[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: Biggest Plateosaurus from Switzerland + dinosaur injuries + Sereno video



Here's an English language news article about the Plateosaurus find in
Switzerland:


http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/palaeontology-_triassic-park--oldest-swiss-dinosaur-skeleton-found/41524894

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ben Creisler
> bcreisler@gmail.com
>
>
> A number of recent items:
>
> Switzerland's biggest Plateosaurus fossil found at Frick
>
> New fossil of Plateosaurus is about 8 meters long (biggest known from
> Germany is about 9 meters long), found in the Triassic-age Frick
> Quarry in Switzerland. The site appears to be a waterhole that trapped
> the dinosaurs in mud.
>
>
> This article has photos and a  chronology of fossil finds in the Frick
> quarry (in German)
>
> http://www.bzbasel.ch/aargau/fricktal/jurassic-world-in-frick-8-meter-plateosaurier-entdeckt-129300191
>
> **
> This article also mentions a new Triassic theropod from the quarry to
> be described probably next year (in German)
>
> http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/basel/story/14255056
>
>
> In French
>
> http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/29073786
>
> ==========
>
>
> Worst injuries found in fossil dinosaurs
>
>
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/07/01/the-five-most-gruesome-dinosaur-injuries-ever-discovered/
>
>
> ===
>
> A talk by Paul Sereno back in 2013, posted to YouTube a few months
> back, comparing mammal and dinosaur anatomy, explaining why
> quadrupedal dinosaurs couldn't really gallop (it's how the shoulder is
> constructed)
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEFSM5CQkTI