[dinosaur] Dino death pose + hunt for Australia's apex theropod + Edmontosaurus + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Cretaceous Q&A: "Why do we find dinosaurs in the death pose?"
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (video)

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

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Dinosaur hunters on the trail of Australiaâs apex predator theropod
Under the dusty red soil of outback Queensland, experts believe an ancient superpredator could be lying in wait.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/dinosaur-hunters-on-the-trail-of-australia-s-apex-predator-20210610-p57zxa.html

Edmontosaurus (The Canadian Encyclopedia)

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edmontosaurus

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More on newsÂitem posted earlier...

145-million-year-old dinosaur neckbone fossil discovered in Teruel

https://spanishnewstoday.com/145_million_year_old_dinosaur_neckbone_fossil_discovered_in_teruel_1609424-a.html

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Dinosaur speed (in Czech)

https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/dinosauri-olympiada-kdo-byli-nejrychlejsi-sprinteri-z-rise-dinosauru

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Crocodile eggs and possible theropod egg found at Presidente Prudente Cretaceous site in Brazil (in Portuguese)

https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/ciencia/paleontologo-acha-ninhada-com-ovos-de-crocodilo-e-dinossauro-no-interior-de-sao-paulo,cb078b1ed1b03dcb93321ed075dce67aseuenwn8.html

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Science Tonight: Live from a Dino Dig!
Paleontologist Lindsay Zanno live from New Mexico dinosaur dig
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5O76Q7OELU

"Keep Your Skeleton in the Closet" w/ Dr. Mariana Di GiacomoÂ

Fossil Friday Chats
Alf Museum of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3yMz16Cyeo

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UK paleontologist Michael Benton awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire) "for services to palaeontology and to community engagement," including the Bristol Dinosaur Project
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/june/queens-birthday-honours.html

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/992888/Queen_s_Birthday_Honours_List_2021_-_Gov.uk_-_FINAL__1_.pdf

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Museum fÃr Naturkunde Berlin joins with other museums in Germany to address colonial period objects in their collections, including dinosaurs from Tanzania, with data repository

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https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/about/news/germany-wide-pilot-project-record-colonial-collection-items

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A D.C. Public Library Is Holding A Dinosaur-Roaring Contest â And Yes, Adults Can Participate

https://dcist.com/story/21/06/10/dc-public-library-dinosaur-roaring-contest/

https://www.dclibrary.org/node/68138

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Non-dino:

Beasts Before Us, Chapters 5/6, read by Elsa Panciroli (video)

Elsa Panciroli reads an excerpt from chapters 5 and 6 of her new book, 'Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution'. Â(Permian, Triassic synapsids...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gkERfoRB-Y

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Kathryn Knight (2021)
Alligators' metatarsals rotate and skew as they twist and turn
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (11): jeb242786.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242786
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/224/11/jeb242786/269001/Alligators-metatarsals-rotate-and-skew-as-they

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Fossils of mating turtles (in Russian)

https://elementy.ru/kartinka_dnya/1377/Okamenelaya_parochka

Fossils found in garbage dump in Spain

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/see-the-fabulous-fossils-unearthed-in-a-garbage-dump-feature

The Giant Megalodon Mega-Shark May Have Been Even Bigger Than We Thought

https://www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-mega-shark-megalodon-may-have-been-even-bigger-than-we-thought

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Paratethys, giant Miocene lake in Eurasia

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/rise-and-fall-world-s-largest-lake

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-charts-the-rise-and-fall-of-eurasia-s-ancient-megalake

Free pdf link to paper:

Dan Valentin Palcu, Irina Stanislavovna Patina, IonuÈ Èandric, Sergei Lazarev, Iuliana Vasiliev, Marius Stoica & Wout Krijgsman (2021)
Late Miocene megalake regressions in Eurasia
Scientific Reports 11, Article number: 11471
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91001-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91001-z

Free pdf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91001-z.pdf

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What did the Denisovans look like? How did they go extinct? Full guide to the ancient humans
BBC Science Focus Magazine

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/denisovans/

The littlest Homo: Homo floresiensis--Paige Madison interview

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https://twilightbeasts.org/2021/06/09/the-littlest-homo/

Trace fossils

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/trace-fossils-the-most-inconspicuous-bite-sized-window-into-ancient-worlds/

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"Cruisin' and Dancing to the Fossil Record" w/ Ray Troll | Fossil Friday Chats
Alf Museum of Paleontology (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VclqYrueZN4

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