[dinosaur] Bat-winged dinos + Utah dinosaur tracks + Mexican Tylosaurus skull + history of toy dinosaurs + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Fossil Friday Roundup: July 26, 2019

https://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2019/07/26/fossil-friday-roundup-july-26-2019/

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Bat-winged dinosaurs: We used to think they were just long-fingered weirdos

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/bat-winged-dinosaurs/

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Tracking Dinosaur Stomping Grounds

Jurassic footsteps lie among the wonders outside Moab, Utah

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tracking-dinosaur-stomping-grounds

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Enormous thigh bone of a dinosaur found in southwest France (video)

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/26/watch-enormous-thigh-bone-of-a-dinosaur-found-in-southwest-france

https://www.france24.com/en/20190727-paleontologists-find-giant-dinosaur-bone-sauropod-france-angeac-charente

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Torrelara dinosaur excavation in Spain concludes with new discoveries (video in Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3cpVwP6uMU

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Tracks of giant theropods show migration connections between Europe and Africa (in Portuguese)

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/2019/07/pegadas-de-dinossauros.html

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Dinosaur bones: hidden life revealed inside them

https://theconversation.com/dinosaur-bones-hidden-life-revealed-inside-them-120536

Chinese Boy Obsessed with Science Discovers 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs While Playing

https://nextshark.com/boy-discovers-dinosaur-eggs/

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Poster for German pterosaur (may be a new genus)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334706709_Reassessment_of_the_enigmatic_pterosaur_'Ornithocheirus'_wiedenrothi_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Northern_Germany

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Cenomanian-Turonian Impact On Marine Reptiles

https://www.science20.com/heidi_henderson/cenomanianturonian_impact_on_marine_reptiles-240071

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Tylosaurus skull found in Ojinaga in Chihuahua is most complete known from Mexico (in Spanish)

https://www.elheraldodechihuahua.com.mx/local/descubren-en-ojinaga-craneo-de-mosasaurio-3947443.html

https://www.periodicoelmexicano.com.mx/local/hallan-craneo-de-dinosaurio-en-ojinaga-3947646.html

https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/republica/sociedad/denuncian-el-trafico-de-piezas-paleontologicas-en-chihuahua-3951091.html

https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/hallan-craneo-de-nueva-especie-de-mosasaurio-en-chihuahua/1326330

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'Compsognathus, the Dwarf Dinosaur from Bavaria' -- new book by Ernst Probst and Raymund Windolf (in German)

http://www.live-pr.com/compsognathus-ein-zwergdinosaurier-aus-r1050725536.htm

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Article about Japanese paleontologist Kobayashi Yoshitsune (in Japanese)

http://wedge.ismedia.jp/articles/-/16542

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Venice Museum of Natural History (with Ouranosaurus skeleton) be renamed in honor of Italian researcher Giancarlo Ligabue (in Italian)

https://www.veneziatoday.it/attualita/museo-storia-naturale-venezia-giancarlo-ligabue.html

https://www.vicenzapiu.com/leggi/la-giunta-comunale-intitola-a-giancarlo-ligabue-il-museo-di-storia-naturale-di-venezia/

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Italian amateur paleontologist Giovanni Todesco, who found the famous baby theropod Scipionyx fossil (nicknamed Ciro) in 1980, Âhas died at age 72. When he originally turned the fossil over to the state, he was put on trial for theft of a cultural asset.Â He was later acquitted. Earlier this year, he was given a special award in recognition of his discovery. Â(in Italian)

http://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza_tecnica/notizie/terra_poli/2019/07/27/e-morto-il-papa-del-baby-dinosauro-ciro-_dff0a1dd-e021-4ec8-b61a-882920e222fa.html

https://www.anteprima24.it/benevento/todesco-dinosauro-ciro/Â

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videos:

Some older video items not yet mentioned:

A Dinosaur in Oregon (2 min)

Greg Retallack with Museum of Natural and Cultural History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxjCYnKROQ

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New Fossil Discovery Offers Glimpse into the Day the Dinosaurs Died | NOVA | PBS (3 min)

A mass of fossilized fish, uncovered in North Dakota, appear to preserve the catastrophic fallout of the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.Â

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdM4i54nIE

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Older talk (2009) just posted that might be of interest:

"From Giant Amphibians to Dinosaurs: Antarctica during the Age of Reptiles" with Dr. William Hammer from 2009 (63 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_N_dIVHcY

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A new popular culture article (not free):

Michael E. Howgate (2019)
Modelling prehistory: from the Crystal Palace Park to 'Jurassic Park'
Geology Today 35(4): 153-160
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12281
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gto.12281

Dinosaurs and related 'prehistoric' fossil vertebrates have captured the imagination of children and adults from almost their first discovery in the early nineteenth century, and it is not surprising that physical representations of them would be made. From these early beginnings, there must be thousands of different prehistoric models out there in the 'Dinosaur Toy universe'. Even before the advent of the movie 'Jurassic Park', every toy shop had a display area devoted to them, and specialist toy manufacturers were bringing out very scientifically accurate models. But I want to concentrate on my favourites from the preâ'Jurassic Park' era and particularly those available in the USA and Britain. Some may look a bit like tailâdragging swamp dwellers, but I like them and so do many other collectors. As well as those the avid dinosaur collector might come across at model fairs and online I will also mention some that are more likely to be seen in museum displays.

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