[dinosaur] Archaeopteryx claws + Martin Lockley + fossil cats + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting 2020 abstracts book free pdf:

https://mcusercontent.com/e9b67e64ee0183c2f8841196f/files/f5b93076-90b0-4f5d-947e-3100b5fb45c9/abstracts_booklet_2020_1_.pdf

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To Run or to Climb: Archaeopteryx Claw Function and Ecology with Tracy Thomson
Utah Friends of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwvnBfVT85Q

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The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs with Julia Clarke
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8-N_KwZfk

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7 dinosaurs that dominated Mexico (in Spanish)

https://www.ngenespanol.com/animales/7-especies-de-dinosaurios-que-dominaron-mexico/

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Stephan Lautenschlager interview, including work on Erlikosaurus

https://www.darwinsdoor.co.uk/interviews/talking-with-stephan-lautenschlager.html

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Martin Lockley: Meet the paleontologist who's following in the footsteps of Korea's dinosaurs

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/12/13/culture/koreanHeritage/dinosaur-footprints-martinlockley/20201213151307213.html

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World's largest theropod footprint was discovered in Bolivia (in Czech)

https://veda.instory.cz/1482-vedci-objevili-nejvetsi-znamou-stopu-draveho-dinosaura.html

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Largest species of Asianopodus footprints from Gansu province (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-7-11197-1.html

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Sauropod footprints in Qambo, Tibet, were attributed to King Gesar (with photos) (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-7-11201-1.html

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Irisosaurus from Yunnan (in Chinese)

http://www.uua.cn/show-7-11192-1.html

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ON THE ORIGIN OF PTEROSAURS

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/on-the-origin-of-pterosaurs/

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Brazilian paleontologists from University of Sao Paulo were part of study of pterosaur origins (in Portuguese)

https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/nacional/2020/12/10/interna_nacional,1219306/cientistas-da-usp-ajudam-desvendar-o-maior-misterio-da-paleontologia.shtml

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Late Cretaceous pteranodontid from Eastern Europe (in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/novosti_nauki/433739/V_kontse_melovogo_perioda_nad_Lysymi_Gorami_letali_severoamerikanskie_pteranodontidy

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Espen Knutsen (paleontologist at Queensland Museum) Âinterview about marine reptiles

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/qa-dr-espen-knutsen-paleontologist/news-story/5520b82103e08dec3ed23f6868734678

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Ichthyosaur Discovered on the English Channel Coast Is Identified as a New Species

https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action="">

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Wunyelfia, new plesiosaur from Chile (in Spanish)

https://www.uchile.cl/noticias/171120/descubren-reptil-marino-de-68-millones-de-antiguedad

https://redibinforma.com/art/1794/descubren-un-reptil-marino-de-seis-metros-y-68-millones-de-antigueedad-en-la-costa-de-pelluhue

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2020/12/descubren-un-reptil-marino-de-seis.html

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Sauroctonus (gorgonopsid therapsid) (in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/1277/Ubiytsa_yashcherits

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Dicynodont fossils from Brazil (in Portuguese)

https://diariosm.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o/paleont%C3%B3logos-da-ufsm-publicam-estudo-sobre-esp%C3%A9cie-encontrada-em-faxinal-do-soturno-1.2282355

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VINTAGE DINOSAUR ART: DINOSAUR LIVES (British Ladybird book)

https://chasmosaurs.com/2020/12/10/vintage-dinosaur-art-dinosaur-lives/

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Non-dino:

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/december/mass-extinctions-of-land-animals.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-mass-extinctions-land-dwelling-animals-million-year.html

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Cretaceous Origins of the Vibrotactile Bill-tip Organ in Birds

http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2020/12/probers.html

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Dinosaurs, the Second Chapter: Part 6 (A House Divided) Cenozoic bird evolution (podcast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqOeTa9Vm_w&t=3s

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Who's a Bonehead? How Reptilian Skull Roof Structure Provides Novel Insights into Evolutionary History

https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/press/press-releases/whos-bonehead-how-reptilian-skull-roof-structure-provides-novel-insights

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Fossil Cats (That Aren't Sabretooths)

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2020/12/fossil-cats-that-arent-sabretooths.html

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Sabertooths were heavyweights

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/12/saber-toothed-cats-were-surprising-heavyweights/

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Mary R. Dawson: Pioneer of polar paleontology

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2020/12/13/Mary-R-Dawson-paleontologist-carnegie-museum-of-natural-history-pittsburgh/stories/202012120034

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More videos:

Interview with Dr. Tyler Lyson, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and a live look at Tyler's recent groundbreaking scientific discovery out of Colorado Springs.
Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceÂ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yoElNh9Esc

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When Lizards Took Over the World

PBS Eons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peeX3PKOE_w

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Gila Monsters & Beaded Lizards Through Time [Paleo Talks EP32]
ETSU Natural History Museum & Gray Fossil Site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3u972QQe0Y

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