[dinosaur] Highlands Ranch Triceratops + abelisaurid find + Mimodactylus + Mosasaurus + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

THIS MESOZOIC MONTH: NOVEMBER 2019

https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/11/29/this-mesozoic-month-november-2019/

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Important changes to the Comptes Rendus de lâAcadÃmie des Sciences journals--they are switching publishers and will now be open access and without author fees! Starts in January...

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/comptes-rendus-palevol/news/important-changes-to-comptes-rendus-de-lacadmie-des-sciences

https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/

Back issues from Elsevier will be open access as well.

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Open accessÂ Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution and Frontiers in Earth Science new research topic:

Early Avian EvolutionÂÂ

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12284/early-avian-evolution#overview

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New University of Calgary study examines lives of young dinosaurs

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/new-university-of-calgary-study-examines-lives-of-young-dinosaurs-1.4707234

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Dinosaur discovery: Styracosaurus Hannah's skull could lead to reassessment of dino fossils

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/dinosaur-discovery-hannah-s-skull-could-lead-to-reassessment-of-dino-fossils-1.4701350

https://phys.org/news/2019-11-dinosaur-skull-paleontology-assumptions.html

https://www.slashgear.com/new-dinosaur-skull-discovery-may-change-200-years-of-assumptions-29601624/

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Nevada dinosaur fossils and more (more than ichthyosaurs...)

https://tahoequarterly.com/winter-2019-2020/digging-into-nevadas-prehistoric-past

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Old bones, new finds: What major fossil discoveries reveal about prehistoric Nevada

https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2019/nov/29/old-bones-new-finds-what-major-fossil-discoveries/

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Highlands Ranch Triceratops in Colorado...

with video:

'Dinosaur Hunter' Natalie Toth Knows The Responsibility Of Being A Role Model

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/11/28/natalie-toth-dinosaur-hunter-role-model/

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https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/11/27/fossil-find-triceratops-colorado-muddy-mess-highlands-ranch/

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Dino News and Views: Where the dinosaurs are in Alberta

https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/opinion/columnists/dino-news-and-views-where-the-dinosaurs-are

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Lajasvenator

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/introducing-lajasvenator/

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New abelisaurid theropod specimen found in Cerro Overo in Argentina, bigger and more robust than Viavenator (in Spanish)

https://www.rionegro.com.ar/hallaron-un-nuevo-dinosaurio-carnivoro-en-neuquen-1182368/

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New species of rooster-sized dinosaur identified in China: XunmenglongÂ

http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2019-11-27/detail-ifzrakpz2267402.shtml

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/28/c_138590332.htm

Siamraptor

https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2019112200630/fossils-show-new-species-of-large-carnivorous-dinosaur.html

Siamraptor - dinosaur "robber" from Thailand (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/10/14/dinosauri-lupic-z-thajska/

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Identifying theropod teeth (in Portuguese)

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/2019/11/identificacao-de-dentes-de-dinossauros.html

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Ferrisaurus: Prehistoric Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2019/11/ferrisaurus-beast-of-week.html

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The Ruins of the Fabrosaur Empire (Ornithischia origins)

https://archosaurophilia.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-ruins-of-fabrosaur-empire.htmlÂÂ

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Could T. rex meet Australopithecus? (about radiometric dating of fossils 100 years ago) (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2019/11/28/potkal-se-t-rex-s-australopiteky/

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DINOSAURS!: From Cultural to Pop CultureÂ

1824: Megalosaurus

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/11/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture_26.html

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1825: Iguanodon

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/11/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture_28.html

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Targaryendraco: pterosaur named for Game of Thrones dragon

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/11/new-pterosaur-species-named-for-targaryen-game-of-thrones-dragons/

https://www.wtvm.com/2019/11/28/scientists-name-dragon-like-pterosaurs-after-house-targaryen-game-thrones/

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Mimodactylus: 95-million-year-old fossil reveals new group of pterosaurs

https://www.folio.ca/95-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-new-group-of-pterosaurs/

https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/u-of-a-scientists-help-discover-new-type-of-ancient-flying-reptile/wcm/4acb8b19-5681-49fe-be28-50e97c94d1a2

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The real Mosasaurus

https://dinomuseum.ca/2019/11/28/the-real-mosasaurus/

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Book review: Luis V. Rey's Extreme Dinosaurs Part 2: The Projects

http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2019/11/book-review-luis-v-reys-extreme.html

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About hypothetical dinosauroids and possibilities of their existence (in Czech)

https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/alternativni-historie-mohla-existovat-dinosauri-civilizace

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Go on a Jurassic scavenger hunt

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/jurassic-scavenger-hunt.html

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Bruno the Tethyshadros specimen (complete with skull) will go on public display at Castello di DuinoÂ in Italy (in Italian)

https://www.ilfriuli.it/articolo/viaggi/il-dinosauro-bruno-in-mostra-al-castello-di-duino/11/210480

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Lohuecotitan life-size model added to Museo de PaleontologÃa de Castilla-La Mancha in Spain (in Spanish) (with video)

http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2019-11-27/detail-ifzrakpz2267402.shtml

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Non-dino:

Cassowary fishing techniques

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/10/jungle-royalty-the-enigmatic-cassowary/

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How scientists solved the mystery of the Devil's Corkscrews

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-scientists-resolved-mystery-devils-corkscrews-180973487/

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Past Time Episode 33 â The Story of the Sloth

https://www.pasttime.org/podcast/past-time-episode-33-the-story-of-the-sloth/

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Why Male Mammoths Lost the Game
Eons PBS video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0Ifw8TJVw&t=134s

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Dr. Luis M. Chiappe announced as 2019 AAAS Fellow

https://nhmlac.org/press/dr-luis-m-chiappe-announced-2019-aaas-fellow

Yale Peabody Museum closing for 3 years of renovations and remounting and updating of specimens

https://www.courant.com/ctnow/things-to-do/hc-ctnow-things-to-do-yale-peabody-dinosaurs-new-haven-20191126-i2vacw7vmzdjdi5ybn3eccyrii-story.html