Elasmosaur found in Alaska + Australian dinosaur dig + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent news and blog items:



Elasmosaur fossils found in Alaska

https://www.adn.com/article/20150722/collector-finds-marine-reptile-fossil-talkeetna-mountains

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/23/collector_finds_marine_reptile_fossil_in_mountains_of_alaska/
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Ichthyosaur extinction explained

http://www.livescience.com/51629-ichthyosaur-extinction-explained.html

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3-D scanning of dinosaur bones


http://www.pddnet.com/news/2015/07/how-3d-scanning-dinosaur-bones-influenced-look-jurassic-park

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Unearthing dinosaurs in Australia

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/dinosaurs-in-queensland-outback-dig-of-amateurs-unearthing-95-million-year-old-bones/story-fnn8dlfs-1227452627745



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More on four-legged snake controversy over possible illegal smuggling
and snake identification

http://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/07/24/the-potentially-illegal-fantastic-four-legged-snake-and-ethics-of-fossil-collection/


http://news.sciencemag.org/paleontology/2015/07/four-legged-snake-fossil-stuns-scientists-and-ignites-controversy

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Berlin researchers studying the site where "Tristan" the Tyrannosaurus
was found (in German)

http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/beitrag/2015/07/rbb-begleitet-forscher-des-berliner-naturkundemuseums-zur-fundstelle-von-tyrannosaurus-rex-tristan.html

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Plans to expand Permian tracksite park in Germany (in German)

http://www.tlz.de/web/zgt/leben/detail/-/specific/Tambach-Dietharz-bewirbt-sich-um-Erweiterung-des-Sauriererlebnispfades-1466198210

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Solnhofen fish fossils at Ettling (in German)

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/fossilien-aus-ettling-fische-aus-dem-steinbruch-1.2575716

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What are pterosaurs?

http://io9.com/pterodactyls-are-not-dinosaurs-so-what-the-hell-are-t-1719895401
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Arizona dinosaurs

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/geekery/youtube_fb4bb556-20d7-11e5-b478-bffdd5871c5b.html


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Edmonotosaurus skin impressions

http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2015/07/edmontosaurus-dinosaur-skin-imprint.html

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Fossil spinal cords

http://gimpasaura.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/spinal-cords-of-extinct-animals.html

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Tyrannosaurus art

http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-year-of-tyrannosaurus-rex-artworks.html


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Canadian company builds dinosaur skeletons for museums

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ont-company-builds-dinosaur-skeletons-for-museums-around-the-world-1.2476468


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Where to put the British Museum's ousted "Dippy" the Diplodocus skeleton...

http://londonist.com/2015/07/where-should-dippy-the-dinosaur-go-on-display

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Dinosaurs in comic books


http://koprolitos.blogspot.com/2015/07/superheroes-y-dinosaurios-i-roy-thomas.html

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When Richard Owen debunked sea serpents

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2015/07/23/the-man-who-named-the-dinosaurs-also-debunked-tales-of-sea-serpents/