"Galeamopus," new diplodocid to be revealed in April + titanosaur from Siberia + more news

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent news and blog items:

New diplodocid to be named Galeamopus to be revealed by Sauriermuseum
Aathal in Switzerland on April, 17, 2015; nicknamed "MaX," the young
adult skeleton was discovered in Wyoming in 1995 and has been under
preparation for many years.

Press materials in German can be downloaded here:


http://www.sauriermuseum.ch/de/presse-partner/fr-medienschaffende/fr-medienschaffende.html#article413

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Sauriermusem Aathal  profiled in Rocks and Minerals magazine (in
English) (free pdf)


http://www.sauriermuseum.ch/cms/upload/Press/Download/DL-english/The_Dinosaur_Museum.pdf

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Siberian titanosaur being studied at Tomsk University in Russia (in Russian)

http://www.tsu.ru/content/news/news_tsu/56239/

http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Siberia/view.asp?id=595627

http://rosnauka.ru/news/301


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500 smuggled dinosaur eggs seized in Guangdong, China, turned over to
Heyuan Museum (with photos) (in Chinese)

http://news.sohu.com/20150327/n410443176.shtml

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Mark Witton has T. rex befriend baby Triceratops

http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2015/03/tyrannosaurus-and-triceratops-friends.html


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Lo Hueco Cretaceous life reconstructed (in Spanish)

http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Asi-vivian-dinosaurios-y-cocodrilos-en-el-yacimiento-de-Lo-Hueco-en-Cuenca

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Using teeth to classify dinosaurs (in Spanish)

http://noticiasdelaciencia.com/not/13335/demuestran-que-los-dientes-fosilizados-sirven-para-clasificar-dinosaurios/es/


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Czech azhdarchid Cretornis (in Czech)

http://www.osel.cz/index.php?clanek=8140

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Johann Kaup, German paleontologist who named Pterosauria, subject of
new popular book  by Ernst Probst (in German)

http://www.open-report.de/293668/lexika-schweigen-beruehmten-naturforscher-aus-darmstadt-tot/


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Swiss paleontologist Amanz Gressly's biography reads like a thriller;
found the first dinosaur skeleton in Switzerland (in German)

http://www.solothurnerzeitung.ch/solothurn/stadt-solothurn/eine-biografie-wie-ein-krimi-128968806

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Non-Mesozoic

35 Cenozoic creatures that rivaled dinosaurs

https://accpaleo.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/35-cenozoic-creatures-as-awesome-or-even-more-so-than-dinosaurs/

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Eocene mammals lecture at Royal Tyrrell Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2VZJU1rnSo&feature=youtu.be

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Mammoth genes inserted into modern elephant cells

http://news.discovery.com/animals/woolly-mammoth-genes-inserted-into-elephant-cells-150325.htm