[dinosaur] Smitanosaurus + Camarasaurus neck + Dino roundtable + Quetzalcoatlus + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Smitanosaurus for Morosaurus agilis--Scientists Give Old Dinosaur a New Name

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/02/18/scientists-give-old-dinosaur-new-name/

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How stupid was the neck of Camarasaurus?

https://svpow.com/2021/02/19/how-stupid-was-the-neck-of-camarasaurus/

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Quartz crystals in the stomach of fossil bird complicates the mystery of its diet

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-quartz-crystals-stomach-fossil-bird.html

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/quartz-crystals-stomach-fossil-bird-complicates-mystery-its-diet

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Reimagining Dinosaurs Roundtable (video)
Michael Greshko, Jasmina Wiemann and Matteo Fabbri, and Peabody assistant curator Bhart-Anjan Bhullar. They're joined by Emily Graslie and Dustin Growick.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXyNMe3WbBs

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Triceratops: Anatomy of an icon with Phil Currie

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

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South Korean Government Honors CU Denverâs "Dinosaur Tracker" Martin Lockley for His Years of Research

https://news.ucdenver.edu/south-korean-government-honors-cu-denvers-dinosaur-tracker-for-his-years-of-research/

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Huge flying reptile takes wing (and takes a stand) at Science Museum of Minnesota with two models of Quetzalcoatlus

https://www.twincities.com/2021/02/17/huge-flying-reptile-takes-wing-and-takes-a-stand-at-science-museum-of-minnesota/

Cretaceous turtle from Mexico (in Spanish)
Investigadores de la UNAM revelan tortuga que viviÃ en MÃxico hace 72 millones de aÃos

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2021/02/investigadores-de-la-unam-revelan.html

Dispute over the return of a dinosaur (the Giraffatitan skeleton in Berlin, sought by Tanzania) (in German)
Streit um RÃckgabe eines Dinosauriers

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/dinosaurier-museum-rueckgabe-afrika-tansania-1.5211693

Austria issues 3 euro Therizinosaurus cheloniformis coin

https://coinweek.com/world-coins/austrian-mint-reveals-upcoming-february-2021-releases/

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Sauropod Dinheirosaurus will be first of 'Dinossauros de Portugal' 5 euro coins (in Portuguese)

https://www.alvorada.pt/index.php/lourinha/2681-portugal-cunha-moeda-especial-dedicada-a-dinossauro-descoberto-na-lourinha

VINTAGE DINOSAUR ART â THE LAND BEFORE TIME

https://chasmosaurs.com/2021/02/16/vintage-dinosaur-art-the-land-before-time/

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Rewriting the mammoth family tree

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/rewriting-the-mammoth-family-tree/

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Also...

Videos:

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology's Lisa Making: dinosaurs and Covid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-dkZwoskLc

Brainy Birds with Holly Starenchak
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjjmlEj7rM