[dinosaur] Spinosaurus + Halszkaraptor + Big Bend dino digs + Mary Anning on Mars + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Spinosaurus, Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2020/07/spinosaurus-beast-of-week.html

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Was Halszkaraptor a digging and burrowing animal? (in Italian)

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2020/07/halszkaraptor-era-un-animale-fossorio-e.html

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Smallest dinosaur eggs discovered (in Japan): Â(in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2020/07/27/objevena-nejmensi-dinosauri-vejce/

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Oldest South American fossil lizard discovered in Brazil

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-oldest-south-american-fossil-lizard.html

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Metoposaurus: Wrong number of fingers leads down wrong track

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-wrong-fingers-track.html

In German

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2020/07/25/fossil-falsche-zehenzahl-fuehrt-auf-falsche-faehrte/

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Kirstin Brink studying Mesozoic marine reptile collection at Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Manitoba

http://www.themanitoban.com/2020/07/professor-working-with-fossil-discovery-centre/39958/

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Field Museum: Rethinking Evolving Planetâs Triassic gallery

https://extinctmonsters.net/2020/07/26/rethinking-evolving-planets-triassic-gallery/

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Meet Big Bend's Dinosaur Duo (Steve Wick and Thomas Shiller), with video

https://www.newswest9.com/article/tech/science/meet-big-bends-dinosaur-duo/513-4177021c-3a65-465c-8cc9-4e1794ec1e84

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What an Arizona rock sample taught scientists about climate change 250 million years ago

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/07/26/arizona-rock-core-gives-clues-earth-200-million-years-ago/5491383002/

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You can walk where the dinosaurs roamed at this Texas state park

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/07/26/you-can-walk-where-the-dinosaurs-roamed-at-this-texas-state-park/

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Mars Curiosity rover dig site named for Mary Anning

Sols 2831-2835: The One Where Curiosity Takes Mary Anning to Mars

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/sols-2831-2835-the-one-where-curiosity-takes-mary-anning-to-mars/

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Sols 2836-2837: Looking for 'Dinosaur Bones'

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8722/sols-2836-2837-looking-for-dinosaur-bones/

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Videos:Â

Lyme Regis Museum Investigates - The Case of the Ichthyosaurs Dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNabWL1ddKg

with subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BRecDXk-zU

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Lyme Regis Museum Investigates - The Case of the Fossilised Poo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6yeb5itjQ8

with subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pF5FwRabGs

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Non-dino:

Not all saber-toothed animals were predators

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/saber-toothed-animals-not-all-predators-fossils-reveal/

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Mysterious evolution of wonky whale skulls revealed by new study

https://theconversation.com/mysterious-evolution-of-wonky-whale-skulls-revealed-by-new-study-143152

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Birminghamâs McWane Science Center announces two new fossil shark discoveries

https://alabamanewscenter.com/2020/07/22/birminghams-mcwane-science-center-announces-two-new-fossil-shark-discoveries/

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Project DIG | Queensland Museum videos

PhascolonusÂ

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

DiprotodonÂ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By243J5ZxIk

Quinkana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPU8uuNwkR0

ThylacoleoÂ

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

Giant Macropus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjcOkR4zvLo

Coprolites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGw8frB_l_k

Puncture Marks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZyZyjDx6QE

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