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[dinosaur] Borealopelta research + dino sounds + Xenoposeidon + pterosaur eggs + Messel digs + more






Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent items:



Fossil Friday Roundup: December 1, 2017

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2017/12/01/fossil-friday-roundup-december-1-2017/

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This Mesozoic Month: November 2017


https://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2017/11/this-mesozoic-month-november-2017.html

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Armored dinosaur specimen is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found: Author interview with Caleb Brown


https://peerj.com/blog/post/115284879926/armored-dinosaur-author-interview-with-caleb-brown/Â Â ÂÂ


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This Dinosaur Was Much Fuzzier Than Scientists Once Thought


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dinosaur-was-much-fuzzier-we-thought-180967364/



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A brief history of Mesozoic theropods research in Gondwana


https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/a-brief-history-of-mesozoic-theropods-research-in-gondwana/

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Are pitch-lowered bird calls what dinosaurs sounded like?

https://boingboing.net/2017/11/28/are-pitch-lowered-bird-calls-w.html

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Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Isaberrysaura mollensis


http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2017/11/30/top-10-open-access-fossil-taxa-of-2017-isaberrysaura-mollensis/



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10 Long, Happy Years of Xenoposeidon

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/10-long-happy-years-of-xenoposeidon/Â ÂÂ


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New dinosaur egg find in China

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http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/science-with-chris-smith-dinosaur-discovery/9213980



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Pterosaur eggs from China

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/01/pterosaurs-record-haul-egg-fossils-ancient-flying-reptile-china


https://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-pterosaur-eggs-help-reveal-the-early-life-of-flying-reptiles-88266


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http://www.nature.com/news/huge-haul-of-rare-pterosaur-eggs-excites-palaeontologists-1.23049


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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eggs-in-1-basket-china-fossil-find-opens-up-lost-world-of-pterosaurs/



https://phys.org/news/2017-11-hundreds-pterosaur-eggs-reveal-early.html



https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/largest-pterosaurs-eggs-discovered-embryos-fossils-paleontology-science/


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University of Kansas new Earth, Energy and Environment Center gets 45-ft mosasaur and giant sea turtle casts


http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/nov/30/when-kansas-was-underwater-giant-fossils-find-perm/





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Grand Staircase, Home to Countless Dinosaur Fossils, Could Be Destroyed by Mining (Op-Ed)



https://www.livescience.com/61059-trump-may-shrink-national-monuments.html


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Messel Digs to Resume (in German)


The Messel Pit Eocene fossil site will be allowed to resume scientific digs next year after a meeting of scientists and monument protection authorities, but details have not been set.Â


http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt-dieburg/messel/es-wird-wieder-gegraben-in-der-grube-messel_18357647.htm


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The Messel site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and local authorities imposed a moratorium on digs earlier this year, resulting in a drop in tourism to the area and concerns for scientific access.


http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/grube-messel-status-der-grube-messel-als-weltkulturerbe-gefaehrdet-a-1394267


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