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[dinosaur] Dinosaur hands + bird skulls + Australian megafauna + Megalodon size + more




Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Dinosaur Hands| Live Talk with NHM Scientist JoÃo Leite
Natural History Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnuV7Da3Z-M&t=1181s

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Bird and dinosaur skull evolution on BBC Inside Science--first news story is interview with Anjali Goswami (audio)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m4qj

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On Finding a Dinosaur on Scotland's Isle of Eigg--Elsa Panciroli blog

https://giantsciencelady.blogspot.com/2020/09/on-finding-fossils.html

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Discovery of Brachiosaurus in Colorado by Elmer Riggs and crew (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL8i3jgUiCA

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Dinosaur FAQ (or What most people want to know about dinosaurs) (in Czech)
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https://veda.instory.cz/1336-fakta-o-pravekych-vladcich-nasi-planety-aneb-co-jste-mozna-o-dinosaurech-nevedeli.html

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Borealopelta Â(in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/1217/Severnyy_shchit_Marka_Mitchella

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Dinosaur tracksite at Sintra in ÂPortugal is said to be on private land as scientists try to protect it from being used as a dump (in Portuguese)

https://observador.pt/2020/09/02/camara-de-sintra-diz-que-terrenos-onde-estao-as-pegadas-de-dinossauro-sao-privados/

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Spitsbergen monsters: Ancient marine life, from ichthyosaurs to ammonites

https://arctic.ru/infographics/20200902/967262.html

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Rising from the ashes of Brazil's Museu Nacional fire
The Brain Scoop (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPU4xU00vlU

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Witte Museum receives $250,000 grant for conservation, preservation of fossils
"If you have dinosaurs, they will come. Everybody loves dinosaurs," Witteâs paleontology curator says

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/08/31/witte-museum-receives-250000-grant-for-conservation-preservation-of-fossils/

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Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing houses Microraptor, Jinzhousaurus and other major fossil finds from China (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-8-10859-1.html

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American Museum of Natural History brushes up for reopening

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/arts/design/natural-history-museum-reopening.html

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Just to catch up on life-size outdoor models of Tyrannosaurus rex wearing a face mask (or eating a model of the coronavirus)... Apparently, no one has done a review blog online about this current cultural "meme" so here's a gallery of some news items from the past few months, using T. rex to encourage mask wearing against the virus pandemic...Â

Tyrannosaurus Rex at South Florida Science Center and Aquarium gets face mask

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/tyrannosaurus-rex-at-south-florida-science-center-and-aquarium-gets-face-mask

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University of Wyoming T-Rex statue wears facemask

http://www.uwbrandingiron.com/2020/08/25/uw-t-rex-statue-wears-facemask/

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T-Rex Outside Bostonâs Museum Of Science Wearing 'Dino-Sized' Face Mask

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/16/boston-museum-of-science-t-rex-dinosaur-face-mask/

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Tucson iconic dinosaur statue proves to be Absolutely Arizona

https://www.kgun9.com/absolutely-az/tucson-iconic-dinosaur-statue-proves-to-be-absolutely-arizona

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Huge T. Rex In Lincoln Square Takes A Bite Out Of Coronavirus

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/01/huge-t-rex-in-lincoln-square-takes-a-bite-out-of-coronavirus/

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Non-dino:

Mastodons Marched North When Ice Retreated

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/mastodons-marched-north-when-ice-retreated

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mastodons-frequent-north-climate.html

https://www.genomeweb.com/genetic-research/american-mastodon-mitochondrial-genomes-reveal-multiple-lineages#.X1EgGVVKjX4

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/01/global-heating-played-part-in-american-mastodon-extinction-say-scientists

Free paper link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17893-z


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How Ancient Art Captured Australian Megafauna
PBS Eons (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdm-6P6AdcA

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Flinders University (Australia) - Palaeontology Preparation Labs (videos)
(Australian megafauna fossils and more...)

part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3OXrviB_Jo

part 2

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

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Beaumaris: 'One of Australia's most significant fossil sites' Tim Flannery and fossil seal discovery (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NyBIybWw2Y&t=1s

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Lynne Bean PhD Thesis talk 26 Aug 2020
Freshwater fish from Gondwanan Mesozoic from Australia
Research School of Earth Sciences (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuGGlnJDk6I

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Canowindra land sale of Age of Fishes fossil discovery site in Australia worries palaeontologist

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-01/canowindra-fish-fossil-site-land-sale-worries-palaeontologist/12613578

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Getting inside the heads of early vertebrates with Sam Giles (early bony fishes)
Geological Society Public Lecture (video)

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


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True size of prehistoric mega-shark "Megalodon" finally revealed

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-true-size-prehistoric-mega-shark-revealed.html

Free paper link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71387-y

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Geoscience in Context #1: Dr. Liz Hide - Working to Decolonise the Sedgwick Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1tGPhufKQ

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