Dinosaur news stories

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent online news stories related to dinosaurs:

Navajo Nation to preserve dinosaur tracks (with audio and slide show)

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/oct/23/navajo-nation-preserve-dinosaur-tracks/

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Dinosaur protein preservation:

http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/tpschweitzer-bone/
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-analysis-dinosaur-bone-cells-ancient.html

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Microraptor gliding study:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/10/23/reanalysis-of-four-winged-dinosaur-may-illuminate-evolution-of-bird-flight/

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In French:

Articles about sauropods for the exhibit in Paris. From Le Monde for free:

http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2012/10/18/jean-le-loeuff-le-temps-du-sauropode-est-un-temps-long_1777694_1650684.html

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In German:

Dinosaur hunt in Harz Mountains in Germany  (with audio in German)
A news story about a rock quarry site in Germany where Europasaurus
fossils were found. The herd of Europasaurus may have been killed by a
hurricane and washed into a lagoon. Remains of a pterosaur with an
estimated wingspan of 6 meters have also been found. Explosives are
used to remove overburden to reach the fossil remains.

http://www.swr.de/blog/diedurchblicker/2012/10/22/dinojagd-im-harz-palaontologen-graben-nach-dinosaurierknochen/

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Article about Alexander Kellner, Brazilian dinosaurs, and his column
about paleontology (with video in Portuguese):

http://derstandard.at/1350258929420/Jaeger-der-verlorenen-Fossilienschaetze

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Vidoe interview with paleontologist Oliver Wings (in German)
http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/umwelt/article109557923/Dinosaurier-Forschung-loest-auch-heutige-Probleme.html