[dinosaur] Colorado dinosaurs + Llukalkan + Deinonychus + Darwin's Giant Chicken Problem + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:Â

[NOTE: I'm not including the April Fools' Day fake heron-like "Therizinosaurus" skull or other pranks that are online today...]

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Old Bones Tell the Story of Colorado: Dinosaurs and more fossils discovered in Colorado

https://yellowscene.com/2021/03/31/geeking-out-old-bones-tell-the-story-of-colorado/

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Introducing Llukalkan aliocranianus

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/introducing-llukalkan-aliocranianus/

Deinonychus: Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2015/05/deinonychus-beast-of-week.html

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New study of an iguanodont from Sierra de la Demanda (in Spanish)

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2021/04/comienza-un-nuevo-estudio-sobre-un_1.html

Paleontologist Eduardo Olivero receives plaque commemorating discovery ofÂ ankylosaur Antarctopelta in 1986 in Antarctica by Argentine scientists (in Spanish)

https://www.diariojornada.com.ar/297487/ciencia/distinguieron_al_cientifico_argentino_que_descubrio_el_primer_dinosaurio_en_la_antartida/

Spinosaur tail vertebrae fossils identified in Thailand (in German)
Ein Dinosaurier-Schwanzwirbel fÃhrt Forschende auf die richtige Spur

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2021/04/01/ein-dinosaurier-schwanzwirbel-fuehrt-forschende-auf-die-richtige-spur/

NOTE: The paper was posted on the DML:

Adun Samathi, P. Martin Sander & Phornphen Chanthasit (2021)
A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain.
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1874372
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2021.1874372

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Interview with Andrea Cau about theropods Â(in Italian) (video)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/970310215

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How large is the Chicxulub crater? (Probably well over 200 km): (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2021/03/29/jak-velky-je-krater-chicxulub/

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Nothogomphodon, the last therocephalian from the Triassic Â(in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/1330/Notogomfodon_posledniy_terotsefal

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Dinosaurs of Africa new edition by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Luis Rey

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https://luisvrey.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/new-edition-of-dinosaurs-of-africa-arrived-today/

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Daring to Dig

Forging her own path, Mary Dawson left her mark on paleontology. The many researchers she mentored continue the journey.

https://carnegiemuseums.org/carnegie-magazine/spring-2021/daring-to-dig/

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In memoriam

Åucja Fostowicz-Frelik and Matthew C. Lamanna (2021)
Mary R. Dawson (1931â2020)
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(1): 84

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00886.2021
http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008862021.pdf

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John Bell Hatcher: Assiduous Fossil Collector, But Can Be Nasty Sometimes

https://fossilsandotherlivingthings.blogspot.com/2021/03/assiduous-collector-but-can-be-nasty.html

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Mary Anning and her most important finds went unsung, but her legacy now draws travelers to southwest England.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/mary-anning-forgotten-fossil-hunter-british-jurassic-coast

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John Phillips, British geologist and paleontologist (famous for study of Cetiosaurus skeletons)

RAILWAY GEOLOGY PART 1: THE FLYING STEED

https://morethanadodo.com/2021/03/25/railway-geology-part-1-the-flying-steed/

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RAILWAY GEOLOGY PART 2: READ ALL ABOUT IT

https://morethanadodo.com/2021/03/30/railway-geology-part-2-read-all-about-it/

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Talking withâ Steven Zhang, ancient mammalian giants...

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https://www.darwinsdoor.co.uk/interviews/talking-with-steven-zhang.html

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Videos:

Prof. Ashok Sahni - Dinosaurs of India: Dead but Well -
Terre-X The Geological Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5bdIb9Qxn4

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Did mosasaurs have dorsal fins?

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

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