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New dinosaurs from Morocco + last of French dinosaurs + more



Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent news and blog items:

New theropod and sauropod species from Morocco proposed in a Polish
blog. Note the proposed names have informal status and are in quotes.
JuraPark is a chain of dinosaur theme parks. (in Polish)
Many thanks to Krzysztof Stuchlik for bringing this to my attention.

"Megapleurocoelus" "Osteoporosia" "Maroccanoraptor"



http://jurapark.pl/jurapark-na-tropie-nowych-dinozaurow-z-maroka/

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Apatosaurus

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/1/9645822/the-verge-review-of-animals-the-apatosaurus


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Last of the French dinosaurs



http://nmnh.typepad.com/smithsonian_fossils/2015/10/from-the-field-the-last-french-dinosaurs.html


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Preparation work at Angoulême musem of finds at Charentes fossil site,
including dinosaurs and tiny mammal teeth; a traveling exhibit will
highlight the finds beginning in 2017 ; fossil bones are being
3D-scanned for reconstruction using computers;  with video (in French)

http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/poitou-charentes/charente/angouleme/angouleme-les-dinosaures-se-mettent-en-scene-au-musee-841041.html

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Protecting dinosaur tracks from major road being constructed (in Chinese)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2015-10/25/c_1116928355.htm


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Jack Horner interview

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/horner-s-lesson-don-t-let-dyslexia-derail-your-dreams/article_52c66ad0-b3d6-529c-8b91-af7ee7a70111.html


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Dinopolis Foundation activities

http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/sociedad/2015/10/30/paleontologia_ocio_sustento_del_desarrollo_socioeconomico_599891_310.html

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Full-size cast reconstruction of "biggest dinosaur in world" on
display in Trelew, Argentina (in Spanish)

http://www.diariojornada.com.ar/143485/sociedad/La_replica_del_dinosaurio_mas_grande_del_mundo_ya_se_exhibe_en_Trelew

http://lu17.com/chubut/gran-apertura-del-predio-ferial-en-trelew



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Cannibal tyrannosaurs

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151030-tyrannosaurus-rex-cannibal-menu-eat-science/

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Dakotaraptor... a giant Acheroraptor? (in Italian)

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2015/10/dakotaraptor-un-acheroraptor-gigante.html



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And for people who celebrated too much on Halloween...

Russian paleontologist Vladimir Yefimov "spectulates" that the
evolution of fruit helped lead to the extinction of the
dinosaurs--they were used to eating ferns and conifers, but got drunk
on fruit that fermented in their guts (in Russian)

http://www.aif.ru/society/science/oni_poprostu_spilis_russkiy_paleontolog_znaet_pochemu_vymerli_dinozavry


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Myth of entombed animals

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2015/10/31/the-strange-history-of-the-myth-of-entombed-animals/




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Dodo reconstruction

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/543011/3-d-scans-give-new-life-to-the-dodo/