Dinofest 2026 bird and pterosaur talks + Changzhousaurus + Jian + Oxfordshire dino tracks + more news

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Jun 25, 2026, 7:08:31 PM (20 hours ago) Jun 25
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Catching up on some recent items:

Dinofest 2026 at Utah Museum of Natural History talk videos:


The origin of dinosaurian flight: an Archaeopteryx story, with Jingmai O'Connor
153 min.

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Raptorial Opposite Birds of Cretaceous North America, with Jessie Atterholt
31 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfqoCL8ZjXA

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Unusual avian lungs and the implications for their dinosaurian relatives, with Emma Schachner
29 min.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6SOBGURJZX4

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The rise of the first powered flyers: the deep history and early evolution of pterosaurs and their relatives, with Sterling Nesbitt
62 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvscEjuh23I

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Caelestiventus—Utah’s Fiercest Triassic Predator, with Brooks Britt
32 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VykFFp6EhIE


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Changzhousaurus: New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail

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Jian: new dino fossil may solve an ancient murder mystery


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University Nebraska State Museum researcher helps identify new feathered dinosaur species


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The Terrifying Reason Flightless Dinosaurs Grew Feathers
PBS Eons
11:30 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0YvYIAkUc

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Kryptohadros: New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Unearthed in Romania

https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kryptohadros-kallaiae-14850.html

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Hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints — left by giant sauropods and a meat-eating Megalosaurus walking across a soft muddy lagoon roughly 166 million years ago — were uncovered in Oxfordshire, England in 2025, in tracks so well preserved that paleontologists can measure the individual stride lengths of animals that walked the Earth before the first flowers had ever evolved

https://spacedaily.com/d-hundreds-of-preserved-dinosaur-footprints-left-by-giant-sauropods-and-a-meat-eating-megalosaurus-walking-across-a-soft-muddy-lagoon-roughly-166-million-years-ago-were-uncovered-in/


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Triassic dinosaur footprints

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Museum of the Rockies receives grant for ‘Big Al’ Allosaurus exhibition


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Interview: Steve Brusatte on why India could be the world’s next dinosaur hotspot

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Your Former Friends the Ex-Titanosaurs

Tylosaurus rex with Dr. Amelia Zietlow
People Are Fish
102 min.

250 Million Year Old Fossilised Lystrosaurus Embryo Discovered! with Jennifer Botha
People Are Fish
59 min.
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Revisiting Aquilops and Pentaceratops at the Sam Noble Museum

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Montsecosuchus (in Spanish)
Un fósil extraordinario de los Pirineos revela cómo era la piel de los cocodrilos de hace 125 millones de años

https://fundaciondinosaurioscyl.blogspot.com/2026/06/un-fosil-extraordinario-de-los-pirineos.html

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Yi: Beast of the Week

Sauroposeidon: Beast of the Week

Why Do Birds Lay Such Big Eggs? A New Study Suggests the Answer Lies in Their Brains

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New Research Shows “Proto-Turtle” May Not Be a Turtle Relative After All

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/turtle-origins

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Terrible Lizards Podcast: TLS12E06 Spinosaurus, Jurassic World & Troodon with Dave Hone live from Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2026
55 min.

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls12e06-spinosaurus-jurassic-world-troodon

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Terrible Lizards Podcast: S12DB12 What color were Triceratops horns?
13 min.

Terrible Lizards Podcast: S12DB11 What Bird Eyes Reveal About Dinosaurs
14 min.

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s12db11-what-bird-eyes-reveal-about-dinosaurs

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Paleo Nerds Podcast: Ep # 99 Gigantic Ichthyosaurs, Enormous Octopuses and the Importance of Museums, with Makoto Manabe
63 min.

Paleo Nerds Podcast: Ep #98 How One Fossil ("Jane") Can Change a Life with Scott Williams

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

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Tetzoo: Crocodylomorph Empire 2026

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Non-dino:


Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats
A misidentified skull in a museum collection turned out to be a very early saber-toothed cat, highlighting the evolutionary tendency toward longer and longer fangs.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/06/22/newly-identified-fossil-sheds-light-on-evolutionary-history-of-saber-toothed-cats/

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Australia’s Lost Predators. The Other 11 Species of Marsupial Lion: Part 1
RealPaleontology
15 min.

Australia's Lost Predators. The 11 Marsupial Lions You've Never Heard of: Part 2.
9 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3i1nIScO8

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Humanity Has Amnesia About Giant Sloths
PBS Eons
13 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjrt7qlGhl8

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Eocene (Pt 4): Ancient Beasts of the European Archipelago

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2026/06/eocene-pt-4-ancient-beasts-of-european.html


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Prototaxites: A unique extinct eukaryote from the Rhynie Chert, with Laura Cooper
Scottish Geology Trust
39 min.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaap28uu3BQ

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