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[dinosaur] Ivan the T. rex + Dippy + placodonts in Portugal + more




Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent items:



Fossil Friday Roundup: February 16, 2018

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/02/16/fossil-friday-roundup-february-16-2018/

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A free paper about a new sabertooth cat that I posted on the VertPaleo list was not included. Here's the ref and link:


Tchadailurus adei gen. & sp. nov.

(Machairodontinae)

Louis de BONIS, StÃphane PEIGNÃ, Hassane Taisso MACKAYE, Andossa LIKIUS, Patrick VIGNAUD & Michel BRUNET (2018)

New sabre toothed Felidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) in the hominid-bearing sites of Toros Menalla (late Miocene, Chad).

Geodiversitas 40 (3): 69-86

doi: https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a3

http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/40/3

http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2018v40a3.pdf



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Ivan the T. rex skeleton donated to Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, Kansas
(Note that the museum apparently is not accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, so curation of fossil specimens seems a bit murky)

http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/keeper-of-the-plans/article200384909.html



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3D printing Dippy


https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/dippy-dinosaur-heads-21st-century-3d-scanning-3d-printing-129055/


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Utahraptor State Dinosaur bill in Utah House


https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900010554/utahraptor-bill-sails-through-house-committee.html

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Build your pterosaur!

https://pterosaurologist.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/build-your-pterosaur/

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Triassic placodont Henodus fossils found in Portugal

Paleontology student in the discovery of the first placodonts in Portugal

http://sites.fct.unl.pt/paleontology/announcements/paleontology-student-discovery-first-placodonts-portugal


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The chapter ref and free pdf:

Mateus, O., & Campos H. (2018). Loulà hà mais de 220 MilhÃes de anos: os vertebrados fÃsseis do Algarve triÃsico. LoulÃ: TerritÃrios. MemÃrias. Identidades. 378-385.: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia | Imprensa NacionalÂ



text:

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/search/label/Algarve

Free pdf of book chapter is here:

http://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_campos2018_algarve_triasico.pdf


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Evolution Museum in Warsaw, Poland (in Polish)

http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,150427,23030961,muzeum-ewolucji.html?disableRedirects=true


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Secrets of the Fossils, Rainer Schoch gives talk on Mastodonsaurus, Batrachotomus, and other Triassic animals at Michelbach in SchwÃbisch Hall district of Germany (in German)


https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/schwaebisch-hall/die-geheimnisse-der-fossilien-24682908.html


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Special Issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology on Nemegt Dinosaurs
(Most papers were posted on the DML earlier.)


https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/palaeogeography-palaeoclimatology-palaeoecology/vol/494/suppl/C

https://www.paleowire.com/just-out-palaeogeography-palaeoclimatology-palaeoecology-special-issue-on-the-late-cretaceous-nemegt-ecosystem/


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A non-dino video

Echidnas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YB6mVWadKQ


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