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[dinosaur] Dinosaur dominance, reconstruction, myths + pterosaur flight + popularizing paleontology + more






Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent items:

Podcast

Dinosaurs: From Humble Beginnings to Global Dominance

By Stephen Brusatte, Steve MirskyÂ
35:55 min.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dinosaurs-from-humble-beginnings-to-global-dominance/


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Tyrannosaurus redux: how do scientists and artists bring dinosaurs to life?


https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/05/tyrannosaurus-redux-how-do-scientists-and-artists-bring-dinosaurs-to-life/

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Debunking dinosaur myths and movie misconceptions

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/debunking-dinosaur-myths-and-movie-misconceptions.htmlÂ

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Why are birds the only surviving dinosaurs? (with video)

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/why-are-birds-the-only-surviving-dinosaurs.html

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The Missing Maniraptoromorphs


https://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-missing-maniraptoromorphs.html


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Sauropod neural canals are weird, part 1c: unfused Giraffatitan dorsal


https://svpow.com/2018/05/22/sauropod-neural-canals-are-weird-part-1c-unfused-giraffatitan-dorsal/

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Maximo the Patagotitan being assembled in Chicago

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/maximo-field-museum-debut-opens-june-1-483480411.html


http://www.chicagotribune.com/photos/ct-maximo-dinosaur-field-museum-photos-20180523-photogallery.html

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/23/field-museum-maximo-titanosaur/

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Epic Flight Fail? Pterosaur Models Are Wrong, Says Study (but David Unwin critiques the new paper)


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/05/22/flight-fail/#.WwUuc0gvyUk


Also:

https://gizmodo.com/pterodactyls-probably-didn-t-fly-like-we-think-they-did-1826257745

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Why birds don't have teeth


https://phys.org/news/2018-05-birds-dont-teeth.html




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How a Humble Chatham County Phytosaur [Rutiodon] Crawled into History Before the Mighty T. rexÂ



https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/how-a-humble-chatham-county-phytosaur-crawled-into-history-before-the-mighty-t-rex/Content?oid=14445014


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Measuring mass extinctions...


https://thewire.in/the-sciences/a-new-way-to-measure-the-five-death-blows-earth-dealt-to-its-life


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POPULARIZING PALEONTOLOGY

Current & Historical Perspectives

videos of talks from 2017 workshop meeting at King's College:


http://www.poppalaeo.com/workshop-2/