[dinosaur] Titanosaurs + Triassic eruption and Carnian mass extinction + mammal tails + plotopterids + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Your Friends The Titanosaurs, part 28: Savannasaurus, Shingopana, and Sonidosaurus

https://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2020/09/your-friends-titanosaurs-28-savannasaurus-shingopana-sonidosaurus.html

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Newly discovered Wrangellia eruptions mass extinction event triggered the dawn of the dinosaurs in the Triassic

Michael Benton

https://theconversation.com/newly-discovered-mass-extinction-event-triggered-the-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs-146248

Also, related in Italian

http://www.italiannetwork.it/news.aspx?id=63223

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IN THE FIELD: FOLLOWING THE WORK OF A PALEONTOLOGIST

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

https://carnegiemnh.org/in-the-field-following-the-work-of-a-paleontologist/

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Fossil Friday Chats: "Tyrannosaurs, Ankle Biters to Car Crushers" w/ Evan Johnson-Ransom
Alf Museum of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPopakob5Ss

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Q&A: Digging for dinosaur fossils
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

https://www.ibj.com/articles/qa-digging-for-dinosaur-fossils

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'Blood amber' may be a portal into dinosaur times, but the fossils are an ethical minefield for palaeontologists

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/world/blood-amber-myanmar-fossils-scn/index.html

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Did sauropod give live birth? (in Czech)

https://veda.instory.cz/1347-podle-nekterych-paleontologu-rodili-dinosauri-obri-ziva-

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Burgos, Land of the Dinosaurs (in Spanish)

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2020/09/burgos-tierra-de-dinosaurios.html

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Primitive ichthyosaurs swam the Triassic waters of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands (in Spanish)

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2020/09/ictiosaurios-primitivos-nadaban-en.html

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More photos and details about new life-size sauropod model at Western Australia Museum Boola Bardip

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-18/replica-of-130-million-year-old-dinosaur-pokes-its-neck-out/12674586

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Wally the Stegosaurus model gets a makeover in German Town, New York (with video)

https://www.news10.com/news/wally-the-stegosaurus-gets-a-makeover/

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VINTAGE DINOSAUR ART: THE GREAT DINOSAURS â PART 1

https://chasmosaurs.com/2020/09/16/vintage-dinosaur-art-the-great-dinosaurs-part-1/

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Brachiosaurus electric toothbrush...

https://www.yankodesign.com/2020/08/31/these-dinosaur-inspired-electric-toothbrushes-make-brushing-teeth-a-fun-activity-for-kids/

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Non-dino and Cenozoic stuff:

Mammal Tails: The Tale of the Tail

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-tale-of-tail.html

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Plotopterids: The Northern Hemisphereâs Very Own Giant Penguins (Sort Of)
SciShow (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xshZZKWBNd0

paper:

Gerald Mayr, James L. Goedert, Vanesa L. De Pietri Â& R. Paul Scofield (2020)
Comparative osteology of the penguinâlike midâCenozoic Plotopteridae and the earliest true fossil penguins, with comments on the origins of wingâpropelled diving.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12400
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jzs.12400

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Oligocene Sooke Formation (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)Â fossil birdsÂ : plotopteridsÂ(penguins and cormorants)

https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2020/04/sooke-fossil-penguin.html

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A Diprotodon in the Coal Mine: Conservation Lessons from Australian Fossils [Paleo Talks EP22]
ETSU Natural History Museum & Gray Fossil Site (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQ4FElOj6w

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A Tale of Two Fishes: Insights into the Feeding Structure of Xiphactinus audax and Megalops atlanticus with Chase Shelburne
Utah Friends of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV6xnE2LS7A

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