[dinosaur] Gravitholus + ancient crocodiles + Brevicaudosaurus + Crystal Palace Megalosaurus + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Virtual Speaker Series 8: Aaron Dyer - THE PROBLEMATIC PACHYCEPHALOSAURID GRAVITHOLUS ALBERTAE
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZtWznq6h_E

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Scientists Reconstructed a Dinosaurâs Pea-Sized Brain

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-reconstructed-dinosaurs-pea-sized-brain-180976211/

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Limestone block found in a quarry in Uberaba in Brazil contains fossils of both carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs, delivered to the Museum of Dinosaurs at the PeirÃpolis Cultural and Scientific Complex for preparation--it's too big to fit in the museum (with video)(in Portuguese)

https://g1.globo.com/mg/triangulo-mineiro/noticia/2020/11/01/bloco-de-calcario-contendo-fosseis-de-dinossauros-e-descoberto-em-uberaba-e-entregue-ao-complexo-cultural-e-cientifico-de-peiropolis.html

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Seven fossilized eggs of herbivorous dinosaurs discovered in Madhya Pradesh
The eggs have an average circumference of 40 cm with average weight of 2.6 kg each.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/it-s-viral/7-fossilised-eggs-of-herbivorous-dinosaurs-discovered-in-madhya-pradesh/story-c8dUnfraaZGtpvYQjxsVFK.html

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Ancient crocodiles' family tree reveals unexpected twists and turns

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2020/ancient-crocodiles-family-tree-reveals-unexpected

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ancient-crocodiles-family-tree-reveals.html

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Crazy Crocs! â Andy Jones â University of Birmingham (video)

https://www.fossilfestival.co.uk/aiovg_videos/crazy-crocs-andy-jones-university-of-birmingham/

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Brevicaudosaurus: New Prehistoric Marine Reptile Resembled a Miniature Mix of Loch Ness Monster, Alligator and Toothy T. Rex

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paleontologists-unearth-new-species-ancient-marine-reptile-180976230/

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Evolution of Plesiosaurs (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_-9_JatlI

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Yaksha rapid-fire tongue

https://www.icp.cat/index.php/en/press-room/noticies-icp/item/3071-albanerpetontids-rapid-fire-tongue-science-icp

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Jurassic Period

https://www.darwinsdoor.co.uk/timetour/the-jurassic-period.html

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The mystery of a giant crater Chicxulub (in Czech)

https://techfocus.cz/veda-vesmir/2524-zahada-obriho-krateru-vznikleho-po-dopadu-

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Fossil Friday Chats: "Mammoths, Dinosaurs, & Mammals, Oh My!" w/ Devra Hock, MSc.
Alf Museum of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCU2GMn9Slw

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Further news on the damaged Crystal Palace Megalosaurus
Grant for repair of the damaged head

https://cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/further-megalosaur-update

Video on Twitter

https://twitter.com/i/status/1325508617408290816

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Palaeo Art â Reconstructing Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Creatures â James McKay

https://www.fossilfestival.co.uk/aiovg_videos/palaeo-art-reconstructing-dinosaurs-and-other-prehistoric-creatures-james-mckay/

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New Spinosaurus plastic model with updated tail

https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2020/11/08/new-pnso-spinosaurus-model.html

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Mega Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty
by Dr. W. Scott Persons IV and Beth Zaiken (ill.)

http://scottpersons.org/my-book

Reviews

https://quillandquire.com/review/mega-rex-a-tyrannosaurus-named-scotty/

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/w-scott-persons-iv/mega-rex/

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Non-dino:

Rise of the Mammals: Colorado Discovery that Rocked the World Âwith Tyler Lyson and Ian Miller
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1gxdCUwPw

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(Not yet mentioned...)

TPC July 2020 Zoom meeting - Dr. Daniel Field - The Wonderchicken - The Earliest Known Bird Fossil (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvuXh0Y1Qs

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The Evolution of Hummingbirds (video)

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

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Indian fossils support new hypothesis for origin of hoofed mammals

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-indian-fossils-hypothesis-hoofed-mammals.html

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Free pdf link:

Kenneth D. Rose, Luke T. Holbrook, Kishor Kumar, Rajendra S. Rana, Heather E. Ahrens, Rachel H. Dunn, Annelise Folie, Katrina E. Jones & Thierry Smith (2019) [2020]
Anatomy, Relationships, and Paleobiology of Cambaytherium (Mammalia, Perissodactylamorpha, Anthracobunia) from the lower Eocene of western India.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: sup 1: 1-147
doi: Âhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370

Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02724634.2020.1761370?needAccess=true

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