[dinosaur] Spinosaurus controversies + tiny theropod arms + marching dinosaurs to scale + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Spinosaurus controversies and mysteries

http: // www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/saga-of-the-spinosaurus/476286/

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Datonglong, hadrosaur from China

http: // english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/201603/t20160331_161344.html

http: // phys.org/news/2016-03-dinosaurs.html

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Tiny theropod arms and big bites

http: // www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/stop-making-fun-tyrannosaurs-tiny-arms-180958615/?no-ist

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Marching Dinosaurs - Animated Size Comparison video

https: // www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiecAmGWHU&feature=youtu.be

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Archaeorhynchus and growth patterns in early birds

http: // english.ivpp.cas.cn/rh/rp/201603/t20160305_160281.html

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Using CT scans in paleontology

https: // www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/30/getting-under-a-fossils-skin-how-ct-scans-have-changed-palaeontology-dinosaur-lizard

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Ischigualasto Formation palynology

https: // paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/palynology-of-the-ischigualasto-formation/

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Geologists to drill into heart of dinosaur-killing impact

http: // www.nature.com/news/geologists-to-drill-into-heart-of-dinosaur-killing-impact-1.19643

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Giraffatitan center of gravity animation

https: // www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6dMzDUUk3c&feature=youtu.be

 

http: // news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/video-shows-evolution-of-largest-dinosaurs-160330.htm

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How many dinosaurs?

http: // blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016/03/30/how-many-dinosaurs-were-there/

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We still don't know majority of dinosaurs (in Czech)

http: // dinosaurusblog.com/2016/03/30/vetsinu-dinosauru-jeste-nezname/ 

 

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Instellar dust cloud as cause of dinosaur extinction?

http: // www.iflscience.com/space/dinosaur-extinction-may-have-been-caused-interstellar-cloud

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Hypothesized planet nine as cause of mass extinctions

http: // www.sci-news.com/astronomy/planet-nine-earths-periodic-mass-extinctions-03744.html

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Baby Pachycephalosaurus

http: // phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/30/paleontologists-uncover-the-tiniest-bonehead/

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May issue of Discover magazine on Spinosaurus

http: // discovermagazine.com/2016/may/12-tenacious-to-the-bone