Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- Scientists discovered a new sail-backed dinosaur, Morelladon beltrani, according to PLOS One, the PLOS One blog, and Discovery
- A landslide at the Jurassic cliffs in Dorset led to 200 fossil hunters collecting souvenirs, according to Telegraph
- Researchers determined when dinosaurs developed their “hollow bones” according to PLOS One and Forbes
- Tristan the juvenile T-rex is now on display at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, according to FT and DW
- Nicholas Cage had to return a Tarbosaurus bataar skull that he had bought at an auction, since it turned out to be smuggled from Mongolia, according to Huffington Post and USA
- People can order dinosaur coins from the Royal Canadian Mint, according to Coin World, Perth Mint, and Coin World
- Discovery wrote about the 10 best dinosaur discoveries of 2015
- Wii U has an adorabel Yoshi game, according to Engadget
- You can buy a mini aquarium dino pet, according to I F*ing Love Science
- Scientists made computer simulations to figure out how plesiosaurs moved through water, according to BBC
- Researchers have found more dinosaur bones in the Arlington Archosaur site in North Texas, according to NBC
