New Jurassic site in Patagonia called "extraordinary" + Elmisaurines + Oklahoma Apatosaurus + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

News articles in Spanish and other languages (including English at the
link below) are announcing the discovery of a major new Jurassic
fossil site in Santa Cruz Province in Argentina.  The preservation of
plants, insects, and other organisms in chert associated with volcanic
hot springs is said to be amazing. Presumably there will also be
vertebrate fossils. The find provides a detailed picture of a Jurassic
ecosystem.

Here is the link to the abstract of the paper from Ameghiniana:

Juan García Massini, Ignacio H. Escapa, Diego M. Guido & Alan Channing (2016)
FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE SILICIFIED HOT SPRING BIOTA FROM A NEW JURASSIC
CHERT DEPOSIT IN THE DESEADO MASSIF, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA -- Preprint
doi:10.5710/AMGH.26.01.2016.2916

http: // www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1013

In Spanish:

with photos

http: // 
ahoracalafate.com.ar/nota/2872/descubren-un-yacimiento-extraordinario-del-jurasico-en-santa-cruz

http: // 
www.elcordillerano.com.ar/index.php/actualidad/item/35669-extraordinario-yacimiento-jurasico-es-descubierto-en-la-patagonia

in English

https: // 
au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30947167/scientists-discover-major-jurassic-fossil-site-in-argentina/


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Elmisaurines show link between Asia and North America

https: // 
uofa.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2016/february/cretaceous-connections

http: // 
www.edmontonsun.com/2016/02/25/alberta-dinosaur-bones-more-evidence-of-north-america-asia-land-bridge-u-of-a-researchers

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Giant Oklahoma Apatosaurus mount

http: // svpow.com/2016/02/27/giant-oklahoma-apatosaurus-mount-from-above/

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How K/Pg impact reshaped the Earth

http: // 
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/we-finally-know-how-much-dino-killing-asteroid-reshaped-earth-180958222/?no-ist

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AMNH dinosaurs in vintage cartoons

http: // extinctmonsters.net/2016/02/26/amnh-dinosaurs-in-vintage-cartoons/

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Nobu Tamura, Wikipedia paleoartist interview video


http: // www.greatbigstory.com/stories/the-moonlight-dinosaur-illustrator

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