[dinosaur] Compact Thescelosaurus dino database update + Thecodontosaurus + Megalania extinction + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Compact Thescelosaurus (Dinosaur+ Database) year four
Updated list of new dinosaurs and other taxa (now includes ichthyosaurs)

https://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2019/10/compact-thescelosaurus-year-four.html

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A nice pneumatic Allosaurus cervical

https://svpow.com/2019/10/12/a-nice-pneumatic-allosaurus-cervical/

How Scientists Are Recreating Dinosaur Breath

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-the-cretaceous-smell-like

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Raptor dinosaur skeleton found in southern Alberta hailed a 'scientific goldmine'

https://globalnews.ca/news/6021724/alberta-raptor-dinosaur-fossil-dromaeosaurid-saurornitholestes-langstoni/

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https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/10/11/scientists-thought-a-dinosaur-was-a-relative-of-the-velociraptor-then-a-near-complete-set-of-its-bones-was-found-in-alberta.html

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When dinosaurs roamed Bristol and we had the climate of Florida Thecodontosaurus and Michael Benton

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/thecodontosaurus-dinosaurs-bristol-mike-benton-3419729

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Titanosaur from Peru (in Spanish)

https://elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/ciencias/dinosaurio-grande-habito-peru-titanosaurio-caracteristicas-paleontologia-noticia-602696-noticia-2/

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First plesiosaur fossil from Peru

https://peru21.pe/ciencia/plesiosaurio-nerdgasmo-nerdgasmo-encontraron-al-primer-plesiosaurio-de-nuestro-pais-y-fue-en-el-morro-solar-de-chorrillos-noticia/

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2019/10/hallan-fosil-de-un-plesiosaurio-en-el.htmlÂÂ

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Sharovipteryx puzzle (in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/998/Sharovipteriks

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Halifax teens find 310-million-year-old fossil tracks in Grand Lake, New Brunswick, Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/halifax-teens-find-fossil-footprints-grand-lake-1.5319233

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Xu XingÂ

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dinos-to-the-rescue-6062532/

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Fossils in Focus: Life During the Cretaceous Period
Royal Tyrrell Museum

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wpcomstaging.com/2019/10/11/fossils-in-focus-life-during-the-cretaceous-period/

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Dinosaur road trip through Alberta

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/alberta-canada-dinosaur-trail/

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Tumbler Ridge, home of the dinosaurs (in German)

https://www.welt.de/reise/Fern/article201663286/British-Columbia-Tumbler-Ridge-die-Heimat-der-Dinosaurier.html

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Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1770549/dinosaur-dig-opens-up-path-to-the-future

Videos:

Old News Episode 5
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Christian Kammerer shared new discoveries in paleontology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE2fNN0-P1c

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Brushing the dirt off a 150 million year old dinosaur leg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDd655_LlzM

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Non-dino:

Giant reptiles once ruled Australia. Their loss sparked an ecological disaster

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/giant-reptiles-once-ruled-australia-their-loss-sparked-ecological-disaster

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The last mammoths

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-last-mammoths/

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History of La Brea Tar Pits

http://www.kmjnow.com/news/preserving-the-unique-history-of-the-la-brea-tar-pits/

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Indonesiaâs Ancient 'Hobbits' May Have Evolved Really, Really Quickly

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flores-island-hobbit-evolution

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For fun...

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS, 20 YEARS ON

https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/10/11/walking-with-dinosaurs-20-years-on/

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''Primal' Review: Genddy Tartakovskyâs All-Dinosaur, No-Dialogue Epic

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-reviews/primal-tv-review-adult-swim-893032/

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Most BRUTAL Cartoon EVER!? - Adult Swim's NEW Show PRIMAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3p4YfKdFKE

Previews:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKp1hOmF0G8

South Africa is getting a new dinosaur-themed R25 coin next year

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/new-2020-coin-designs-natura-dinosaur-and-kruger-rand-2019-10

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