[dinosaur] Dinosaur species database + Dippy + evolution + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

New dinosaur species database from Krzysztof Stuchlik:

The 2020 database can be downloaded from:

https://dinoanimals.pl/odkrycia/baza-wszystkich-dinozaurow/

or here

https://www.sendspace.com/file/o4luzj

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Argentina: the fossil of a huge dinosaur stranded by the coronavirus in ÂEl Calafate, Santa Cruz, where paleontologists are studying Âa large fossil site with dinosaurs, reptiles, and plants from the end of the Cretaceous, allowing comparison of Âthe ecosystem and fauna with data from North America (with video) (in Spanish)Â

Argentina: el fÃsil de un dinosaurio enorme quedÃ varado por el coronavirus

https://nmas1.org/news/2020/05/04/argentina-dinosaurio

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London Museum of Natural History plans call for Âlife-size Diplodocus and 3 Hypsilophodon skeleton models as part of redesigned gardens outside the museum buildings

https://museuminsider.co.uk/public-tenders/natural-history-museum-bronze-diplodocus-and-hypsilophodon-models-prior-notice/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nhmwww/about-us/urban-nature-project/NHM-gardens-public-consultation.pdf

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/urban-nature-project/plans.html

https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/amazing-life-size-dippy-dinosaur-18133271

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/09/natural-history-museum-wants-to-put-a-dinosaur-in-its-front-garden/

Dippy tour of UK on hold for coronavirus

https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/future-plans-unclear-penultimate-leg-dippy-tour-suspended/

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Adalatherium: How Island Evolution Forged a Bizarre Mammal in Ancient Madagascar

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cretaceous-madagascar-island-mammal

Science Focus Podcast: Neil Shubin: How do big changes in evolution happen?Â

https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/neil-shubin-how-do-big-changes-in-evolution-happenÂ

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Ancient 'Tully monster' was a vertebrate, not a spineless blob, study claims

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-tully-monster-vertebrate.html

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Eocene animals from the TÃbingen region of Germany (in German)

https://www.gea.de/neckar-alb/kreis-tuebingen_artikel,-was-t%C3%BCbinger-forscher-%C3%BCber-die-evolution-fr%C3%BCher-s%C3%A4ugetiere-herausfanden-_arid,6263330.html