[dinosaur] Theropod Database + 2019 in dinosaurs, paravians + Dryptosaurus + Borealopelta + more

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Theropod Database update now online (Happy New Year 2020!)

http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2020/01/happy-new-year-2020.html

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Dinosaur statistics for the year 2019 (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2020/01/02/dinosauri-statistika-za-rok-2019/

Argentina was the most prolific country with 10 new genera, followed by China (9) and the US (5)...etc.

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Review of 2019 in paravians (including birds)...

https://albertonykus.blogspot.com/2020/01/review-of-2019.html

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Extinct dinosaurs of 2019 (including Cenozoic birds) (chart)

https://www.deviantart.com/albertonykus/art/New-Extinct-Dinosaurs-of-2019-825572656

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Tyrannosaurus teenage growth spurts and "Nanotyrannus"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teenage-it-rexi-fossils-reveal-tyrant-kings-haphazard-growth-spurts-180973891/

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-teen-age-trex.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-argues-that-a-dwarf-t-rex-species-never-existedÂÂ

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Dryptosaurus Skeletal Mount in Trenton, New Jersey

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dryptosaurus-skeletal-mount

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Determining the sex of the Borealopelta skeleton (Canadian TV show Nature of Things) (with video preview)

https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/sexing-a-fossil-thats-millions-of-years-old

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DINOSAURS!: From Cultural to Pop Culture -Â

1853: Dinner Inside an Iguanodon

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/12/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture_31.html

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1837: The First Dinosaur Reconstruction

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/12/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture_16.html

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1833: HylaeosaurusÂ

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/12/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture_2.html

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1831: The Iguanodon's "Horn"

https://jazinator.blogspot.com/2019/12/dinosaurs-from-cultural-to-pop-culture.html

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Bones of Aquatic Reptiles Were Solely Evolved for Swimming in Prehistoric Seas

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/24569/20200101/the-bones-of-aquatic-reptiles-were-solely-evolved-for-swimming-in-prehistoric-seas.htm

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Placodont brainsÂ

http://godzillin.blogspot.com/2020/01/cerebros-de-placodontos-en-el-63rd.html

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12 Â2019 discoveries in vertebrate paleontology from Portugal

http://lusodinos.blogspot.com/2019/12/12-descobertas-de-2019-na-paleontologia.html

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Latest Ape from Europe Moved Unlike Any Primate Alive Today

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/ancient-primate-movement

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Early modern humans cooked starchy food in South Africa, 170,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-early-modern-humans-cooked-starchy.html