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Saurophaganax, Lord of lizard-eaters (in Czech)
https://dinosaurusblog.com/2018/03/15/vladce-jesterich-poziracu/ÂÂ
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Interview about Gryposaurus paleopathology study (in Italian)
Intervista al paleopatologo dei dinosauri, ÂFilippo Bertozzo
http://www.gravita-zero.org/2018/02/intervista-al-paleopatologo-dei.html
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Avoiding Pitfalls in Paleontology: A Couple Case Studies (ichthyosaur fins and overlooked dicynodont)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/03/14/pitfalls-in-paleontology/#.WqmbQGrwbcs
New ichthyosaur from Kazakhstan to be named "Kazakhstansaurus"; estimated 7 meters in length; the fossils were found by a group of students in 2016 on a youth tourism field trip led by their science leader Olga Subbotina (planned species name is given as "subbotini"); Russian paleontologist Vladimir Efimov identified the fossils as an ichthyosaur and is helping lead the research (in Russian).
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https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/kazahstanozavrom-nazvali-naydennogo-v-zko-dinozavra-339854/
https://express-k.kz/news/issledovanie/imeniny_ikhtiozavra-118387
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Burrowing Cretaceous snakes
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-burrowing-world-snake-evolution.html
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Ascendonanus photos
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/03/ascendonanus.html
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non-dino but of interestÂ
Studying sabertooth pathologies
https://ryortho.com/breaking/cedars-sinai-surgeon-uses-ct-scan-to-get-old-bones-to-talk/
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Solenodon ancestry traced to Cretaceous
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316100638.htm
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What is a coprolite?
In honor of William Buckland's birthday this week (3/12/1784)
The Original Megalosaurus Jaw --The First Dinosaur Bone - Objectivity #158
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeKIpJ4Wk80&feature=youtu.be
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Short animation of how Schnappi the Ascendonanus (climbing pelycosaur!) was killed, buried, and fossilized by an ancient volcano in Germany
Die Enstehung der Chemnitzer Fossilien - Ein Zeichtrickfilm von Linda WeiÃ
Kirk Johnson:ÂÂAlaskan Palms, Antarctic Dinosaurs and Arctic Crocodiles: The Implications of Past Warm Worlds
(Main focus is on Paleocene plants with some some vertebrates)
Intro starts about 6 minutes in, talk starts at 8:30
Â64 minutes