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A load of links - far too much has happened over the last two weeks to list them all (it has been SVP 2015) but here are just a few.
![]() http://www.livescience.com/52538-sup...sauropods.html http://www.livescience.com/52506-texas-supershark.html http://markwitton-com.blogspot.co.uk...odactylus.html http://markwitton-com.blogspot.co.uk...continues.html http://www.livescience.com/52521-fos...xtinction.html http://svpow.com/2015/10/19/how-ligh...azhdarchid-be/ https://asunow.asu.edu/20151021-disc...speak-dinosaur http://svpow.com/2015/10/20/which-wa...gest-dinosaur/ http://www.livescience.com/52510-ado...-rex-jane.html http://www.livescience.com/52505-anc...ile-teeth.html http://www.livescience.com/52484-anc...mmal-hair.html http://www.livescience.com/52480-bab...gons-tomb.html |
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More links before I go to kip - including picky sauropod parents, a remarkable pig-nosed turtle and more fighting apatosaurs.
![]() http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....storic-turtle/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....rmous-turkeys/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....-dragons-tomb/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....the-dinosaurs/ http://svpow.com/2015/09/28/fighting...5-mark-witton/ http://svpow.com/2015/09/30/fighting...that-got-away/ http://svpow.com/2015/10/22/fighting...-world-speaks/ |
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This is very interesting indeed - two incredibly well preserved Cave Lion cubs have been discovered.
I am sure that there is far more to come on this story in the near future. http://siberiantimes.com/science/oth...000-years-old/ |
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Plenty more interesting stories - it's a very busy time in palaeontology - a true 'Golden Age'.
![]() http://phys.org/news/2015-10-ornitho...hers-skin.html http://phys.org/news/2015-10-simulat...ly-animal.html http://www.livescience.com/52605-anc...eneration.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...rus-180957084/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel...956982/?no-ist http://gizmodo.com/we-will-never-fin...why-1738395420 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....historic-puke/ |
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An early common ancestor of modern hominoids has been discovered.
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-primate...ee-extant.html http://news.discovery.com/human/evol...ong-151029.htm http://www.livescience.com/52630-pho...e-primate.html |
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Cannibal Tyrannosaurs, permafrost animal mummies and more on our own evolutionary history.
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-tyranno...aur-world.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...u-eat-science/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...ost-180957097/ https://twilightbeasts.wordpress.com...-little-china/ |
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A huge new Dromaeosaurid from the Hell creek formation of North America - Dakotaraptor steini.
A raptor of this size is very interesting in a land populated by Tyrannosaurs - Hell Creek was not a place you would want to visit in a hurry - unless you were Ronnie ****** Pickering. ![]() https://www.fossilera.com/blog/first...reek-formation http://novataxa.blogspot.co.uk/2015/...otaraptor.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakotaraptor |
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A new shitload of links for those who are interested.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....emonic-skulls/ http://phys.org/news/2015-11-rapid-e...-dinosaur.html http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...ippos-are.html http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...-ii-spino.html http://phys.org/news/2015-11-long-he...xtinction.html https://www.audubon.org/news/why-dod...new-reputation Finally a couple of very nice animations of a walking rexy and trike for the Saurian game. http://tyranttr.deviantart.com/art/E...saur-411646977 http://tyranttr.deviantart.com/art/T...-too-414046356 |
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More on Dakotaraptor and some other recent stories - including the incredible fact that carnivorous dinosaurs had an even wider gape than bloody Tracie Hopkins!
![]() http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...957166/?no-ist http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...e-south-dakota http://www.livescience.com/52679-rap...th-dakota.html http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2015/nove...saur-diet.html http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ur-a-new-look/ http://phys.org/news/2015-11-frogs-e...an-fossil.html |
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Even more on Dakotaraptor - this was one lightening fast and utterly lethal killing machine.
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-dakotar...on-lethal.html A few nice reconstructions of the beast. ![]() http://orig06.deviantart.net/dc90/f/...ht-d9fpbgn.png http://orig08.deviantart.net/1bae/f/...by-d9exsm7.jpg http://orig15.deviantart.net/bf76/f/...by-d9f34go.jpg http://img08.deviantart.net/c530/i/2...is-d9ewtr5.jpg http://img04.deviantart.net/ada9/i/2...ni-d9fjhm4.jpg |
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The incredible discovery of 520 million old arthropod brains, filter feeding plesiosaurs, the brutal, dangerous world of baby dinosaurs and an ancient 'fire frog'.
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-million...eontology.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...ale-180957211/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....rld-of-danger/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...ssils-mammals/ |
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Giant rats (recently killed off by humans), a flashy five ton 'superduck' and a Shasta ground sloth beautifully preserved thanks to a huge pile of batshit.
http://www.livescience.com/52757-gia...ils-found.html http://news.discovery.com/animals/di...est-151111.htm http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....rial-in-guano/ |
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Fouteen tons is a hell of a lot of weight to carry around on two legs. |
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More theories on the brutal battles of male Apatosaurs.
Now formerly dubbed the Brontosmash on the net! ![]() Just imagine these massive animals each weighing dozens of tons colliding in furious, damaging and violent conflict for mating rights and sexual dominance. A harem for the victor and the chance to pass on his genes to the next generation. Agony, shattered bones, ripped bleeding hide, humiliation and the possibility of being slowly eaten alive by opportunist theropods for the loser. But all's fair in love and war. http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...r-violent.html |
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Keyser_Soze1 Inactive Member I hope that is not permanent and that you will be with us again .And now for something really yucky; yes, it's dino vomit time: Dinosaur Puke Fossil Mystery Deepens A small, unusual skeleton in fossilized dinosaur yak discovered back in 1989 might not be the creature we thought it was after all. So what actually got caught in this prehistoric upchuck? Italian scientists tackle one heck of a cold case. |
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I hope that is not permanent and that you will be with us again .And now for something really yucky; yes, it's dino vomit time: Dinosaur Puke Fossil Mystery Deepens A small, unusual skeleton in fossilized dinosaur yak discovered back in 1989 might not be the creature we thought it was after all. So what actually got caught in this prehistoric upchuck? Italian scientists tackle one heck of a cold case.
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I'm sure he would appreciate any posts though i know he was upset at the thought of the threads dying off after he'd put so much work into them.more posts about puke and poo!!!!!! |
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apparently it is permanent
![]() ![]() Keyser Soze must've had an evil side to him! Hhhhmmm - actually given his name, I suppose that was quite likely ![]() Shame, I thought his work on this thread quite enlightening.
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I've been looking at those links and they're fascinating. I had no idea we had so much factual information about dinosaurs. I'm ashamed to say I almost thought they were mythical creatures, or at least that most of the information about them was speculation. Now I see there are thousands of fossils - amazing.
Does anyone know if we know for sure that they were wiped out in a meteor strike? Or are there alternative theories about why they're not around today. |
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Yes, it's fossil time again but with a difference - it's fossil trees:
Fossilized Tropical Forest Found — in Arctic Norway A tropical forest densely packed with 12-foot-tall trees with flared trunks and curved branches of needle leaves — Dr. Seuss would have felt right at home — covered an area near the equator some 380 million years ago. Scientists spotted the fossilized stumps a long way from this location — in Arctic Norway. Not only did the researchers date the forest as one of Earth's oldest, but they also suggest it may have contributed to a dramatic drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels traced to that time in our planet's distant past. There are actually a number of tree species that survived the dinosaur era intact and they can be freely bought and planted out for novelty value (with the landowner's permission, of course) The Pinosaur - https://www.google.co.uk/#q=buy+woll...UK%7CcountryGB Ginkgo biloba - https://www.google.co.uk/#cr=country...uy+ginkgo+tree |
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Thanks for keeping this thread going, Keyser will be happy. I love reading it.
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