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Old 10-05-2015, 09:41
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Yes indeed - this is the best 'evidence' for a young earth their truly towering intellects can come up with!

A few more discussions on Ye qi.

https://qilong.wordpress.com/2015/05...ange-tidwings/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...yi-qi-is-neat/
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Old 10-05-2015, 11:33
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Creationist are far too holy to urinate.
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Old 10-05-2015, 20:48
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Creationist are far too holy to urinate.
That would explain a lot - all of that urea and toxic chemical build up must addle their brains.
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Old 11-05-2015, 22:50
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Not much going on over the last few days so a bit about Xenosmilus - a unique sabre-tooth around the size of a lion but so incredibly powerful and robust that it weighed twice as much (up to 400 kg) and was one of the most formidable felines that has ever existed on this planet.

'Cookie-cutter-cat' sounds very cute ... until you see it's skull and read about this monster's gruesome method of dispatching it's prey.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g6...113_web-lg.jpg

http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-113-lg.jpg

http://prehistoric-fauna.com/Xenosmilus

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....e-name-sounds/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenosmilus

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-ver...milus-hodsonae
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Old 13-05-2015, 08:29
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A few recent stories and blog posts that may be of interest to some.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....or-the-beasts/

http://markwitton-com.blogspot.co.uk...e-our-new.html

http://phys.org/news/2015-05-dinosau...-predator.html

http://pteroformer.blogspot.co.uk/20...ng-filthy.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fo...asts-1.3066855
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Old 13-05-2015, 23:24
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Some very interesting new research on the evolution and origin of bird beaks.

http://www.nature.com/news/dino-chic...s-born-1.17507

http://www.livescience.com/50802-chi...s-created.html

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ird-evolution/
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Old 14-05-2015, 12:05
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Another article on bird beaks and dino-chickens.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150...ce-of-dinosaur
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Old 18-05-2015, 20:17
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This looks rather fun for those who can get the channel.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Paleo...a-481455.shtml
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Old 18-05-2015, 20:21
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This looks rather fun for those who can get the channel.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Paleo...a-481455.shtml
I rather enjoy Channel 4's 'Inside Nature's giants' but this is taking it to a whole new level. I'd not heard of this but I'll definitely be checking it out, nice one!
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Old 18-05-2015, 20:26
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I rather enjoy Channel 4's 'Inside Nature's giants' but this is taking it to a whole new level. I'd not heard of this but I'll definitely be checking it out, nice one!
You are welcome.

I cannot get the programme but I expect it will come onto Freeview at some point.

Very nice reconstructions of Varanus priscus (Megalania) and Australovenator.

http://orig05.deviantart.net/3e7b/f/...a7-d8qvivh.jpg

http://orig09.deviantart.net/9f0c/f/...26-d8qsgbr.jpg
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Old 19-05-2015, 13:11
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Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic...including an old fav of mine, Postosuchus.

https://archosaurmusings.files.wordp...ed-reduced.jpg
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Old 19-05-2015, 16:13
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Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic...including an old fav of mine, Postosuchus.

https://archosaurmusings.files.wordp...ed-reduced.jpg
Great stuff.

A recent story on the famous 'mummified' hadrosaur 'Dakota'.

http://www.kfyrtv.com/news/headlines...303828751.html
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Old 19-05-2015, 20:58
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A short video on Atlantochelys mortoni - another prehistoric mega-turtle.

http://www.livescience.com/50884-fos...nt-turtle.html

Size comparison.

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/...helys-size.jpg
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Old 20-05-2015, 16:10
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The epic history of the rhinos.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150...tory-of-rhinos

Sadly their long evolutionary journey is now finally coming to an end - and we all know why.

'Traditional' oriental medicine my arse.
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Old 20-05-2015, 17:20
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A link to the National Geographic site for their upcoming Tyrannosaurus 'autopsy' programme.

There are plenty of videos, photos, facts and even a quiz - it all looks like a lot of fun and the model really is superb.

My only minor quibble is that I would have personally covered the rex with far more protofeathers/feathers than it actually has - but as this point is mentioned in one the videos I expect it to be brought up in the documentary as well.

For those of you who can get the channel I hope that you watch and really enjoy the show.

http://natgeotv.com/uk/t-rex-autopsy
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Old 21-05-2015, 15:25
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The origin of snakes.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...955349/?no-ist

http://www.livescience.com/50902-sna...kles-toes.html

http://news.yale.edu/2015/05/19/anci...-new-hiss-tory
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Old 21-05-2015, 15:56
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The preposed museum on Portland has missed out on the £16 million bid for lottery cash:
No lottery money

Though they remain upbeat about opening in 2021.

Overall the project is set to cost £80million - I do wonder if its a bit of a white elephant, I recall the country went 'theme park crazy' back in the '90s and a lot of those failed. Being on the Isle of Portland could cause problems due to access being along just one road which is notoriously congested in summer.

In better paleontological news Dorset county museum won £10million funding to build a new discovery centre for its collection of fossils and other Dorset related exhibits.
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Old 21-05-2015, 16:40
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The preposed museum on Portland has missed out on the £16 million bid for lottery cash:
No lottery money

Though they remain upbeat about opening in 2021.

Overall the project is set to cost £80million - I do wonder if its a bit of a white elephant, I recall the country went 'theme park crazy' back in the '90s and a lot of those failed. Being on the Isle of Portland could cause problems due to access being along just one road which is notoriously congested in summer.

In better paleontological news Dorset county museum won £10million funding to build a new discovery centre for its collection of fossils and other Dorset related exhibits.


I wonder if anybody on here has actually seen seen the magnificent Pliosaurus kevani skull in person?

Great funding news for the museum that houses it.
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Old 23-05-2015, 22:59
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A few stories that may be of interest.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....toothed-birds/

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=34716534

http://blog.seattlepi.com/bigscience...=0&33136101=10
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Old 26-05-2015, 19:49
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Fuzzy Stegosaurs - why the hell not?

http://pteroformer.blogspot.co.uk/20....html?spref=tw

Far better than the naked skinned abortions of Jurassic World - and a link to Mark Witton's wonderful gallery.

http://www.markwitton.com/print-stor...ery/4588356870
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:14
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Have we covered da eggs yet?

First evidence that dinosaurs laid colourful blue-green eggs
The American robin lent its name to a striking shade of blue, but the vivid hue may have been colouring eggs long before the bird evolved – perhaps long before any birds evolved. It may have appeared in the dinosaur ancestors of birds that lived 150 million years ago. Although recent studies have revealed the colours of dinosaur feathers, skin and scales, we had known nothing about the original colour of their eggs
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VWTRxe_w9v8

Spoiler


Which reminds me, it's time for something about roaches, albeit very deceased ones:

Predatory cockroach from dinosaur era found trapped in amber
IT'S OK, it's trapped. This exotic, praying-mantis-like cockroach that lived at the same time as dinosaurs was caught in amber about 100 million years ago. It is part of a newly discovered family of extinct predatory cockroaches.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VWTSg-_w9v8

And now for the Rocky Horror show, in the form of limestone rocky and and the wealth of fossils that it has revealed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleobi...ofen_Formation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnhofen_limestone

http://scitechdaily.com/pterosaur-rh...us-fossilized/
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Old 27-05-2015, 00:29
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Have we covered da eggs yet?

First evidence that dinosaurs laid colourful blue-green eggs
The American robin lent its name to a striking shade of blue, but the vivid hue may have been colouring eggs long before the bird evolved – perhaps long before any birds evolved. It may have appeared in the dinosaur ancestors of birds that lived 150 million years ago. Although recent studies have revealed the colours of dinosaur feathers, skin and scales, we had known nothing about the original colour of their eggs
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VWTRxe_w9v8

Spoiler


Which reminds me, it's time for something about roaches, albeit very deceased ones:

Predatory cockroach from dinosaur era found trapped in amber
IT'S OK, it's trapped. This exotic, praying-mantis-like cockroach that lived at the same time as dinosaurs was caught in amber about 100 million years ago. It is part of a newly discovered family of extinct predatory cockroaches.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VWTSg-_w9v8

And now for the Rocky Horror show, in the form of limestone rocky and and the wealth of fossils that it has revealed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleobi...ofen_Formation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnhofen_limestone

http://scitechdaily.com/pterosaur-rh...us-fossilized/
Great stuff!
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Old 27-05-2015, 22:12
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An exhibition on the remarkable Helicoprion is opening in Alaska.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150521/...alaska-sealife

http://www.alaskasealife.org/documen...%20Sharks!.pdf

Protoceratops and the difficulty in telling males from females.

http://blogs.plos.org/paleo/2015/05/26/protoceratops/
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Old 28-05-2015, 08:26
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"A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, scientists report.

Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to between 3.3m and 3.5m years old.

It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as several other early human species, suggesting our family tree is more complicated than was thought.

The study is published in the journal Nature.

The new species has been called Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means "close relative" in the language spoken by the Afar people."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32906836
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Old 28-05-2015, 18:47
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"A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, scientists report.

Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to between 3.3m and 3.5m years old.

It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as several other early human species, suggesting our family tree is more complicated than was thought.

The study is published in the journal Nature.

The new species has been called Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means "close relative" in the language spoken by the Afar people."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32906836
Thanks for that - a couple more links on the story just in case any bloody Creationists are reading!

http://www.livescience.com/50986-mys...iscovered.html

http://www.livescience.com/50982-pho...-ancestor.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...man-evolution/

http://www.nature.com/news/new-speci...f-lucy-1.17644
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