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Petrified Forest finds + Second Ischigualasto" Triassic site in Argentina + other news, blogs
Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com
A number of recent news and blog items:
Paleontology finds in the Petrified Forest National Park last summer
"Unearthed from a layer dated at 220 million years old, the animal was
once thought to be a type of dinosaur (from partial remains found
elsewhere) but is now believed to be an ancestor of both crocodiles
and dinosaurs. About 500 bones of at least six different individuals
of different sizes were found at the site. The adult was not large —
about 6 feet long, standing about 3 feet off the ground."
http://www.wmicentral.com/news/apache_county/looking-back-at-petrified-forest-s-summer-of-science/article_4941802a-58b9-11e4-baf3-ffe940a6db27.html
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"Second Ischigualasto" Triassic fossil site found in San Juan Province
in Argentina. In May, in an area of 80 square meters, researchers
found 113 specimens, including 12 new species unknown to science;
finds so far include pterosaurs, synapsids, and sauropodomorphs. (in
Spanish)
http://noticiasyprotagonistas.com/actualidad/descubrieron-un-yacimiento-de-fosiles-de-dinosaurios-de-mas-de-200-millones-de-anos/
http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/San_Juan-fosiles-dinosaurios_0_1234676937.html
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Calls to protect new site from "black market" fossil poaching (in Spanish)
http://www.diariolaprovinciasj.com/sociedad/2014/10/22/quieren-cuenca-marayes-declarada-reserva-patrimonio-cultural-para-proteger-fosiles-20707.html
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Permian extinction before major Permian-Triassic event
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429922.300-missing-disaster-led-to-alltime-worst-extinction.html#.VEkkGvnF_To
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Dinosaur combat--the fossil evidence
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-contentious-science-of-dinosaur-brawls
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Baby animal fix for the day: hatching tuatara video
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-extremely-rare-footage-tuatara-hatching.html
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Panguraptor press release
http://english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/201410/t20141020_129695.html