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[dinosaur] Alberta tyrannosaurs + NHMU Polar DinoFest 2021 + Dino-Net digital exhibit + Xenodens +



Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:


Virtual Speaker Series 11: Jared Voris -Â
DYNASTY RECORDED IN STONE: ALBERTAâS TYRANNOSAUR DINOSAURS
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lh4GO1Lgs

Upcoming talks:

https://dinomuseum.ca/events/virtual-speaker-series/

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Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) Polar DinoFest 2021

https://nhmu.utah.edu/polar-dinofest

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Videos of talks already posted on YouTube:

DinoFest Keynote Paleontologist Holly Woodward Ballard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BzhJfq-BFw

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Polar DinoFest Kick-off Weekend with Paleontologists Pat Druckenmiller and Kerin Claeson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xsf5T1HFYM

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Polar DinoFest Live with Paleontologists Anne-Laure Decombeix, Nate Smith, and Marina Suarez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvstNqH3iC4

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Also:

Tour the Paleontology Collections at NHMU

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

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Meet the Amazing Volunteers of NHMU and Their Discoveries!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjPA_wq36oQ


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Why are Oviraptors back in the news? Dave Hone about fossil dinosaur nest found near Ganzhou in China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyroZIgKK9w&feature=emb_imp_woyt&ab_channel=iszitube

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Preview for Terrible Lizards new series starting soon

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s03e00-trailer-with-a-vengeance

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A new giant titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/a-new-giant-titanosaur-sauropod-from-the-upper-cretaceous-of-argentina/

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Sandhills, rare Nebraska dinosaur tracksite featured in 'Nebraska Stories' on PBS

video:

https://nebraskastories.org/videos/nebraskas-dinosaur-tracksite/

https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/sandhills-rare-dinosaur-tracksite-featured-in-nebraska-

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Chilesaurus and other dinosaurs of Chile online talk (aimed at kids mainly) developed by Regional Museum of AysÃn and National Museum of Natural History (MNHN)

video (in Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac-2dclhWLw

More info:

https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/como-era-el-chilesaurio-el-dinosaurio-mas-extrano-del-mundo-descubierto-en-chile-este-cuento-te-lo-explicara/EHXE6L356NCWRBBQDPPCSIJO3Q/

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In Czech:

The tallest dinosaur was as tall as a six-story building (Sauroposeidon proteles)

https://techfocus.cz/veda-vesmir/2808-nejvyssi-zivocich-vsech-dob-by-hlavou-dosahoval-do-sesteho-patra.html

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Top 5 new non-avian dinosaur taxa described in 2020

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2021/01/22/5-nejzajimavejsich-novych-dinosauru-roku-2020/


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In Japanese:

National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, creates online Dino-net Digital Exhibitions, with online lectures (require a fee) and interactive 3D skeletons

https://dino-net.jp/

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Nine VR 360-degree dinosaur skeleton models such as Tyrannosaurus released by National Museum of Nature and Science

https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2101/19/news129.html

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Bayannurosaurus skeleton on display at Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History (with photos) (in Chinese)

http://www.nmg.xinhuanet.com/tpzx/tpxw/2021-01/23/c_1126994395.htm

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Dinosaur tracks found in Jiajiang County, ÂSichuan Province, including on the roof of a cave (in Chinese)(with photos)

https://sichuan.scol.com.cn/sczh/202101/58030694.html

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"Savage Ancient Seas" exhibit opens at Museum of the Rockies

https://museumoftherockies.org/exhibitions/savage-ancient-seas

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/savage-ancient-seas-exhibit-opens-at-museum-of-the-rockies/article_b73c0003-b329-5331-8ad6-8d1bc601e085.html

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Species New to Science: Xenodens calminechari â A Bizarre Mosasaurid (Mosasauridae, Squamata) with Shark-like Cutting Teeth from the upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa

http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/01/xenodens.html

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/xenodens-calminechari-09270.html

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Pachypleurosaur fossils from Gitschtal in Austria (in German)

https://kaernten.orf.at/stories/3084079/

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How Fossils Confirmed the Dance of the Continents (Lystrosaurus)

https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2021/fossils-continents

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New Species of Ancient Caiman Unearthed in Texas: Chinatichampsus

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/chinatichampsus-wilsonorum-09269.html


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Work to begin on Mary Anning statue for Lyme Regis

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/january/work-to-begin-on-mary-anning-statue-for-lyme-regis.html


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Non-dino:

Darren Naish's Tetrapod Zoology blog 15th birthday

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/1/22/tetrapod-zoology-15th-birthday


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Fossil Fans, the La Brea Tar Pits Would Dig Your Help
Here's a project for at-home citizen scientists: Helping to transcribe field notes to record decades of cool and ancient finds discovered during digs at Pit 91.


https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/fossil-fans-the-la-brea-tar-pits-would-dig-your-help/2510778/

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Giant carnivorous armadillo Macroeuphractus--nothing but the tooth

https://twilightbeasts.org/2021/01/21/nothing-but-the-tooth/

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