[dinosaur] Cedar Mountain Formation dinosaurs + Pelecanimimus + Moroccan mosasaurs + more

Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

The Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah: North Americaâs Most Complete Early Cretaceous Record -- James I. Kirkland
Tate Geological Museum's Spring Lecture Series 2021: Cretaceous Dinosaurs- part 3 (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thhb6Jy-Acw

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Metrics for crushed and distorted sauropod vertebrae

https://svpow.com/2021/05/11/help-me-stats-people/

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Menefeeceratops: NMMNHS Researchers Help Publicize Newly Described Horned Dinosaur Found in New Mexico

https://media.nmculture.org/release/1301/nmmnhs-researchers-h

https://www.abqjournal.com/2390096/oldest-species-of-horned-dinosaurs-found-in-nm.html

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Pelecanimimus study reveals new information on anatomy of ornithomimosaurs (in Spanish)

https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-dinosaurio-de-Cuenca-que-revoluciono-la-historia-de-los-ornitomimosaurios-revela-nuevos-datos

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T. rexâs incredible biting force came from its stiff lower jaw

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tyrannosaurus-rex-bite-force-jaw-fossil-dinosaur

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More information has come out about Titus, the privately owned T. rex that will go on display at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, England. The specimen was found in Montana but is only 20 percent complete so the display will be heavily restored to an estimated 11 meters long. The preserved bones have "battle scars" and paleopathologies. The private owner is unidentified. (The source news article includes active links to the American commercial fossil dealer who found the fossil so links to the article are off limits on the DML.)

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Giganotosaurus skeleton at Ernesto Bachmann Museum in Villa El ChocÃn, Argentina, to be moved temporarily during renovations (in Spanish)

https://www.rionegro.com.ar/el-dinosaurio-carnivoro-mas-grande-se-va-del-museo-del-chocon-y-asi-sera-su-traslado-1809650/

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Big Eyes and Long Inner Ears Helped This Tiny, Owl-Like Dinosaur Hunt at Night
The chicken-sized Shuvuuia dinosaur had a fragile, birdlike skull, one-clawed hands and long skinny legs

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/big-eyes-and-long-inner-ears-helped-tiny-dinosaur-hunt-night-180977683/

Dinosaur tracks found in Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil (in Portuguese)

https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2021-05/estudo-confirma-presenca-de-dinossauros-em-mato-grosso-do-sul

Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit

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https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/giant-sea-lizard-fossil-shows-diversity-of-life-before-asteroid-hit/

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Why are there so damn many mosasaurs in Morocco?

https://www.nicklongrich.com/blog/pluridens-and-the-insane-incredible-neverending-diversity-of-moroccan-mosasaurs

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The Day the Earth Rained Glass (Chicxulub impact)

https://dailygalaxy.com/2021/05/the-day-the-earth-rained-glass-prelude-to-extinction/

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