Wyrex + Allosaurus find with skin + Aerosteon display + Apatosaurus skeleton bought + festive T. rex + more

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Ben Creisler

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Some additional recent news and blog items:

Wyrex, the Tyrannosaurus with a stump tail (in Italian)
"Wyrex", il Tyrannosaurus con la coda mozza


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Perfectly Preserved Wyoming Allosaur Snout Excites Dinosaur Researchers
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is all smiles after recovering an Allosaurus snout from the Jurassic Mile near Lovell, Wyoming. What has them most excited is its 150-million-year-old perfectly preserved teeth.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/19/perfectly-preserved-wyoming-allosaur-snout-excites-dinosaur-researchers/

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Aerosteon skeleton to be prepared and displayed at the Museo Cornelio Moyano in Argentina (in Spanish)

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Gnatalie, a 75ft long, five ton fossilized sauropod skeleton at the Natural History Museum

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OK, the sale is over and there are no live links to the auction house...

Apatosaurus skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-dinosaur-skeleton-million-euros-paris.html

"The buyer pledged to allow it to be displayed in a museum.
"We are happy that the buyer intends to lend it to an institution,"
"Under the contract of sale the future owner undertakes to give paleontologists access to the dinosaur to study it."

This is still not the same as permanent curation of the fossils in an accessible scientific collection...

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Post-Truthism, Brian J Ford’s Aquatic Dinosaurs, and the Fate of ‘Too Big To Walk’

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Prehistoric footprint: 'Ancient Life' will showcase New Mexico fossils from millions of years ago at New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

Bureau of Land Management Guide: Where can I see fossils?

https://www.blm.gov/programs/paleontology/where-to-see-fossils

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Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University is set to open in New Jersey in 2025

Meet FRED: The world's 1st-ever, nearly complete fossil database for New Zealand
The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community — but will it last?

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Tyrannosaurus Rex of London's Natural History Museum, a model like no other for the holidays
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