[dinosaur] Dinosaur golden age + Ischigualasto bone mass + dinosaur symposium + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Paleontologists cheer a new golden age of dinosaur discoveries (in Canada and beyond)

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/paleontologists-cheer-a-new-golden-age-of-dinosaur-discoveries/

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Dinosaur statistics for 2019 (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/07/01/dinosauri-statistika-roku-2019/

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Mass of fossil bones found in Triassic Ischigualasto rocks (a waterhole where animals died in a drought) to be moved intact to the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de San Juan in San Juan, Argentina, for display and study (in Spanish)

https://sisanjuan.gob.ar/noticias-ciencia-tecnologia-e-innovacion/item/15500-comenzaron-las-tareas-que-permitiran-la-extraccion-del-cementerio-de-dinosaurios

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Tyrannosaurus vs Alamosaurus

http://starvisions.blogspot.com/2019/07/tyrannosaurus-vs-alamosaurus.html

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Ron Schmidtling: ÂDynamoterror talk at Gem Society meeting in San Clemente, California

https://www.sanclementetimes.com/gem-society-host-talk-discovery-t-rex-ancestor-dynamoterror/

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8th Symposium About Dinosaur Paleontology and Their Environment (2019)
VIII Jornadas Internacionales sobre PaleontologÃa sobre Dinosaurios y su entorno 2019 (in Spanish)

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2019/02/arrancan-las-viii-jornadas.html

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Fossilized Dino Bones Are Home to Diverse Microbial Communities

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/fossilized-dino-bones-are-home-to-diverse-microbial-communities-66062

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Prehistoric Crocodiles Preferred Plants Over Prey
A study of croc teeth show many species during the time of the dinos were herbivores and omnivores, not strict meat eaters

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-crocodiles-would-have-ordered-salad-180972518/

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Creating giant crocodile model for new exhibit Saurier -- Giganten der Meere [Saurians -- Giants of the Sea] (in German)

https://www.ovb-online.de/rosenheim/landkreis/ausstellung-rosenheimer-lokschuppen-urzeit-krokodil-bereits-12651180.html

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Mark Witton's The Palaeoartistâs Handbook

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2019/6/28/mark-wittons-the-palaeoartists-handbook

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Book about Russian paleoartist Konstantin Flerov available as free pdf (in Russian)

https://vk.com/doc255198792_507891952?hash=332a9da4102bfac81d&dl=d7024a2ab4236451d3

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Why Jurassic Park's Dinosaurs Don't Have Feathers

https://screenrant.com/jurassic-park-dinosaurs-no-feathers-reason/

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Visiting Dinosaur National Monument

https://mailtribune.com/lifestyle/walls-of-bones-06-28-2019

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Maximo the Field Museum Patagotitan (cast) will now chat with people

https://www.livescience.com/65837-titanosaur-maximo-chats-with-you.html

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/maximo-titanosaur?chat=open