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Lokiceratops + Diuqin + Oklahoma dinosaurs + Wyrex, bobtail T. rex + Jurassic Coast pterosaurs + bird evolution + more

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Ben Creisler

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Jun 21, 2024, 9:09:15 PM6/21/24
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Some recent items:

Fossil Friday grab-bag: bird diverticula, Oklahoma dinos, Tate trip pics, and more

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The Dinosaurs of Oklahoma - A Presentation by Sam Noble Museum Fossil Preparator Kyle Davies
Sam Noble Museum (video)
42 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS4zKVepZDw

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A new horned dinosaur, going on display in Utah, is altering how scientists think about evolution
The recently discovered Lokiceratops rangiformis will be on display at NHMU starting Thursday, at the museum’s fundraising gala.

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INTRODUCING DIUQIN LECHIGUANAE

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2024/06/22/introducing-diuqin-lechiguanae/

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Weighing 6 Tons, the Carcharodontosaurus Roamed Earth About 99 Million Years Ago

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Wyrex: The Deadly Mystery of the "Bobtail" T. Rex
Houston Museum of Natural Science (podcast)
31 min.

The Flying Reptiles of the Jurassic Coast with Dave Martill
The Etches Collection (video)
72 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdNrEu4X_tg

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Winging It: The Evolutionary Journey of Birds with Jingmai O'Connor
Burke Museum Dino Lecture 2024 (video)
58 min.

[Note that the section previewing the new Field Museum Archaeopteryx specimen is omitted in the online video since the research has not been formally published after peer review yet. I saw the full talk in person and some surprises may be in store when the papers appear.]

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Paleontologist: Paul Sereno

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Palaeo How-To: What is Palaeontology?


Mike Taylor

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Jun 22, 2024, 4:00:51 AM6/22/24
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> A new horned dinosaur, going on display in Utah, is altering how scientists think about evolution

How I hate headlines like this.

I remember once talking to a journalist who was interested in doing a piece on one of my papers. He asked me "Does this upend everything we thought we knew about evolution?" I looked at him and said "Well, no, it provides us with a bit more precision about one specific area". And right then he lost interest in the story.

-- Mike.






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Mike Habib

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Jun 24, 2024, 1:40:09 PM6/24/24
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On Jun 22, 2024, at 1:00 AM, Mike Taylor <saur...@gmail.com> wrote:


> A new horned dinosaur, going on display in Utah, is altering how scientists think about evolution

How I hate headlines like this.

I remember once talking to a journalist who was interested in doing a piece on one of my papers. He asked me "Does this upend everything we thought we knew about evolution?" I looked at him and said "Well, no, it provides us with a bit more precision about one specific area". And right then he lost interest in the story.

-- Mike.

Right there with you. Thing is, your answer would have been true for any paper and any word in the last position of his query. Which means that, really, that journalist shouldn’t be writing about anything ever. 

While this has long been an issue with media releases and popular writing, I have noticed a greater insistence on “changes everything” from popular venues (especially when working on popular articles or speaking with journalists). It used to be that I got more pressure to overplay the novelty. Now it’s more about being revisionist.

mkir...@gmail.com

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Jun 27, 2024, 4:22:48 PM6/27/24
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Here's one for you, Mike Taylor!
"Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group."

Mike Taylor

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Jun 28, 2024, 3:24:17 AM6/28/24
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Al right, that's it. I have a new career quest. I want to become a science journalism subeditor, so I can write headlines like "Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found incrementally improve scientific understanding of the long extinct group".

-- Mike.


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Ronald Orenstein

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Jun 28, 2024, 3:33:41 AM6/28/24
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Good luck with that....

While you're at it, you should also become a picture editor so that the illustrations accompanying articles about animals actually show the species being talked about.

Also, you might want to try to convince your fellow editors that not every extinct animal is a dinosaur, and that many of them did not live in the 'Age of Dinosaurs' (eg Dimetrodon...).

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Tim Williams

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Jun 28, 2024, 4:16:35 AM6/28/24
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Pffft.  What kind of clickbait do you call that?



On Fri, 28 June 2024, 5:24 pm Mike Taylor, <saur...@gmail.com> wrote:
Al right, that's it. I have a new career quest. I want to become a science journalism subeditor, so I can write headlines like "Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found incrementally improve scientific understanding of the long extinct group".

- Mike

mkir...@gmail.com

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Jul 22, 2024, 8:14:24 AM7/22/24
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From the land of overzealous headlines:

"34-Million-Year-Old Snake Discovered in Wyoming Changes Our Understanding of Evolution"
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