[dinosaur] Dinosaurs that flew + Australotitan + Tlatolophus + ancient DNA + more

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

Ben Creisler

bcreisler@gmail.com

Some recent items:

Dinosaurs Evolved Flight at Least Three Times
A new study finds that many feathered dinosaurs were more aerodynamic than previously thought

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaurs-evolved-flight-least-three-times-180977883/

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More on Australotitan

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1003975808/australia-biggest-dinosaur-titanosaur-cooper-discovery-outback

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57394830

News videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMvM9JTBDW0

Paleontologist Scott Hocknell discusses Australiaâs new dinosaur discovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7z2CeV-QjQ

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Whatâs the difference between a cervical and dorsal vertebra?

https://svpow.com/2021/06/06/whats-the-difference-between-a-cervical-and-dorsal-vertebra/

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Tlatolophus: Beast of the Week

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2021/06/tlatolophus-beast-of-week.html

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Remembering Tilly Edinger, the pioneering 'brainy' woman who fled Nazi Germany and founded palaeoneurology

https://theconversation.com/remembering-tilly-edinger-the-pioneering-brainy-woman-who-fled-nazi-germany-and-founded-palaeoneurology-160194

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Dinosaur tracks found around Lake Barreales in Neuquen (in Spanish)

Los secretos de los dinos, estampados en sus huellas
Revelan hallazgos de pisadas que dejaron los gigantes en Barreales.

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2021/06/los-secretos-de-los-dinos-estampados-en.html

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Atlas Copco lizard (Atlascopcosaurus) (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2021/06/08/jester-spolecnosti-atlas-copco/

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Cretaceous Q&A: "Why do we find so many dinosaurs in Alberta?" (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXoDKB_jc0Q

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Images of Triceratops fossil scales and skin (not yet described)

https://twitter.com/ManucciFabio/status/1401921737630130184/photo/1

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Living theropod moment...
When a shoebill comes to greet you, it sounds like a gunfight just broke out (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgYT3HfgP8

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If dinosaur paleontologists named living animals...

http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2021/06/taxonomemetica.html

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Non-dino:

What can we learn from ancient DNA? |Â

Live Talk with NHM Scientist Selina Brace
Natural History Museum (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyN8zaYcG7c&t=4s

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PBS Series Prehistoric Road Trip from last year now free online on YouTube.
(Official PBS website requires a "passport" to watch the videos online.)

Episode 1: Welcome to Fossil Country â Prehistoric Road Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2i6sbNimf0

Episode 2: We Dig Dinosaurs â Prehistoric Road Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA7nIH_P_g

Episode 3: Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts â Prehistoric Road Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NWHDJ_QZDQ


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Taking A New Look At Some Old Bones (with audio)

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003266832/taking-a-new-look-at-some-old-bones

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A Puzzling Extinction Event Almost Wiped Out Sharks

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/puzzling-miocene-extinction-event-almost-wiped-out-sharks-existence-180977893/

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Paleontologists for the first time discover the pierced skull of a Pleistocene cave bear

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/ufu-pft060721.php

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99-million-year-old snail fossilized in amber while giving birth

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-million-year-old-snail-fossilized-amber-birth.html
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