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Re: [dinosaur] Giant Jurassic turtle from Germany + Suuwassea "family" + 2019 dinosaur books + more



Tubby Turtle seems right :)

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 23:23 Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:
Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Thanks for solving this little puzzle. I didn't find Mobbl in the official online Bavarian Dictionary:

https://www.bwb.badw.de/en/the-dictionary.html

However, I later found a downloadable pdf list of German dialect words with standard German equivalents that matches Mobbl to Moppel.Â

http://s169ec5b9208bc716.jimcontent.com/download/version/1449747905/module/10242903098/name/%20w%C3%B6rterbuch.pdf


Maybe "Tubby Turtle" would work in English...

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 1:24 AM Heinrich Mallison <heinrich.mallison@gmail.com> wrote:
Mobbl is the Bavarian spelling of Moppel, which means 'Fatty'.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 21:31 Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Giant ÂJurassic marine turtle nicknamed "Mobbl" (but yet to be scientifically named and described) Âfinally prepared and put on display at Bamberg Museum of Natural History--the fossils were found in 2018 in a local limestone quarry. The material was recovered broken into hundreds of small pieces that had to be carefully reassembled as a virtually complete (but flattened) specimen 1.4 meters long. It's said to be the biggest Jurassic turtle found to date. [I'm not quite sure what the nickname "Mobbl" is about, said to refer to its "sheer size." Mobbl would literally mean something like "little mob" I assume (it's not in online dictionaries). Checking the internet, I came across the cartoon mascots Mobbl and Ratz for two playmobiles ["Spielmobile"]--big traveling trucks with games and cultural events for children in the region. Mobbl the mascot is a big lumpy-looking Âcreature, so maybe that's part of what the nickname is about.] (in German)

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Suuwassea "family" group of four skeletons (2 adults, 1 large juvenile, and 1 small juvenile) to go on display in Hamburg, Germany. The sauropod specimens were excavated in Wyoming and were privately owned, but were recently bought by the Hagenbeck Foundation for permanent display at the Hamburg Hagenbeck Zoo, where they will be available for scientific study and public viewing. (in German)Â

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Excavating new Brachiosaurus bone in Utah

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Dinosaur names: Complete your vocabulary with these awesome dinosaurs

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What did T. rex (and other non-avian dinosaurs) smell like? Â(in Czech)

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Pterosaur tracks in France solve 200-year-old mystery (in French)

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New dinosaur books from 2019 reviewed on Tetzoo

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Vellbergia find (in German)

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Paleontologists identify new Jurassic amphibian from Siberia

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