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This Week in Dinosaur News: Dinosaur Ages, Jurassic World 2 Theories, Dinosaur Costumes, and More

Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:

  • Why dinosaurs grew beaks, according to Antediluvian Salad
  • Researchers found a way to determine adult dinosaurs age, according to Cambridge University Press and Phys
  • Inverse published an article about Bolortsetseg Minjin, founder of the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs
  • NME reported on Hevisaurus, a Finnish heavy metal dinosaur band
  • According to Games Radar, the director of Kong: Skull Island decided not to use dinosaurs but instead create creatures inspired by Pokemon
  • Geekologie posted a video of a cat in a dinosaur costume hatching from an egg
  • Titanosaurs may have used osteoderms as a source of calcium, according to Nature
  • Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology has a Youtube channel
  • Paleoillustration has a short video of an Alaskan Troodon
  • Times Live reported on an 11-year-old boy who found a dinosaur tooth
  • The Bitter Southerner wrote a day in the life of Appalachia in the Cretaceous
  • Scientists find variation in Iguanodon bernissartensis postcranial skeletons, according to Science Direct
  • Scientific American reported on the history of paleaoart memes
  • The latest Morphite trailer shows dinosaurs fighting, according to Touch Arcade
  • Chicago restaurateur Nick Kokonas nearly pranked OpenTable with dinosaurs, according to Eater
  • Desert Museum in Coahuila, Mexico, has a new dinosaur, Yehuecauhceretops, according to AOL News and PressTV
  • Jurassic World 2 may cover the issue of dinosaur rights, according to Movieweb
  • A man in Calgary, Canada has dressed up as a dinosaur to dance for his sick wife, according to Calgary Sun
  • A team in China’s Zhejiang Province have found 82 fossil sites and 25 types of eggs, according to Daily Star and Xinhuanet
  • M Live reported on the BFD Breakfast Beer PJ Party at Clubhouse BFD in Michigan
  • Scientists discovered an enantiornithine bird, Cruralispenna multidonta, according to Nature and Raptormaniacs
  • CBS News shared stories about Barnum Brown, to commemorate his 144th birthday
  • Nebraska has a new program to help preserve fossils as more roads are developed, according to 1011 Now

This Week in Dinosaur News: Dinosaur Brain Tissue, Titanosaurs in Australia, Dinovember, and More

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Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news: 

  • Discovery of titanosaurs Savannasaurus elliottorum and Diamantinasaurus matildae from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia, show that sauropods may have come to Australia from South America via Antarctica, according to Nature, NPR, BBC, and The Verge
  • The bird-like dinosaur Avimimus may have been gregarious and social, according to Science Daily and Nature
  • Scientists found preserved brain tissue in an iguanodontian, according to Lyell Collection and Science
  • According to Inverse, Schrödinger Basin on the moon may help give some answers about the Chicxulub crater
  • Thisiswhyimbroke.com shared pictures of elaborate T-rex heels
  • In PA, one man named Christian Baum is dressing up in a T-rex costume to help bridge the gap between local politics and the public and to encourage people to be innovative, according to Onward State
  • Derby, Kansas, has gotten approval for the new dinosaur park, according to KSN
  • International Dinosaur Month was in October, and Smithsonian Books published three new books, according to Smithsonian Mag
  • Dezeen published a piece on the beautiful dinosaur egg museum in China, at Qinglong Mountain Geopark
  • According to Daily Mail, Steve Etches, a former plumber, spent 30 years collecting fossils and is now putting them on display in a new exhibit, The Etches Collection
  • Princess Aalia Sultana Babi, from India, has been nicknamed the Dinosaur Princess, according to Hindustan Times
  • The WWT Wetland Centre London had a Dinosaurs at Barnes festival on October 28-30, according to Dinosaur Society
  • According to Tech Times, there’s a new dinosaur toy for Power Rangers
  • A Denver Bronco cheerleader dressed up in an inflatable T-rex costume the day before Halloween, and still managed to do all the moves in her dance routine, according to CBS Sports
  • It’s November, which means it’s Dinovember

This Week in Dinosaur News: Jurassic World: The Exhibition in Philly, Jurassic World 2 Updates, Wearable Dinosaur Tails, and More

By Lewis Cozzi (Own work) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Lewis Cozzi (Own work) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news: 

  • According to LiveScience and the Journal of Geophysical Research, “A previously unknown tectonic plate — one that has been swallowed up by the Earth — has been discovered in the Philippine Sea”
  • Bloomberg shared a video about Creature Technology, the company in Melbourne that makes robotic dinosaurs for museums and live shows
  • GameNGuide shared an update on Jurassic World 2, including a new type of dinosaur and a revelation of the domestic dinosaurs in the movie
  • Jurassic World: The Exhibition is on the move from Melbourne and will be stopping at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia this fall, according to Philly.com
  • The Perot Museum in Texas is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of discovering the Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum (found in Alaska), according to CW33
  • At an Oakland A’s game a group of fans dressed in dinosaur costumes and cheered on the team, according to SB Nation
  • NYMag reported on ASOS, a British brand, selling wearable dinosaur tails

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