
“The tail club Jinyunpelta sinensis paratype ZMNH M8963…” Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21924-7
Here’s what came out in this week’s dinosaur news:
- New ankylosaur described from China Jinyunpelta sinensis is the earliest ankylosaur with a well-developed tail club—100 million years old
- A “nestling-sized” Edmontosaurus was found in Montana representing the smallest Edmontosaurs found to date
- An old fossil from New Jersey may turn out to be from a late cretaceous tyrannosauroid
- A preprint (not yet peer-reviewed article) indicates there might be a partial braincase of a tyrranosauroid also from New Jersey
- On March 24, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum will be hosting a fossil forum
- Dippy the Diplodocus is at the Dorset County Museum from now until May 9 with a 13ft (4m) mural
- Shane Confectionary and Franklin Fountain made fossil-inspired candy for ANS Philadelphia’s Paleopalooza festival
- The Science Museum of Minnesota is hiring for a paleontologist for the Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology
- In Queensland, Australia, an old gold mining town is looking to reopen their caves with dinosaur footprints
- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has life-sized animatronic dinosaurs on display again
- Field Station: Dinosaurs is opening up in Derby, Kansas, at the end of May and they put a T. rex replica in Wichita to advertise
- SPOILER ALERT: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom released a new video of Claire Dearing
- Universal announced a Pokemon Go style Jurassic World game called Jurassic World Alive
- Nurture Rights and the Natural History Museum in London are working together to create The World of Dinosaur Roar to teach pre-schoolers about dinosaurs
- The Durham Brontosaurus in Durham, NC needs a new caretaker
- Downtown Raleigh, NC has a cartoony pink T.rex which is the mascot of a tech startup
- Topshop is selling a pink t-shirt that features a drawing of a sauropod and the word “vegan” underneath (cute, but probably wrong since herbivores occasionally eat animals)
Check out these stories, our fun fact, and dinosaur of the day Sauroposeidon/Paluxysaurus in episode 172 of the I Know Dino Podcast!