[dinosaur] Abertosaurus + Apatosaurus + Victoria Arbour new job + Pachyrhinosaurus bonebed + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

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First Albertosaurus skull discovered in 1844 by Canadian geologist Joseph Tyrrell, described by Cope

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/08/12/the-discovery-of-canadas-first-known-meat-eating-dinosaur/

Cope's description from 1892 as Laelaps incrassatus

https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_35415_ontheskullofthedinosaurianlael1892/ontheskullofthedinosaurianlael1892#page/n1

Named Albertosaurus by Osborn in 1905

http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1464

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Dinosaur Hill in Fruita, Colorado, gets new signs explaining historical significance of spot where Elmer Riggs discovered an Apatosaurus skeleton in 1901 (with video)

http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/Dinosaur-Hill-gets-new-signs-to-display-historical-importance-490303811.html

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Yangavis (in Chinese)

http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/xwdt/kydt/201808/t20180809_5054426.html

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Victoria Arbour interview as new curator of paleontology at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, starting in SeptemberÂ

https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/some-bones-to-pick-victoria-arbour-digs-her-new-job-at-royal-b-c-museum/wcm/3600ac97-80e1-4db1-ba20-389741fbdb36

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Caudal vertebrae of Haplocanthosaurus delfsi

https://svpow.com/2018/08/12/caudal-vertebrae-of-haplocanthosaurus-delfsi/

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Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum gets you to dig in one of the world's most dense bone beds with PachyrhinosaurusÂ

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dinosaurs-grande-prairie-excavation-fossils-1.4779567

https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/entertainment/local-arts/dont-be-scared-come-prepare

Tuojiangosaurus skeleton casts gets official nickname "Jango" after children's contest at Bolton Museum in England

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/16413600.dinosaur-naming-competition-winners-meet-bolton-museums-monster-resident-jango-the-tuojiangosaurus/

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Augmented reality Dilophosaurus at the Brussels Museum of Natural History (I hope the JPÂ frill version in the photo is NOT what you see...) (in French)

https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_un-dinosaure-en-realite-augmentee-au-musee-d-histoire-naturelle-de-bruxelles?id=9987155

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Also...

Common Descent Episode 41 - Evolution of Whales

August 12, 2018

https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-41-evolution-of-whales/

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Queensland Museum to 3D scan extinct supersized species found at mine

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-museum-to-3d-scan-extinct-supersized-species-found-at-mine-20180812-p4zwzb.html

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The foal that came in from the cold after 40,000 years in Siberia

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/the-foal-that-came-in-from-the-cold-after-40000-years/