[dinosaur] Running dinosaurs + herbivore dinosaur teeth from Japan + Pappochelys + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Carnivorous dinosaurs could have run faster than we originally thought: Brisbane study

http://www.watoday.com.au/queensland/carnivorous-dinosaurs-could-have-run-faster-than-we-originally-thought-brisbane-study-20170719-gxemmg.html

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Technique lets researchers predict an animal's maximum speed based on its size

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/now-scientists-can-accurately-guess-the-speed-of-any-animal.aspx

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Comments by Tom Holtz on recent Tyrannosaurus running ability paper 

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.holtz/posts/10106126391030118

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Herbivore dinosaur teeth fossils found in Nagasaki, Japan

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/18/national/science-health/fossilized-dinosaur-teeth-unearthed-nagasaki-prefecture/#.WW-hOoTyvcs

http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003826575

http://www.nagasaki-np.co.jp/news/kennaitopix/2017/07/19090225051926.shtml

http://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/217376

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Dilophosaurus made state dinosaur of Connecticut

http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-bill-naming-state-dinosaur-signed-by-the-governor-20170718-story.html

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How a T. rex Travels from Gallery to Storage

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/t-rex-takedown/

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Paleoart: the strange history of dinosaurs in art – in pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2017/jul/19/paleoart-the-strange-history-of-dinosaurs-in-art-in-pictures

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Town of Vellberg in southern Germany gets grants to commemorate discovery nearby of Pappochelys (filling a major gap in turtle evolution) with displays and replica of fossils at the local Natur- und Heimatmuseum and a guided pathway to the site (in German)

http://www.swp.de/schwaebisch_hall/lokales/schwaebisch_hall/knete-fuer-die-urschildkroete-15410168.html

 

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Controversy over moratorium on scientific digs at Eocene Messel Pit site (now a UNESCO World Heritage site); digs may recommence next year (in German)

http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/denkmalschutz-gegen-spitzenforschung-streit-um.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=391121

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Dinosaurs, chickens, and evolution | Dana Jones Rashid | TEDxBozeman

TEDx Talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSva30kSgHM

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Stegosaurs: Tiny Brains & Thagomizers

PBS Eons 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsf5xCbZ7us

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