[dinosaur] Antarctica expedition fossil haul + fossil salamanders talk + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Antarctic fossil haul includes mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, birds (ducks!), and dinosaurs (with video)

https: // www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/04/frosty-fossil-forage-antarctica-roaring-success

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Kerin Claeson,from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, part of Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project (AP3)

http: // www.phillyvoice.com/pcom-anatomist-digs-dino-fossils-antarctica/

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Paul Sereno talk on Spinosaurus at Sam Noble Museum

http: // www.normantranscript.com/news/education/getting-to-know-spinosaurus-guest-paleontologist-paul-sereno-shares-exciting/article_54a8da1e-ee81-502d-8088-9ae87be29427.html

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North Dakota fossils focus of science crowdfunding effort, including marine reptiles not yet described

http: // bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/north-dakota-fossils-focus-of-science-crowdfunding-effort/article_4039c8c2-8f4b-5873-ba93-1994e6463f0b.html

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Help fund paleo projects, including dinosaurs and marine reptiles

https: // experiment.com/grants/paleo

IMERP-XIV EJIP

Dinosaur conference for young researchers XIV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (1st IMERP-XIV EJIP) held at Valencia Museum of Natural Sciences (in Spanish)

http: // www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2016/04/13/570e664ce5fdea734f8b4677.html

website in English

http: // imerp-ejip2016.blogspot.com/p/home_22.html

program

https: // drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TJqm_CKphrdnNVT01KZ3Btd0E/view

Video talk at Royal Tyrrell Museum

Dr. Pavel Skutschas, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

"Mesozoic Salamanders from Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Middle Asia"

https: // www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnXrcgDe2BA

https: // royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/speaker-series-2016-mesozoic-salamanders-from-siberia-kazakhstan-and-middle-asia/

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Sichuan Province's dinosaur legacy, with map (in Chinese)

http: // www.uua.cn/show-13-7379-1.html

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Oxygen depletion played a role in Late Triassic mass extinction

http: // www.eartharchives.org/articles/oxygen-depletion-played-a-role-in-late-triassic-mass-extinction/

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Dinosaur extinction theories

http: / /news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160418-what-killed-dinosaurs-chicxulub-crater-drill-science/

Jim Kirkland and Mark Loewen in Spain to study dinosaurs (in Spanish)

http: // www.diariodeteruel.es/noticia/71849/paleontologos-de-utah-viajan-a-teruel-para-estudiar-dinosaurios

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Fossil crocodiles (in Spanish)

http: // www.anbariloche.com.ar/noticias/2016/04/17/52654-la-historia-poco-contada-de-los-cocodrilos-fosiles

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Marine iguanas video

https: // www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tBWakZAGqU