Eotyrannus + Phil Currie + Alaska Cretaceous bird tracks + ichthyosaurs + Inostranscevia + brontotheres + more

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler

bcre...@gmail.com

Some recent items:

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We’re closer to re-creating the sounds of Parasaurolophus
Preliminary model suggests the dinosaur bellowed like a large trumpet or saxophone, or perhaps a clarinet.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/one-scientists-quest-to-recreate-call-of-parasaurolophus/

https://www.iflscience.com/what-did-dinosaurs-sound-like-new-parasaurolophus-model-hopes-to-find-out-76899

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Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan's first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-paleontologists-saskatchewan-centrosaurus-citipes-elegans.html

https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/saskatchewans-first-centrosaurus-and-citipes-elegans-fossils-discovered-mcgill-researchers-361239

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/1st-fossil-specimens-of-a-horned-dinosaur-species-1.7390820

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(Re)otyrannus - revisiting the “father of all tyrants”, Eotyrannus lengi
(new skeletal reconstruction of Eotyrannus lengi)

 
https://www.thecodontia.com/blog/reotyrannus-revisiting-the-father-of-all-tyrants-eotyrannus-lengi

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Staurikosaurus (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2024/11/12/jester-jizniho-krize-nejstarsim-znamym-dinosaurem/

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New study by Chinese researchers reveals hunting tactics and survival challenges of Allosaurus

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202411/1323512.shtml

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(Desperately seeking Troodon…)

Renowned dino hunter Philip J. Currie reflects on history of paleontology after turning 75

Alberta's Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum marks 10th anniversary next year

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-philip-currie-dinosaurs-paleontology-museum-fossils-1.7351517

 

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Fifth Dinosaur Dig by Westminster College Researchers Results in One of Most Contiguous Triceratops Findings in the World

https://news.wcmo.edu/fifth-dinosaur-dig-by-westminster-college-researchers-results-in-one-of-most-contiguous-triceratops-findings-in-the-world/

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Ankylosaurid Huaxiazhoulong, unearthed in China in 1986, identified as a new species

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ankylosaurid-dinosaur-unearthed-china-species.html

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Tail Clubs Weren't Just for Ankylosaurs – Some Sauropods Had Them, Too

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/tail-clubs-werent-just-for-ankylosaurs-some-sauropods-had-them-too

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(Not yet mentioned....)

Colloquium Apr 18, 2024 - Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs with John Eiler from Caltech
NYU Physics (video)
77 min.

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

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Alaska Cretaceous bird tracks

Fossil tracks push range of large bird northward

https://www.uaf.edu/news/fossil-tracks-push-range-of-large-bird-northward.php

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Why do giant sea dragons keep being found inland in Britain? (with Dean Lomax)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39nyngyldyo

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Discovering the Ichthyosaur: “Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada” opens Sept. 7 and runs through Jan. 11, 2026 at Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.The 9,000-square-foot exhibition tells the ichthyosaur’s story through a unique blend of paleontology, art, history, and design.

https://travelnevada.com/arts-culture/discovering-the-ichthyosaur/

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Moschorhinus ‘beast head’ survived mass extinction due to stocky build
First study of skeletal fossils of a large carnivore from South Africa reveals formidable predator

https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-024-00319-z

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Inostranscevia: the globe-trotting super-predator from hell with Steve Wroe
RealPaleontology (video)
15 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7SvNrssXxs

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How mammals got their stride

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/11/how-mammals-got-their-stride/

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Notobatrachus degiustoi tadpoles found in the Jurassic of Argentina. The oldest in the world. (in Spanish)
Encuentran renacuajos de Notobatrachus degiustoi, en el Jurásico de Argentina. Los más antiguos del mundo.

https://noticiasdepaleontologia.blogspot.com/2024/11/encuentran-renacuajos-de-notobatrachus.html

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And the rain lasted for 2 million years (in Czech)

https://dinosaurusblog.com/2024/11/20/a-dest-trval-dva-miliony-let/

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The dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth had a smaller accomplice called Nadir

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/nadir-crater

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End of the Mesozoic
Draper Natural History Museum (video)
21  min.

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



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Bighorn Basin Paleontology: How the Largest of the Largest Dinosaurs [Sauropods] Came to Be with paleontologist Michael D’Emic  
Draper Natural History Museum (video)
53 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ixelhD3t8

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Non-dino:

Your Gorgeous Hair Evolved From Frog Toes
SciShow (video)
7 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF_Pnru3zPA

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Fossil discovery reveals giant Eocene worm lizard with snail-cracking jaws

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fossil-discovery-reveals-giant-worm.html

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THUNDER BEASTS! (Brontotheres/Titanotheres)

Prehistoric Parade with Dr. Donald Prothero (video)
11 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiZIFG3Bh-o

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Sabertooth tiger mummy discovered in Siberia (and more news) (in French)
Une momie de tigre à dents de sabre découverte en Sibérie
Entracte Science with Julien Benoit (video)
82 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sryr5-eMmWM

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How Animals Got Butts
PBS Eons (video)
14 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1RKgaVhdw&t=746s

(NOTE FROM TEAM: We mixed something up! Earthworms are protostomes and starfish and humans are deuterostomes!!! Thank you to everyone watching closely enough to catch that!)