[dinosaur] Bonapartesaurus + dinosaur art contest + K-Pg impact evidence in Brazil + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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Bonapartesaurus, a new Gondwana saurolophine

https://luisvrey.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/bonapartesaurus-a-new-gondwana-saurolophine/

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IX INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF DINOSAUR SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS 2017

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2017/07/ix-concurso-internacional-de.html

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Tyrannosaurus rex couldn’t run says new research

http://dinosaursabbatical.blogspot.com/2017/07/tyrannosaurus-rex-couldnt-run-says-new.html

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Best dinosaur fossil ever collected in Alberta

 

http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/best-dinosaur-fossil-ever-discovered-in-alberta

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International Symposium on Dinosaur Egg Research held at Zhejiang Natural Museum (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-8-8266-1.html

https://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/07-29/8290974.shtml

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A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/latest-news/2017/07/a-new-look-at-a-lost-dinosaur-dig-in-the-australian-outback.php

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Araripemys, Cretaceous pleurodire

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/j-lo-and-other-araripemydid-pleurodires/ 

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Triassic marine reptiles from Spain (in Spanish)

http://dinosaurrenaissance.blogspot.com/2017/07/nuevo-viaje-la-costas-triasicas.html

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Large-Mouthed Fish Birgeria Was Top Predator After Permian Mass Extinction

http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2017/Top-predator.html

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Poty Quarry site in Brazil records K-Pg impact evidence, including microspherules, shocked quartz, and  megatsunami deposits (in Portuguese) [Click Imprimer or expand "Ler matéria completa" at bottom for full text and images]

https://noticias.uol.com.br/ciencia/ultimas-noticias/redacao/2017/07/14/o-pedaco-do-brasil-que-guarda-segredos-do-meteoro-que-dizimou-dinossauros.htm

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When Life on Earth Was Nearly Extinguished

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/when-life-on-earth-was-nearly-extinguished.html

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Link to special issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (with some free papers)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00310182/478?sdc=1

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Video

Palaeoart and the Never Ending Quest for Accuracy

Mark Witton 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKo0b9FH20&t=1700s