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Jim Kirkland interview, Avaceratops, leaping salamanders + other paleo news stories,



From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

A number of recent dino and paleo-related news items:

Paleontologist Jim Kirkland interview in second half of program for
Cool Science Radio on Utah public radio:

http://kpcw.org/post/cool-science-radio-december-19-2013

http://geology.utah.gov/blog/?p=4431&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UtahGeologicalSurvey+%28Utah+Geological+Survey%29

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Avaceratops reconstruction

http://rmdrc.blogspot.com/2014/01/avaceratops-skull-resto.html

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Thecodontosaurus model on display (from a few weeks ago, but this
version has good photos of the entire model)

http://www.itv.com/news/west/2013-12-13/full-size-dinosaur-replica-on-display-in-bristol/

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Saudi dinosaurs (press release)

http://www.uu.se/en/media/news/article/?id=3124&area=2,10,16&typ=artikel&na=&lang=en

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Ichthyosaur specimen rescued from storm waves on English coast at Dorset

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-25578510

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Tracing Large Tetrapod Burrows From the Permian of Nei Mongol, China

http://english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/201312/t20131231_115124.html


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Palaeontology has all papers in January issue in open access:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.2013.57.issue-1/issuetoc

A number of Wiley journals for January are in also in open access,
meaning some recent papers about dinosaurs and Mesozoic animals are
free. You can use the advance search for "dinosaur" to see what papers
are available.

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Leaping salamanders! A video for a study of how salamanders are able
to catapult themselves into the air. I wonder what other "crawling"
critters from the past could do unexpected things.

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/01/video-salamander-flat-catapult?rss=1