[dinosaur] Tyrannosaurus + dinosaur ears + Permian monsters book + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

The Magic Behind What Youâll See at the Smithsonianâs New Fossil Hall

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/05/smithsonian-fossil-hall-national-museum-natural-history-dinosaurs/

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A Decapitated Triceratops?! Inside The Natural History Museumâs New Fossil Hall

https://wamu.org/story/19/06/04/a-decapitated-triceratops-inside-the-natural-history-museums-new-fossil-hall/

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An Expert Explains How The Tyrannosaurus Rex Stacks Up To Other Massive Marvel Monsters

Marvel talked to Mark Norell, Curator at the American Museum of Natural History, about one of history's most powerful hunters!

https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/an-expert-explains-how-the-tyrannosaurus-rex-stacks-up-to-other-massive-marvel-monsters

16th Paleontological Excavations Campaign for dinosaurs fossils in the Sierra de la Demanda by the Archaeological and Paleontological Collective of Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, Spain (in Spanish)Â

http://aragosaurus.blogspot.com/2019/06/convocatoria-de-excavaciones.html

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Deinonychus (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/06/05/dinosauri-ikona-slavi-padesat/

Dinosaur ear openings (in Spanish)

http://palaeos-blog.blogspot.com/2019/05/donde-estan-mis-oidos-summer.html

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Jay Matternes murals of lost prehistoric worlds are featured in a new Smithsonian book

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/Meet-master-muralist-inspired-generation-paleoartists-180972282/

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Dinoblog get-together (in French)

http://www.dinosauria.org/blog/2019/06/05/les-rencontres-du-dinoblog-samedi-6-et-dimanche-7-juillet/

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Whiteside Museum of Natural History in Wichita Falls, Texas, celebrates 5 years, including local fossils of Dimetrodon and Seymouria (with videos)

https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/interviews/the-whiteside-museum-of-natural-history-5-year-anniversary-celebration/2049061078

Free book in Russian...

I posted an item about this book last year,Â written and illustrated by Dmitry Vladimirovich Bogdanov (his illustrations of extinct animals are widely used in Wikipedia). It's written in Russian for a popular audience.

D. V. Bogdanov (2018)

Mammal-like Reptiles and other Permian Monsters

Fiton XXI (2018) 280 pgs.

The entire book is now available at this link:Â

pdf:

https://vk.com/doc273711313_501511360?hash=221c1acc7ff77c1251&dl=8b7387404d7711bd07

(Why should dinosaurs hog all the prehistoric glory?)

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Why Did These Human-Sized Beavers Go Extinct During the Last Ice Age?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-these-human-sized-beavers-go-extinct-during-last-ice-age-180972334/