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Giant pliosaur from Russia + dinosaur media confusion + more news



Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


A number of recent news items and blog stuff:

Giant Jurassic pliosaur found in Ryazan region of Russia

The only notice in English I can find is this note, which appears to
be computer translated ("sea pangolin"??!). [The Russian word for
pangolin is *yasher*, which can also mean a lizard.]

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/19226/

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articles in Russian (The photo is apparently not the new specimen,
which is said to be under preparation)


http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1474267

http://www.lenpravda.ru/brief/279024.html

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Use "paleosaur" for prehistoric reptiles in general?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2014/09/30/paleosaurs/

Non-dinosaurs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2014/09/30/dinosaurs/


[Personal comment: Why not revive the old term "saurian" that once
served quite well?  German still uses "Saurier" quite happily for
dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles, mammal-like reptiles, and even
ancient amphibians (temnospondyls, etc.).]

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3-D scanners in paleontology and archaeology

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/how-3-d-scanners-3-d-printers-unlock-prehistoric-secrets-n212841

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Camarillasaurus, Spanish ceratosaurian (in Spanish)

http://aragosaurus.blogspot.com/2014/10/camarillasaurus-la-historia-del.html

http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/teruel_provincia/teruel/2014/10/01/la_dga_reclama_una_paleontologa_los_restos_dinosaurio_unico_mundo_313326_303.html

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