[dinosaur] New Mexico ceratopsian + bipedal Spinosaurus? + Polish dinosaur tracks + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

New ceratopsian genus and species from New Mexico to be announced soon

https://www.abqjournal.com/957404/old-bones-new-dig-yield-dinosaur-discovery.html

Spinosaurus a biped after all?

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-rise-of-bipedal-spinosaurus.html

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Tracking down Spinosaurus with Nizar Ibrahim,

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/movies/tracking-down-the-elusive-spinosaurus-414773234.html

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New shuvosaurid and Reveultosaurus specimens from Petrified Forest at the Burke Museum in Seattle

http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/dawn-dinosaurs-petrified-forest

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Dinosaur track quarry in Altmura, Italy (previously privately owned and now a cultural heritage) has funding for development and will be opened to public in 2019 (in Italian)

https://www.altamuralife.it/notizie/cava-dei-dinosauri-pronta-entro-il-2019/

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Museum of Geology in Warsaw, Poland has exhibit about dinosaur tracks found in Poland

http://muzeum.pgi.gov.pl/lekcje_int/tropy/stopy_i_tropy2.htm

http://muzeum.pgi.gov.pl/lekcje_int/tropy/stopy_i_tropy.htm

http://muzeum.pgi.gov.pl/lekcje_int/tropy/wstep.htm

https://www.pgi.gov.pl/drogi/aktualnosci/137-kopalnia-wiedzy-nowe/paleontologia/2788-gagaty-sotykowskie.html

Article in Polish about the exhibit (download pdf at link on right of page):

https://www.pgi.gov.pl/psh/psh-2/aktualna-sytuacja-hydrogeologiczna/publikacje-2/przeglad-geologiczny/2017/luty-5/4604-wystawa-tropami-polskich-dinozaurow.html

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The tracks were attributed in legend to the devil and demons.

Polish illustration of the devil with dinosaur-like three-toed "bird" feet instead of cloven feet as in other European traditions

http://posztukiwania.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pani-twardowska-kostrzewski-staloryt-1858-str.jpg

Also a giant chicken

https://zapiskiclowna.wordpress.com/category/pan-twardowski/

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The search for Cretaceous dinosaurs in Mexico to correspond with Texas finds (in Spanish)

http://www.liderempresarial.com/time-out/dinosaurios-en-el-desierto-mexicano/

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Mauriciosaurus discoverer (in Spanish)

http://elmananadevalles.com.mx/principal/articulos/nacional/NTYyOTU=.php

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Guizhou Province Triassic marine reptiles (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-13-7912-1.html

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Videos

Not yet mentioned...

A television documentary series from 2016 with notable CGI effects, now posted on YouTube. Apparently, this series is only available online in French and in German for now (no English version?):

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Lost Worlds -- The Mystery of the Feathered Dragons

In French:

Les mondes perdus - Le mystère des dragons à plumes

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

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In German:

Ausgelöscht (1/3) Gefiederte Drachen - Wie die Vögel in den Himmel kamen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-TN0c8sJA

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Lost Worlds - The Dawn of the Mammals

In French: