
“The Lower Cretaceous in East-Central Utah—The Cedar Mountain Formation and its Bounding Strata” By James Kirkland, Marina Suarez, Celina Suarez, and ReBecca Hunt-Foster
- Jim Kirkland and others published a 200+ page review of Utah’s geology including awesome images like the one above
- Three new dinosaurs were described
- The late Jurassic theropod Pandoravenator fernandezorum from Argentina
- The early cretaceous ornithomimosaur Afromimus tenerensis from Niger
- The titanosaur with possibly the longest name for a Chinese dinosaur Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis
- A new Evo-Devo study revealed “feather-associated genes” and researchers recreated proto-feathers in chickens
- A new team published their thoughts on Ornithoscelida and recovered the traditional groups
- Baron et al. published a response, but both groups agree the analysis is too sensitive to small changes in fossil scores
- PLOS One published the results of the PLOS Paleo Community Top 10 Open Access Taxa of 2017 contest
- National Geographic reported on advanced xray scanners that can hopefully help prevent fossil poaching
- “Dinosaurs of New Mexico” is at the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, in Carlsbad, New Mexico
- Royal Ontario Museum in Canada will have their annual Madeleine A. Fritz lecture on January 30, at 7 pm, tickets are $20
- In Scottsdale, Arizona, Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs has rescheduled its grand opening to December 12
- Smithsonian published a post on Charles Whitney Gilmore, the “forgotten dinosaur hunter”
- Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah, may be opened for development, potentially destroying many fossils
- Cal State Fullerton has a new course, called Dinosaur World about dinosaur evolution, anatomy, behavior, diet, & extinction
- Colin Trevorrow tweeted a clip of Owen Grady giving a chin scratch to a baby raptor
- Bustle published a piece with more details about the dinosaur on Marvel’s Runaways show, now on Hulu
- In Ankara, Turkey, a giant T. rex statue has been removed in favor of an Transformer knockoff
- Caleb Brown and Don Henderson will host an AMA on Borealopelta, on reddit at r/Science on Friday, December 8
Check out these stories, our fun fact, and dinosaur of the day Camarasaurus in episode 158 of the I Know Dino Podcast