Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- Scientists may have found the ancestors of tyrannosaurs, according to Science World Report and Taylor & Francis Online
- Bandera Natural History Museum will be opening up in Texas this spring, according to KSAT
- A new report by the Adam Smith Institute, called “Britain and the World in 2050” says that we will be recreating dinosaurs by 2050, according to BizTek Mojo
- At Dinosaur Ridge in Denver, CO, geologists have found new raptor tracks, according to 9News
- Scientists have solved the mystery why sauropod tracks appeared to only show two feet (hint: it involves soft sand), according to Nature World News and Big News Network
- A Gigantoraptor is going on exhibit in Nottingham in the UK next summer, according to BBC
- A titanosaur found in Brazil is thought to have two (benign) tumors in its tailbone, according to Discovery News
- The Good Dinosaur is now out on blu-ray, complete with deleted scenes, as explained in USA Today
- More Pixar Easter eggs have been found in The Good Dinosaur, according to Yahoo!
- A resident from Canada was sentenced $25,000 and five years probation for smuggling dinosaurs at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show last year, according to Washington Times
- In Russia, a researcher has made over 48 million scientific journal articles available for free, and is refusing to take it down despite a lawsuit from Elsevier, according to Science Alert
- Mylo to Cat made a mashup of Barney the Dinosaur singing the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Get Money,” according to Consequence of Sound
- Nerdist shared artwork by Laura Cooper of Disney princesses reimagined as Velociraptors
- David Attenborough is in a virtual reality video made by the BBC, where he stands next to a titanosaur, according to Mashable and Daily Mail
