
New massive theropod footprints described in Historical Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1324438
This week in Dinosaur news:
- A new set of giant theropod tracks, Jurabrontes, found in Switzerland and described in Historical Biology and previously on SwissInfo
- A new titanosaur, Europatitan eastwoodi, named after Clint Eastwood was discovered in Spain and described in PeerJ
- Charles Sternberg may have uncovered a new hadrosaur almost 100 years ago that is just now being realized according to FASEBJ
- A dinosaur tracksite in Plagne, France is the longest of its type according to Geobios
- Just because a dinosaur footprint doesn’t look like a foot doesn’t mean it’s not “well preserved” details in JVP
- New dinosaur tracks in Cameroon, Africa may help teach us about the Trans-Saharan Seaway according to the Journal of African Earth Sciences
- The first ever dinosaur tracks may have been found in Gabon, Africa according to Geodiversitas
- A near complete skeleton of an Iguanodon was found at a brick factory in Surrey, UK according to The Gaurdian
- Scientists at the Fukui Prefecture in Japan found a large carnivore tooth
- More dinosaur tracks have been found in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas after a heavy rain exposed them
- The new website Jurassic Files was launched to discuss paleontology and its benefits to science
- Smithsonian Mag wrote a feature about Clayton Phipps, a.k.a. The Dinosaur Cowboy who found the Dueling Dinosaurs of Montana
- Most National Park dinosaur discoveries are from the Colorado Plateau and Alaska
- A new temporary exhibit is at Utah State University called “Clubs, Horns and Shields: Armored Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals”
- The Virginia Museum of Natural History is having a Dino Festival from July 21 and 22 to celebrate its new exhibit, Dinosaurs: Reign of the Giants
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis in Indiana is offering dinosaur digs for families, teachers, and adults
- Dan Chure, who has been the palaeontogist at Dinosaur National Monument for 38 years (since 1979) has retired
- Jim Kirkland recently received the 2017 Crawford Award for his paleontology work in Utah
- Henry Sharpe, a 15 year old paleoartist, is a future paleontologist who volunteers at the Royal Ontario Museum Kids’ Camp according to Mostly Mammoths
- Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past is a new book showing a visual history of artwork inspired by paleontology
- Inverse published two articles about the science and inaccuracies in The Land Before Time
- Atlas Obscura shared more information about Gertie the dinosaur, the original animated dinosaur
- Jen Lewis replaced dinosaurs in Jurassic Park with characters from the TV show Dinosaurs
- Do we need to treat dinosaurs more nicely? Carlos Perez thinks so
- A woman dressed up in an inflatable T. rex costume and took boudoir photos for her fiance
- Smitten is selling purple dinosaur capri leggins
- The VR dinosaur hunting game Island 359 was released in the Oculus store and on Steam
For our discussion of all these stories check out episode 138 of the I Know Dino podcast
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