossi, Maria E. McNamara and Samuel M. Webb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjKR5_my4s

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Dinosaur biomechanics: a tale of hard tissues and soft evidence? Karl T. Bates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmR-uN3KwTY

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Why do dinosaurs have different shaped skulls? Emily J. Rayfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srP3NdAqLQw

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Towards improving the use of morphological data in inferring phylogeny â data from extant archosaurs: Roland B. Sookias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-V-y2qsOdQ

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more videos...

Prehistoric Life - Animated Size Comparison (updated)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JK2IEM4zzk

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How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!)

PBS Eons

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

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