[dinosaur] Fwd: Tyrrell's 1884 Albertosaurus skull + early bird liftoffs + near-dinosaurs + larval temnospondyl + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

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From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Subject: Tyrrell's 1884 Albertosaurus skull + early bird liftoffs + near-dinosaurs + larval temnospondyl + more
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Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Forgotten (and unromanticized) story behind skull of Albertosaurus  found by Canadian geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell in Alberta in 1884 

http://themedium.ca/features/truth-behind-fossils/

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Earliest birds could take off from the ground

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/early-birds-could-achieve-liftoff

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The "near dinosaurs"--dinosauromorphs

 

 

http://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2016/10/near-dinosaurs.html

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Ancient birds of  Cretaceous Antarctica

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/while-dinosaurs-romped-birdsongs-filled-the-air-in-balmy-antarctica/

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What did dinosaurs sound like?

http://upr.org/post/did-dinosaurs-really-sound-movies-scientists-offer-insight-based-ancient-vocal-organ

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Dryptosaurus--Cope's tearing lizard (in Czech)

http://dinosaurusblog.com/2016/10/31/copeuv-drasajici-jester/

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"Lourinhã Jurassic Park" with 250 life-size dinosaur replicas to open in 2018 at Lourinhã in Portugal (in Portuguese) 

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/2016/10/finalmente-parque-e-novo-museu-de.html

http://www.museulourinha.org/pt/Noticias/Noticias_2016-10-21_PDL.htm

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Atopodontosaurus selected among Top 10 PLOS fossils

http://www.uua.cn/show-9-7763-1.html

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Pleurosaurs, marine relatives of the tuatara

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/pleurosaurus-the-jurassic-marine-dwelling-relative-of-the-tuatara/

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Cretaceous Atlas for the Western Interior Seaway

http://www.cretaceousatlas.org/

http://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/cretaceous-atlas-of-ancient-life-now-online/

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Larval temnospondyl fossil from Permian of Germany revealed at SVP Meeting

http://www.livescience.com/56697-fossil-frog-relative-found.html

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Greenland fossils show global ecosystem recovery after Permian mass extinction

http://phys.org/news/2016-10-greenland-fossils-reveal-global-ecosystem.html