Giganotosaurus on NPR + biggest sauropod? + Cornelius, nameless ceratopsian + more news

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent news and blog items:


Unearthing Giganotosaurus

http://www.npr.org/2015/06/14/414286692/bankrolling-a-dinosaur-dig-and-unearthing-a-giant-the-giganotosaurus


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Will we ever find the biggest sauropod?


http://svpow.com/2015/06/12/will-we-ever-find-the-biggest-dinosaur/



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Ceratopsian nicknamed Cornelius on display at Royal Ontario Museum,
will have a new name soon (expandable photos)

http://pseudoplocephalus.blogspot.com/2015/06/cornelius-says-hello.html

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Trees that sauropods ate found in India

This is potentially  a very interesting story--but the current
versions of the news item appear to have some  mix-ups about the
geologic periods. If this site sits on the "Deccan trap" as stated,
then it's got to be Late Cretaceous, not Jurassic, in date; HOWEVER,
the plant Glossopteris would have to be pre-Jurassic;  other versions
of the news story on the web appear to have the same points of
confusion. Wait for the paper, as they say...

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/first-dino-site-in-india-with-flora-fauna-intact/


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Why few dinosaur remains are to be found in the Arabian peninsula

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/why-few-dinosaur-remains-are-to-be-found-in-the-arabian-peninsula



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History of dinosaur finds in Mexico (in Spanish)

http://www.chilango.com/general/nota/2015/06/12/9-datos-sobre-los-dinosaurios-en-mexico



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New dinosaur dig starts in Siberia where giant Psittacosaurus was
found (in Russian)

http://frant.me/news/detail/28535/

http://sibdepo.ru/news/142770-v-rayone-shestakovo-vnov-nachali-iskat-ostanki-dinozavrov.html

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English language story from 2014

http://rbth.com/news/2014/06/23/skeleton_of_horned_dinosaur_found_in_kemerovo_region_37645.html

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More on supposed Paleogene dinosaur tracks from Uzbekistan (in Russian)

I'm still trying to find the full citation for the paper that was
published about this odd claim. A number of news stories show photos,
but these are hard to decipher and certainly may not be what are
alleged--dinosaur tracks alongside advanced mammal tracks

http://members.vb.kg/2015/06/05/planet/7.html

http://nuz.uz/aktualno/5950-tashkentskiy-dinozavr-oprovergaet-darvina.html

http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/tashoblast-sledi-dinozavrov9283576/

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Sauropod fossil bone used in luxury watch--only 12 watches to be made
(price not indicated) (in French)

http://www.luxe.net/louis-moinet-jurassic-watch-montre-fossile-de-dinosaure/

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Jurassic World

Kids weigh in and Jack Horner explains the lack of feathers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33091924

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