[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

[dinosaur] Euparkeria + Spinosaurus teeth + titanosaur eggs + Wrangellia eruptions + Taoheodon + more




Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:


Dinosaur diaries: were ankylosaurs socially distancing?Â+ bird skulls

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/september/dinosaur-diaries-were-ankylosaurs-socially-distancing.html

====

Euparkeria: Modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals step in the evolution of posture in dinosaur and crocodile ancestors

http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/september/euparkeria-discovery.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-fossil-movement-reveals-evolution.html

====

Dino teeth research prove giant predatory dinosaur lived in water
Portsmouth Palaeontologists establish Spinosaurus was a real life âriver monster'

https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/dino-teeth-research-prove-giant-predatory-dinosaur-lived-in-water

====

Late Cretaceous titanosaur eggs and nesting site found in Loarre, Spain, in the Pyrenees

(in Portuguese)

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/2020/09/os-ovos-dos-ultimos-dinossauros-de.htm

(in Spanish)Â Â

https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/huesca/2020/09/22/descubren-en-loarre-uno-de-los-mayores-yacimientos-de-huevos-de-dinosaurio-del-mundo-1396432.html

===

Paleontology professor and students save Issil n'Ait Arbi Early Jurassic dinosaur tracksite in the High Atlas of Morocco from being turned into a quarry (in Spanish)

https://elfarodeceuta.es/profesor-impide-sitio-dinosaurios-cantera/

***

2014 paper on the site (free pdf in English)

http://www.sociedadgeologica.es/archivos/geogacetas/geo56/G56art27.pdf

====

Newly discovered mass extinction paved the way for dinosaurs

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/newly-discovered-mass-extinction-paved-the-way-for-dinosaurs/

Carnian Pluvial Episode (or Another mass extinction event?) (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2020/09/21/karnska-pluvialni-epizoda/

***

Also, from earlier this year, a blog about the mini-continent of Wrangellia and the massive flood basalt eruptions

https://www.volcanocafe.org/wrangellia-how-the-west-was-won/

And

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/research/wrangellia/background.html

===

Camptosaurus, Prehistoric Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2020/09/camptosaurus-beast-of-week.html

===

Taoheodon, new Chinese dicynodont

===

Triassic sauropterygians of the Iberian Peninsula (in Spanish)

==

Fossil footprints found at Anshun in Guizhou Province, China, show synchronized swimming in placodonts (in Chinese)

===

Shestakovo ongoing dinosaur discoveries include sauropods as well as Psittacosaurus. Renowned paleoartist Andrey Atuchin has worked on the digs, with plans for a book. (in Russian)


==

Village of Kundur in Amur Region of Russia, site of discovery of Olorotitan, hopes for new dinosaur discoveries after 15 years of no digs (in Russian) (with video)Â

=====

Ulyanovsk Regional Museum collection includes holotypes of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, including Simbirskiasaurus and Luskhan (in Russian)

https://ulpravda.ru/rubrics/nash-krai/ot-simbirskiozavra-do-serogolovoi-gaichki-kto-takie-golotipy-i-zachem-oni-nuzhny

====

Interview with Argentine paleontologist Rodolfo Coria--much more to explore and more dinosaurs to discover in Patagonia (in Spanish)

===

New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology (2018), the TetZoo Review

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/9/19/new-perspectives-on-pterosaur-palaeobiology-the-tetzoo-review

====
====

Little Musky Rat-Kangaroo provides clues to kangaroo evolution

https://www.miragenews.com/tiniest-kangaroo-under-symposium-spotlight/

===


Missouri teen finds fossilized mastodon tooth in river

https://www.wkrn.com/news/missouri-teen-finds-fossilized-mastodon-tooth-in-river/


Virus-free. www.avg.com