[dinosaur] Progressive Palaeontology 2019 + John Ostrom and Deinonychus + giant elasmosaur from Antarctica +

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Progressive Palaeontology 2019 - Birmingham, UK -abstracts book:

https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/progressive_palaeontology/2019/progpal_2019_abstract_booklet.pdf

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John Ostrom and Deinonychus: A Yale scientistâs research 50 years ago changed our understanding of dinosaurs

https://news.yale.edu/2019/06/03/yale-scientists-research-changed-our-understanding-dinosaurs

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Smithsonianâs 'Deep Time' exhibit gives dinosaurs new life

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/smithsonian-deep-time-exhibit-dinosaurs-fossil-hall

https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/Smithsonian-National-Museum-of-Natural-History-New-Dinosaur-Fossil-Hall-Opens-June-8-510666831.html

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Fascinating Story of Australian Dinosaurs (podcast)

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/fascinating-story-of-australian-dinosaurs/11166064

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Dinosaur Bones Shimmering With Opal Reveal a New Species in Australia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaur-bones-encrusted-opal-reveal-new-species-australia-180972332/

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Celebration of Chindesaurus discovery and "Gertie's flight" when fossil was airlifted from Petrified Forest

https://www.lakepowelllife.com/33rd-anniversary-of-gerties-flight/

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China to have 300 described non-avian dinosaur species soon (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/06/03/cina-bude-mit-brzy-300-dinosaurich-druhu/

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Argentine paleontologists find giant aristonectine elasmosaurid skeleton in Antarctica

in Spanish:

with video

http://www.ctys.com.ar/index.php?idPage=20&idArticulo=3791

with photos, illustrations

https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/316899-argentinos-descubrir-antartida-dinosaurio-gigante

in English:

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/they-found-the-remains-of-a-giant-reptile-similar-to-the-loch-ness-monster-on-the-marambio-island-of-antarctica/

https://advocator.ca/science/giant-reptile-found-by-argentine-paleontologists-in-antarctica/10431ÂÂ

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Dakosaurus

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2014/05/dakosaurus-prehistoric-animal-of-week.html

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OPULENTUS ICHTHYOSAUR

http://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2019/06/opulentus-ichthyosaur.html

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Spanish team presents tracks of pterosaurs, crocodiles, and dinosaurs in sandstone from Asturias at 15th International Ichnofabric Workshop in Prague (in Spanish)

https://www.elbuscolu.com/noticias-colunga-lastres/el-equipo-cientfico-del-muja-ha-participado-en-el-congreso-internacional-sobre-icnofbricas-celebrado-en-praga/34048

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Only Âtwo items related to dinosaurs and other Mesozoic vertebrates in the abstracts book for the 15th International Ichnofabric Workshop (free download)

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f130b8_52b2888791a04678bba70d3221be570d.pdf

pg 35. pterosaur, crocodile, dinosaur tracks

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Where did flowers come from? (during Mesozoic...)Â (in Spanish)

https://theconversation.com/de-donde-salieron-las-flores-117020

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Cenozoic stuff...

Palaeopython helveticus, new big constrictor (3-4 m) from late Eocene of Switzerland (in German)

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/natur/die-helvetische-wuergeschlange-warum-der-tintenfisch-in-die-todeszone-sank/story/25135601

(The scientific description in the Swiss Journal of Geosciences does not seem to be out yet.)

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Astonishingly preserved lion cub, wolf head found in Siberia by Japanese and Russian researchers

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201906040029.html

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Salamander preserved in amber (in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/902/Salamandra_v_yantare?from=bxblock

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