[dinosaur] Utahraptor + Triceratops + Tiny Titans exhibit + Volaticotherium + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

For Easter:

Cleveland Museum of Natural History titanosaur Easter egg from Aix-en-Provence, France (photo)

https://twitter.com/goCMNH/status/1378733465978474500/photo/1

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'Like a 9-ton game of pick-up sticks': Utahraptor megablock continues to reveal discoveries

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2021/04/02/prc-like-a-9-ton-game-of-pick-up-sticks-utahraptor-megablock-continues-to-reveal-discoveries/#.YGikjx9KjX4

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Spinosaur tail vertebra leads researchers on the right track

[originally posted in German version]

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-dinosaur-tail-vertebra-track.html

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Colorado Student Discovers Historic Tyrannosaurus rex Tooth

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/03/31/jonathan-charpentier-trex-tooth-boulder-county/

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Triceratops: Piecing the puzzle together at Melbourne Museum
Museums Victoria (video)

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

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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Hatches 'Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs And Babies. Online Exhibition

https://media.newmexicoculture.org/press_releases.php?action="">

https://ladailypost.com/new-mexico-museum-of-natural-history-science-hatches-tiny-titans-dinosaur-eggs-and-babies-online-exhibition/

Link:
http://nmnaturalhistory.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/virtual-tour-tiny-titans

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The Trouble With Dinosaur Bones and genetic information

https://www.sciencealert.com/how-much-genetic-information-can-we-get-out-of-ancient-bones

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MESOZOIC MONTHLY: VOLATICOTHERIUM
Carnegie Museum of Natural History

https://carnegiemnh.org/mesozoic-monthly-volaticotherium/

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Non-dino:

Ancient sharks with teeth like circular saws

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-technologies-reveal-strange-jaws-prehistoric-sharks-180977396/

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Whales and Hippos Evolved Water-Ready Skin Independently

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/whale-hippo-aquatic-skin

Free pdf of paper:

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822(21)00301-8

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Tiny Algae May Have Prompted a Mass Extinction
Dead algae sinking to the ocean floor may have sequestered carbon 445 million years ago, triggering the glaciation that accompanied the Late Ordovician mass extinction.

https://eos.org/articles/tiny-algae-may-have-prompted-a-mass-extinction

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Songs About the Fossil Record

http://albertonykus.blogspot.com/2021/04/songs-about-fossil-record.html

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Videos:

Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Virtual Speaker Program
April 10, 2021 3:00 PM
DR. THOMAS HOLTZ
PALAEONTOLOGIST â UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY WITH THE PHILIP J. CURRIE DINOSAUR MUSEUM
âTEEN TYRANTS IN A GIG ECOLOGY: TYRANNOSAURID ONTOGENETIC NICHE SHIFTS IN LIGHT OF THEROPOD GUILD HISTORYâ

https://dinomuseum.ca/events/virtual-speaker-series/

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Polar DinoFest DinoBite Speaker Jaelyn Eberle
"Finding Fossil Mammals in Canadaâs High Arctic"
Natural History Museum of Utah
22 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAOSI3nGniY

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"Virtual Paleontology" w/ Dr. Imran Rahman | Fossil Friday Chats
Alf Museum of Paleontology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zhDjnelXw

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What happened in the tropics during the last great extinction? (based on new paper)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ijeVkS-n4

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Science Division Live - Avian Tricksters
Garth Spellman discusses avian practical jokes
Denver Museum of Nature & Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF689pOjNLA

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