[dinosaur] Utah dinosaur sites + Haplocanthosaurus + Dimetrodon 3D scan + Dinosaur Detectives + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Palaeontological Association 63rd Annual Meeting (abstracts book)
15thâ21st December 2019

https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/annual_meetings/2019/annual_meeting_2019_abstracts_booklet.pdf

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This is the ultimate dinosaur road trip: Utah (and a bit of Colorado)

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/dinosaurs-utah-colorado-scn/index.html

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Curious Kids: how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-do-we-know-if-a-dinosaur-skeleton-is-from-a-child-dinosaur-or-an-adult-dinosaur-125562

Dinosaur footprints found in ancient Chinese imperial resort

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/06/c_138611020.htm

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"Tiny Titan: A New Look at Haplocanthosaurus" exhibit highlights local science at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California

https://www.myvalleynews.com/the-tiny-titan-dinosaur-exhibit-highlights-local-science-at-the-western-science-center/

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Sauropod teeth found in Yakutia in Siberia (in Russian)

https://nauka.vesti.ru/article/1246033

Introduction to Charonosaurus (in Czech)Â

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/12/05/predstavuje-se-charonosaurus/

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The way dinosaurs evolved mirrors life on Earth today

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/december/the-way-dinosaurs-evolved-mirrors-life-on-earth-today.html

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Thomas Carr interview

https://www.carthage.edu/about/faculty/q-a/thomas-carr/

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Dmitry Tokalchik, a researcher at the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, is also a paleoartist on the side. His work recently appeared in the Russian edition of National Geographic magazine to show 38 dinosaurs named in 2018. (in Russian)

https://minsknews.by/risunok-dinozavrov-belorusskogo-uchenogo-razmestil-zhurnal-national-geographic/

https://kyky.org/news/dinozavry-belaruskogo-uchyonogo-popali-v-national-geographicÂÂ

Texas Through Time Museum 3D scans Dimetrodon skeleton

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/texas-fossil-museum-preserves-pre-dinosaur-mammal-skeleton-with-3d-scanning-165989/

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Crocodile death roll

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/the-secret-of-the-crocodile-death-roll/

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How to become a fossil...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180215-how-does-fossilisation-happen

DEFORESTATION: A LESSON FROM THE PERMIAN EXTINCTION

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/deforestation-a-lesson-from-the-permian-extinction/

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Teresa MaryaÅska (1937â2019)
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (4): 756, 2

http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app64/app006952019.pdf

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Sachs, S. & Keiter, M. (2019) Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld, Germany. The Palaeontology Newsletter 102: 27-31.

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The Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld is a municipal natural history museum with a long history. Initially the natural history collections were part of the Museum der Stadt Bielefeld (Museum of the city of Bielefeld), established on 3rd October 1906, that encompassed a history and a nature department. These departments were separated and formed independent museums in 1930 (Keiter and Sachs 2018). The Natural History Museum moved into the Kaselowsky villa where it remained until World War II when the collections were moved to rural locations in order to protect them from Allied bombings. After the war, no permanent home could be found for almost 20 years (from 1946 to 1964). During this time, the collection, neglected and distributed among several attics, suffered heavily. A large number of specimens was lost.

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Free pdf:

Rowan C. Martindale &Anna M. Weiss (2019)
"Taphonomy: Dead and fossilized": A new board game designed to teach college undergraduate students about the process of fossilization
Journal of Geoscience Education (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2019.1693217
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2019.1693217

Incorporating games in teaching can help students retain material and become innovative problem solvers through engagement and enjoyment. Here we describe a new board game, "Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized," and its use as an active learning tool (material available at doi: 10.18738/T8/NQV2CU). The educational objective is to teach the player about taphonomy and fossilization, while the gameplay objective is to preserve and recover the best fossil collection. Through competitive gameplay, students learn how chemical, physical, and environmental factors, as well as physiology and discovery biases can influence an organismâs preservation and collection potential. The game is modeled after an Early Jurassic fossil deposit for scientific accuracy and relevance. The game was incorporated in undergraduate classroom activities in 20 colleges and universities across the United States. Survey results show that students and teachers were overwhelmingly positive about the game, stating that it was fun and helped them learn or strengthen their knowledge of fossilization. When analyzed statistically, we find that studentsâ self-reported learning outcomes and opinions vary most significantly with college year, major, ethnicity, and race. White students and geoscience or STEM majors reported the highest levels of learning and enjoyment, with minorities and non-STEM majors responding less favorably. We suggest this game is most advantageous for use in upper-level paleontology classrooms, although it is still beneficial at lower levels. It is critical to use this game as part of a larger lesson plan and tailor it to fit the needs of an individual classroom. Modifications for time and class size, as well as follow-up discussion questions, are included.

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Videos:

I posted the first episode earlier this week. Here's the series...Â

Dinosaur Detectives | Episode 2Â

PterosaursÂ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGWpFgn1S3E

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Dinosaur Detectives | Episode 3Â
Sabertooth cats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEPOjNUsk4g

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Dinosaur Detectives | Episode 4
Leedsichthys, giant fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ6zmo4UenU

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Dinosaur Detectives | Episode 5Â
Giant Cretaceous eggs from France