Ben Creisler
Some recent items:
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THIS MESOZOIC MONTH: JULY 2019
No abstracts book for now, but the final program is available as a pdf:
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International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs in Mongolia concludes
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Chinese researchers
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Itapeuasaurus from Brazil (in Portuguese)
with video and photos:
with video and photos:
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Sex appeal helped dinosaurs take flight
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Have we dug up every T. rex fossil? (Michael Benton interview)
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Local paleontologist recalls dig for Scotty the T-Rex 25 years later
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Researchers from Universidad de La Rioja (UR) in Spain are studying dinosaur tracks to understand biomechanics of dinosaur locomotion on soft ground (in Spanish)
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Portuguese paleontologist OctÃvio Mateus is first winner Âof University of Ãvora Career ÂAlumni ÂAward (in Portuguese)
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'Dinogirl'Â Clarissa Koos Makes Her Mark in the World of Paleontology
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Teenage fossil collector Ryuji Tagami has finds on display in dinosaur exhibitÂat Tokushima Prefectural Museum (in Japanese)ÂÂ
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Scientists and Miners Team Up to Preserve Opalized Fossils in Australia
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Senckenberg Naturmuseum teams up with Wyoming Dinosaur Center Thermopolis in project to excavate a 20-meter square block from a Late Cretaceous bonebed in Wyoming and ship it to Frankfurt for study at the museum. The block contains bones of Edmontosaurus, Triceratops, tyrannosaurs, and other animals, and will be prepared in public view. Â(in German)
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Interview with German paleontologist Bernd Herkne (in German)
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Protection for Scottish Isle of Skye fossils, including dinosaur tracks and bones
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Sauropod femur is removed from Angeac-Charente site and taken to work shed near Angouleme for preparation (with video) (in French)
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Sketches in the field of femur and other newly found sauropod bones
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Torrelara fossil site in Burgos, Spain, is a key piece in understanding dinosaur fauna in Europe (in Spanish)
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Ghost Ranch
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Non-dino stuff...
Newly discovered Labrador plant fossils give clues about ancient Cretaceous climate
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Cute marsupial had a fierce Pliocene fossil relative
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Genomic mechanisms for the evolution of flightlessness in steamer ducks
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02234-y
https://www.nature.com/magazine-assets/d41586-019-02234-y/d41586-019-02234-y.pdf
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Videos:
PBS Eons
How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World
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