[dinosaur] Gryposaurus + Uzbek alvarezsaurid + Oryctodromeus as Idaho state dinosaur + more

Ben Creisler

To add to the post about the new Gryposaurus monograph:

Gryposaurus specimen with osteosclerosis is described in new monograph and is subject of new diorama at the Museo di Storia Naturale in Milan; specimen was discovered in Canada in 1922 and acquired by the Milan museum in 1958 (in Italian)

http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_gennaio_27/museo-storia-naturale-ossa-griposauro-diorama-scoperta-malattie-fratture-vialli-aeb18864-036b-11e8-93bb-ec4bb3ac447d.shtml

http://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/los-dinosaurios-se-enfermaban-igual-los-humanos/51726/

http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2018/01/30/news/sorpresa_i_dinosauri_si_ammalavano_come_noi-187661340/

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Argentine dinosaur (alvarezsaurid) turns out to be a native of Uzbekistan (in Spanish)

Un dinosaurio 'argentino' resulta ser nativo de UzbekistÃn

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com.es/2018/01/un-dinosaurio-argentino-resulta-ser.html

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New free issue of dinosaur newsletter in Spanish:

Boletin La FundaciÃn para el Estudio de los Dinosaurios en Castilla y LeÃn issue 69Â (autumn 2017)Â

http://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/boletin-n-69-fd.pdf

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10 filled "knowledge gaps" for prehistoric reptiles and their pests (in German)

10 gefÃllte WissenslÃcken Ãber Saurier und ihre Plagegeister

http://www.spektrum.de/wissen/10-gefuellte-wissensluecken-ueber-saurier-und-ihre-plagegeister/1532551

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OMNH 1331, another big apatosaurine caudal

https://svpow.com/2018/01/28/omnh-1331-another-big-apatosaurine-caudal/

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Oldest Archaeopteryx

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/the-oldest-archaeopteryx/

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Oryctodromeus proposed as state dinosaur for Idaho

http://www.localnews8.com/news/local-paleontologist-pushing-for-idaho-to-adopt-state-dinosaur/693533564

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Selective pressures led to loss of weaponized tails in turtles

https://thevarsity.ca/2018/01/28/not-so-ninja-turtles/

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Snakes. Why did it have to be giant snakes?

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/01/29/snakes-why-did-it-have-to-be-giant-snakes/

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Â'Mummified' Salamander from the Eocene of southern France

http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/phosphotriton-sigei-mummified.html

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video

Evolutionary Experiments in the Early Tetrapod Form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBVjzWcuQd8&t=15s

Jason Pardo, Ph.D candidate at the University of Calgary, talks about addressing the gaps in scientific understanding of early tetrapod evolution.

https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/speaker-series-2018-evolutionary-experiments-in-the-early-tetrapod-form/