[dinosaur] Dineobellator + Afrotapejara + metriorhynchids + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

As always, I hope people are healthy and safe...

Some recent items...

THIS MESOZOIC MONTH: MARCH 2020

https://chasmosaurs.com/2020/03/31/this-mesozoic-month-march-2020/

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Introducing Dineobellator notohesperus

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/introducing-dineobellator-notohesperus/

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Gigantic titanosaur footprints are found on the roof of a cave in France

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00972-y

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Afrotapejara, fourth new pterosaur discovery in matter of weeks

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-fourth-pterosaur-discovery-weeks.html

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Pterosaurs, Pterosaurs and Even More Pterosaurs

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2020/03/30/pterosaurs-pterosaurs-and-even-more-pterosaurs.html

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Large marine crocodiles from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany and a new branch of metriorhynchids

https://abel-paleo.jimdofree.com/e-clade/

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Tristan the T. rex exhibit opening postponed in Copenhagen, Denmark

https://snm.ku.dk/english/exhibitions/tristan_otto/

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Tyrannosaurus trichomonosis (or How microscopic parasites killed the mighty tyrannosaurs) (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2020/04/02/tyranosauri-trichomonoza/

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Tiny bird-like dinosaur discovered in amber might actually be a lizard

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239211-tiny-bird-like-dinosaur-discovered-in-amber-might-actually-be-a-lizard/

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More on Ophthalmothule (in Norwegian)

https://forskning.no/fossiler-svalbard/fant-ny-art-pa-svalbard-britney-var-en-arktisk-svaneogle-med-lite-hode-og-enorme-oyne/1663795

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Early Triassic Comrades:Â temnospondyl Broomistega and synapsid Thrinaxodon found in the same burrow (in Russian)Â

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/1122/Tovarishchi_po_neschastyu_iz_rannego_triasaÂ

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Fossilized Vomit and Feces Are Delighting Paleontologists

https://gizmodo.com/fossilized-vomit-and-feces-are-delighting-paleontologis-1842566087

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Carroll Lane Fenton's (1900-1969) meticulously texture-detailed pen-and-ink drawings of dinosaurs from a late 1950s children's book (Prehistoric Zoo) written with his wife Mildred (1899-1995).ÂÂ

https://chasmosaurs.com/2020/03/30/vintage-dinosaur-art-prehistoric-zoo/

early photo of Carroll Lane Fenton

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_290948

I've always liked his vivid drawings of prehistoric animals since I first discoveredÂthem around age 8 (with The Fossil Book at the library), especially dinosaurs and ancient reptiles (some dated details notwithstanding).

But some of his other art can be a bit wonky. His juvenile book about exploring the Moon Âfor instance... (I wouldn't even guess it's the same artist. I'll stick to Chesley Bonestell for vintage space art..)

http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/09/moon-for-young-explorers-1963.html

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Non-dino stuff...

Excavating Cretaceous amber in Spain

https://morethanadodo.com/2020/03/23/excavating-amber/

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Six million-year-old bird skeleton points to arid past of Tibetan plateau

http://english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/202004/t20200401_232031.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-million-year-old-bird-skeleton-arid-tibetan.html

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/04/six-million-year-old-bird-skeleton-points-to-arid-past-of-tibetan-plateau/127162

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New Study Might Help Explain Why Crocodilians Are Survivors

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2020/04/02/new-study-might-help-explain-why-crocodilians-are-survivors.html

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Fossil track sites tell the story of ancient crocodiles in southern Africa

https://theconversation.com/fossil-track-sites-tell-the-story-of-ancient-crocodiles-in-southern-africa-134410

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Videos:

(just posted)

Secret Lives of Dinosaurs

2019 Darwin Conversations: Julia Clarke, paleontologist, University of Texas-Austin

Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Eugene, Oregon)

(talk starts about 7:45 minutes in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOJyOMEE5kc

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Dinosaurs, Fossils, and More with Dr. Alex Hastings
Science Museum of Minnesota

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQib4xc7K0I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H460YxL9tNs

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How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends
PBS Eons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDt0HKSdRRw

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'Lucyâs babyâ suggests famed human ancestor had a primitive brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oswl1N1uLZU

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/lucy-s-baby-suggests-famed-human-ancestor-had-primitive-brain

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