[dinosaur] Nationâs T. Rex + Diego Pol + polar dinosaurs + Living Dinosaurs exhibit + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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The 'Nationâs T. Rex' Prepares to Make Its Smithsonian Debut
In a new exhibit about "deep time" at the National Museum of Natural History, T. Rex is still the king

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/nations-t-rex-prepares-make-smithsonian-debut-180972194/#vCyRYam83qkuXpUC.99

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Podcast: AMNH SciCafe â Why Dinosaurs Matter with Diego Pol

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/podcasts/scicafe-why-dinosaurs-matter-diego-pol

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Polar dinosaurs in the frostÂ

https://dinomuseum.ca/2019/05/21/dinosaurs-in-the-frost/

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More on horned dinosaur find near Denver

https://www.5280.com/2019/05/more-dinosaur-bones-found-at-highlands-ranch-construction-site/

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Dinosaur traces indicate when Italy first emerged as islands 230 million years ago (in Italian)

https://tg24.sky.it/scienze/terra/2019/05/22/fossili-dinosauri-italia.html

https://www.tvsette.net/2019/05/22/paleodays-2019-ospite-di-tv7-il-paleontologo-cristiano-dal-sasso-video-foto/

http://paleoitalia.org/media/attachments/news_news/194/Paleodays2019_PROGRAMMA.pdf

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Megaraptors from Thailand (note that the original paper is currently retracted...) (in Italian)

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2019/05/nuovi-megaraptori-dalla-thailandia.html

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Oceanotitan (in Spanish)

http://godzillin.blogspot.com/2019/05/oceanotitan-dantasi-un-nuevo-sauropodo.html

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Leptoceratops, little-horned face (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/05/23/tvar-s-malymi-rohy/

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Dinosaur footprints found in Sakhon Nakhon national park in Thailand

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/dinosaur-footprints-found-in-sakhon-nakhon-national-park/

More photos (in Chinese)

https://www.thaiheadlines.com/%E8%89%B2%E5%86%9B%E5%BA%9C%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%81%90%E9%BE%99%E8%84%9A%E5%8D%B0/

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More details on Triassic archosaur footprint found in Antarctica by German researchers (in German)

https://www.neuepresse.de/Hannover/Meine-Stadt/Hannoveraner-finden-Dino-Fussabdruecke-in-Antarktis

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Turtles lived with dinosaurs above the Arctic Circle in Siberia, say scientists

https://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/turtles-lived-with-dinosaurs-above-the-arctic-circle-say-scientists/

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Metoposaurid May, Week 2

https://bryangee.weebly.com/blog/metoposaurid-may-week-2

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Frog that ate a salamander (and died) (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-10-9577-1.html

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"Living Dinosaurs" exhibit opens May 25 at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh (with pterosaurs too...)

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2019/05/23/National-Aviary-Living-Dinosaurs-Kids-Families-Fun-Pittsburgh-Birdly/stories/201905210102

https://www.aviary.org/media/news-releases/livingdinosaurssummer2019release

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Hubei Huangshi Zhanghe Dinosaur Hall officially opens with 100+ casts and skeletons of dinosaurs on display (in Chinese)

photos:

https://www.chinanews.com/gn/2019/05-19/8841352.shtml

http://www.hpzh.org/ffe753/20190507A08LV900.html

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Messel: An Ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem

https://twilightbeasts.org/2019/05/24/messel-an-ancient-greenhouse-ecosystem/

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When Fingers Changed Fins
A new study offers a surprising look at what happened when fishy fins evolved into arms and legs

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/when-fingers-changed-fins/?redirect=1

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Researcher connects the dots in fin-to-limb evolution

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/harvard-researcher-connects-the-dots-in-fin-to-limb-evolution/

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Burmese amber issues

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/fossils-burmese-amber-offer-exquisite-view-dinosaur-times-and-ethical-minefield

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videos:

The Doctor Hans Sues Is In, Smithsonian #DeepTime Series. Episode 6. (Stegosaurus diet, pterosaurs, earliest cats)
(Oops! Pteranodon with bat wings in video...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZRKCL4x1Q

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Dean Lomax, Palaeontologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM9nKSxojAo

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New PBS series about fossils from Northern Plains of US

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/im-making-tv-show

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