Dawn of the dinosaurs + Natalia Jagielska + Nanotyrannus and Stygivenator + spinosaurs + more

101 views
Skip to first unread message

Ben Creisler

unread,
Jan 7, 2026, 4:00:10 PM (3 days ago) Jan 7
to DinosaurMa...@googlegroups.com
Ben Creisler

Some recent items:

Free pdf:

Amy McDermott (2026)
Can paleontologists pinpoint the dawn of the dinosaurs?
We know that an asteroid impact ended the age of the dinosaurs. Now, researchers are uncovering the early evolutionary steps that set the stage for their impressive reign.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(2): e2535891123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535891123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535891123

===



====

Dinosaurs discovered in 2025 that surprised paleontologists

====

Free pdf:

====


Study Explores How Pterosaurs Evolved a Flight-ready Brain

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/pterosaurs-brain

====
====

More fallout from Nanotyrannus papers:

How Many Tyrannosaurs Lived In The Hell Creek? The Return of Stygivenator.
Nick Longrich Evolution and Paleontology (video)
37 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e_yDs3GBkY

===

Nanotyrannus taxonomy, overexplained with James Napoli
Skeleton Crew (video)
29 min.

===
===


Rare fossil rewrites the story of early dinosaurs in the Southwest

===

Terrible Lizards Podcast TLS12DB01 Spinosaur Bites with Dave Hone
14 min.

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls12db01-spinosaur-bites

====

Paleo Nerds Podcast Ep #93 Cretaceous Kansas Geology with Kate Andrzejewski
Ray gets schooled on the Cretaceous geology around the shores of Kansas Lake Kanopolis by paleontologist Kate Andrzejewski
64 min.

====

Dr. Thomas Carr, director of the Paleontology program at Carthage College (audio interview)
50 min.

https://www.wgtd.org/playlist/morning-show/ms-dr-thomas-carr-0 

====


Dr. Brian Curtice’s 2026 Paleontology Predictions: Saurophaganax, Sauropods, T. rex, and More #dinosaurs
Fossil Crates (video)
8 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_M7X4AdqpQ

====


====

Bringing Extinct Animals To Life: Is Artificial Intelligence Helping Or Harming Palaeoart?

https://www.iflscience.com/bringing-extinct-animals-to-life-is-artificial-intelligence-helping-or-harming-palaeoart-81931


====
====


Non-dino:


The Coolest Fossils of 2025
SciShow (video)
12 min.

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

====

Prehistoric Mammal Discoveries 2025

====

Diprotodontians Forever: the Vombatiform Radiation, Part I

====

Ammonites survived asteroid impact

Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages