[dinosaur] Giant Shonisaurus discovery in Canada + sauropod neck vertebrae + Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent (and not so recent) items:

Elizabeth Nicholls and the discovery of the giant Triassic ichthyosaur Shonisaurus sikanniensis in British Columbia

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/elizabeth-nicholls-explorer-moments-finding-a-220-millon-year-old-giant-reptile-in-Canada/

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SVP in Salt Lake City

https://pseudoplocephalus.com/2016/11/22/svp-in-slc/

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Sauropod neck vertebrae growth

https://svpow.com/2016/11/21/yes-sauropod-neck-vertebrae-got-longer-as-the-animals-grew-up/

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Albertosaurus (in Czech)

http://dinosaurusblog.com/2016/11/22/predstavuje-se-albertosaurus/

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Litorosuchus from China (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-10-7801-1.html

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Participation of Fundación Dinópolis from Teruel in Spain in new classification of brachiosaurid Lusotitan (in Spanish)

http://www.diariodeteruel.es/noticia/77304/teruel-participa-en-una-nueva-propuesta-de-clasificacion-de-dinosaurios-braquiosauridos

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A Surprising New Theory of How Dinosaurs Got So Huge

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-dinosaurs-got-so-huge-180961150/

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Winners of the 2016 International Competition for Scientific Dinosaur Illustration

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/ganadores-del-viii-concurso.html

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Rowan University Buys Fossil Park to Further Education, with video

http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/rowan-university-buys-fossil-park-education/

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Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum gets local financial help for deficit and a new museum curator, Corwin Sullivan, in January

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2016/11/21/county-covers-dino-museum-deficit

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Dinosaurs at the Science Museum of Minnesota

http://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2016/11/meanwhile-over-at-science-museum.html

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Triceratops calligram

http://cubelight.graphics/calligram-triceratops-skull

Researchers Explore Gigantic Volcanic Eruptions That Caused Worldwide Mass Extinctions in the Cretaceous

http://www.newswise.com/articles/virginia-tech-researchers-explore-gigantic-volcanic-eruptions-that-caused-worldwide-mass-extinctions

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Don Prothero interview

http://www.livescience.com/56957-field-guide-to-prehistoric-mammals-prothero.html

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Ted Daeschler in Antarctica

https://newsblog.drexel.edu/2016/11/21/journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-world-academy-researcher-to-dig-for-fossils-in-antarctica/

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Some free newsletters that may be of interest:

Foundation for the Study of Dinosaurs in Castilla & Leon in Salas de los Infantes, back issues of the newsletter (in Spanish)

Newsletter No. 63, Winter 2016

http://www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/fi11826boletin-invierno-2016-fd.pdf

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Newsletter No. 64, Spring 2016

http://www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/fi11844boletin-primavera-2016.pdf

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Newsletter No. 64, Summer 2016

http://www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/fi11862boletin-fd-verano-2016.pdf

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also

Paleo newsletter (in Spanish)

Scroll to bottom of page to download pdfs of recent issues

http://www.grupopaleo.com.ar/paleoboletin/principal.htm

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The Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa newsletter

http://www.palaeontologicalsociety.co.za/Vol20-4.pdf

older issues

http://www.palaeontologicalsociety.co.za/pssa-newsletter.html