Utah dino fossil site saved + Australian dinosaurs + Canadian T. rexes + Mesozoic marine reptiles + more

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler

bcre...@gmail.com

Some recent items:

A Utah city is pulling the plug on plans to build a power station on top of a premier fossil site. Here’s why.
Prized Jurassic dinosaur dig site in St. George no longer facing extinction

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/05/01/st-george-fossil-site-gets/

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Dinosaurs left behind clues about their maximum speeds, but do we know which dinosaur was the fastest?

https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/what-was-the-fastest-dinosaur

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Theropod Dinosaurs Could Have Had Hollow Bones Like Modern Day Birds

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/theropod-dinosaurs-could-have-had-hollow-bones-like-modern-day-birds

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Could you have outrun Tyrannosaurus rex? Yes, say researchers

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/could-you-have-outrun-tyrannosaurus-rex

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Terrible Lizards Podcast: TLS11E04 Curating Dinosaurs with ReBecca Hunt-Foster

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e04-curating-dinosaurs 

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VIDEOS:

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Inside a MASSIVE Dinosaur Lab at the Natural History Museum of Utah (How Scientists Find and Study Dinosaurs)
Ogden Dinosaur Park
26 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leACyGsrTp0

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Dr. Francois Therrien: From Scaly to Fluffy: the Dinosaurian Ancestry of Birds
Nova Scotia Bird Society
53 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8WVUnc17Q 

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Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Ribcage in Birds, Crocodiles, and Dinosaurs
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Presented by Dr. Yan-Yin Wang, MacEwan University, April 24, 2025.
53 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBSwrTEB1K0


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The Opalised Dinosaurs of Lightning Ridge - A talk for the Australian Heritage Festival
Found a Fossil
61 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JLsbljSh78

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Interview with a Palaeontologist - A talk for the Australian Heritage Festival
Found a Fossil
63 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq--Cp1QAFg

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Dinosaur Debate: Arguing Australia's Greatest Archosaur
Found a Fossil
71 min.

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

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Digging Dinosaurs: Tales from the Field - A talk for the Australian Heritage Festival
Found a Fossil
75 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd074IyG0O8 

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What really killed the dinosaurs? A look at the latest developments - Dr. François Therrien
Alberta Palaeontological Society
85 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_QgRIkMQ8 

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Tyrant Lizard Kings and Queens: A Tale of Canadian T. rexes - Dr. Emily Bamforth - Paleo 2025
Alberta Palaeontological Society
46 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp8cx5-c0Sw 

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Geographic area and body size relationships in the Dinosauria - Dr. Matthew Vavrek - Paleo 2025
Alberta Palaeontological Society
23 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLel_UTxh4

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New insights into amphibian anatomy, evolution and ecology - Dr. Hillary Maddin - Paleo 2025
Alberta Palaeontological Society
23 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaK-BbmCaWQ 

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The *TOP 10* Hardest Dinosaur Names To Pronounce
Ogden Dinosaur Park
4 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMa5RaBgyL8

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Ancient Footprints Reveal When Giant Flying Reptiles Took to the Ground

 
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-footprints-reveal-when-giant-flying-reptiles-took-to-the-ground

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/pterosaur-tracks-ground/

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Meet Fiona, The Pregnant Ichthyosaur Fossil (Science Friday audio)

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pregnant-ichthyosaur-fossil/

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John W. M. Jagt & Lars Barten (2025)
'Bèr', een iconische Maastrichtse mosasauriër -van opgraving tot eye-catcher in de nieuwe Mosasaurus Experience [Prognathodon saturator]
['Ber', an iconic Maastricht mosasaur --from excavation to eye-catcher in the new Mosasaurus Experience]
AFZETTINGEN WTKG 46(1): 17-29
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390549382_'Ber'_een_iconische_Maastrichtse_mosasaurier_-van_opgraving_tot_eye-catcher_in_de_nieuwe_Mosasaurus_Experience

weblink:
https://www.studiolouter.nl/en/studio-louter-natural-history-museum-maastricht-mosasaur-experience 

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Geologists Stumble Upon Remains of Giant ‘Sea Monster’ in Mississippi, Likely the Largest Mosasaur Ever Identified in the State

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/geologists-stumble-upon-remains-of-giant-sea-monster-in-mississippi-likely-the-largest-mosasaur-ever-identified-in-the-state-180986523/

https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/giant-sea-dragon-fossil-could-be-largest-mosasaur-ever-discovered-in-mississippi

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Not your typical Texas critter: Plesiosaur from 100 million years ago discovered in Celina (with video)
The marine predator fossils represent one of the most complete plesiosaur specimens in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science’s collection.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/05/01/not-your-typical-texas-critter-plesiosaur-from-100-million-years-ago-discovered-in-celina/

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Understanding Pliosaurs with Dr Judyth Sassoon - Episode 2: Anatomy
The Etches Collection (video)
30 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6L6CwJQOIo

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Cambelodon, Jurassic mammal 

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-jurassic-mammalian-fossil-unusual-tooth.html

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Oculudentavis:  The ‘Smallest Dinosaur Ever’ Lived 100 Million Years Ago And Was The Size Of A Bee Hummingbird

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/04/29/the-smallest-dinosaur-ever-lived-100-million-years-ago-and-was-the-size-of-a-bee-hummingbird/

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Student  Heath Caldwell who spent 4 years ‘playing paleontology’ at Montana State accepted to prestigious doctoral program

https://www.montana.edu/news/24519/student-who-spent-4-years-playing-paleontology-at-montana-state-accepted-to-prestigious-doctoral-program

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How to Watch ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ on PBS in the US (broadcast in June)

https://www.pbs.org/articles/how-to-watch-walking-with-dinosaurs

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17th International Scientific Dinosaurs Illustrations Contest 2025 (in Spanish)
XVII CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE ILUSTRACIONES CIENTÍFICAS DE DINOSAURIOS 2025

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2025/04/xvii-concurso-internacional-de.html

Contest rules in English:
https://www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/rules-and-regulations-scientific-illustration-contest-2025.pdf

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Non-dino:

Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?
PBS Eons
10 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNF6zoWwtgc

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Biggest biters of all time with Steve Wroe
RealPaleontology
25 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJbff0uNRtM

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DOGGEDLY EVOLVING (canid evolution)
Prehistoric Parade with Dr. Donald Prothero
7 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKenOB5Thg

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Paleo Nerds Podcast: Ep #85 Mammoth Tusks, Gomphothere Shovels and Elephant Trunks with Advait Jukar

https://www.paleonerds.com/podcast/advaitjukar

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How To Survive a Mass Extinction: Looking to the Crocs

https://nhmu.utah.edu/articles/2025/04/how-survive-mass-extinction-looking-crocs  

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How did Charles Darwin discover evolution? | Natural History Museum
10 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRup7D3-Jjc
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