Fossil Friday Roundup: March 9, 2018
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http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2018/03/09/fossil-friday-roundup-march-9-2018/
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New, on-going research indicates Bernissart Iguanodons likely died from poison hydrogen sulfide swamp gas; bone tissue shows that smaller, less robust specimens were adults and belonged to Mantellisaurus, not Iguanodon (in Flemish)
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https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/03/09/iguanodons-van-bernissart-stierven-door-giftig-moerasgas/
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Mary Anning: the unsung hero of fossil discovery
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html
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Mary Anning and her surprising Dorset discoveries | Natural History Museum
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn7valyK3_0
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Jinyunpelta
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https://equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2018/03/jinyunpelta.html
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Archaeopteryx too heavy to brood eggs
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http://www.caitlinsyme.com/news-and-updates/archaeopteryx-may-have-been-too-fat-to-nest
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Edmontosaurus skeleton in storage since 1911 at Paris Museum of Natural History to be mounted and displayed as part of new dinosaur exhibit in June that includes the T. rex "Trix" skeleton (on tour from the Leiden Naturalis Museum during construction) (in French)
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Giant Alamosaurus cervical series from Big Bend, TexasÂ
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https://svpow.com/2018/03/09/bibe-45854-the-giant-alamosaurus-cervical-series-from-big-bend-texas/
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Sonorasaurus as Arizona state dinosaur bill advances
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Sirindhorn Museum dinosaur collection in ThailandÂ
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/thailand/30340336
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Iguanodont tracks found at site in Olkhovka River valleyÂÂat to be moved to Kislovodsk Museum of Local History; cast to be made firstÂÂin case of damage (in Russian)
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http://www.stav.aif.ru/culture/iguanodony_otmetilis_v_kislovodske_sledy_dinozavrov_perevezut_v_muzey
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Suchomimus --giant crocodile mimic (in Czech)
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https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/03/08/obri-napodobitel-krokodyla/
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Triceratops skeleton at Hillsdale Collegeâs Daniel M. Fisk Museum of History in Michigan
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20180307/triceratops-skeleton-at-hillsdale-musuem
====See Kansas Pteranodon and other dinosaurs at new Museum at Prairiefire exhibit
http://www.kansascity.com/news/article203976494.html
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non-dino:
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Shell Shock! Can morphometrics distinguish fossil turtle species?
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The Enigma of Legautia, 6-foot Mauritian Super-Rail
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Videos:
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200 years, WWI & WWII, Communism: The Story of Berlin's Natural History Museum
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neHO3-PUxVY&t=7s
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Ya Ha Tinda and Mass Extinction in the Early Jurassic
ÂSeries: Royal Tyrrell Museum Speaker Series 2018
Dr. Rowan Martindale,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=YU7JYdoinTA
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Also from Palaeontological Association talks:
New insights on the correlation of P-T terrestrial faunas of South Africa with those of European Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8KrytUAo4&index=30&list=PL-C2Lai1dggpOVhYlq9mLkb6C1eIkk3vh
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The 'pliable' nature of the phylogenetic relationships within early ornithopods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4D1xbDS5vk
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