3D printed foot of Australovenator retrieved from DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3427/fig-2
This week in Dinosaur news:
- Researchers 3D printed a life size flexible Australovenator foot, then added soft tissues based on emu feet to create new footprints in PeerJ
- Another new troodontid discovery from China Daliansaurus liaoningensis with tiny serrated teeth, published in Geologica Sinica
- Adding to the feathered tail and wings in amber, we now have most of an early bird preserved in amber, published in Gondwana Research
- Gregory Paul made a case for rearing sauropods in a new paper published in The Anatomical Record
- A fossil found in 1965 has been recently confirmed to be a dinosaur egg according to Japan Times
- The first theropod skull has been found in British Columbia according to CBC
- A new dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park will be named after the paleontologist’s mother also on CBC
- John Scannella has been officially named the “John R. Horner Curator of Paleontology” at the Museum of the Rockies
- Some in Fresno are hoping that the new fame of Augustynolophus will bring more science interest to its home town according to The Fresno Bee
- Bears Ears (near the Rainbows and Unicorns site) was proclaimed a national monument and may contain early dinosaurs according to Inside Science
- Scott Persons described Canadian and Mongolian Saurolophines whose scales may show spotted and striped patterns respectively on CBC
- Dinosaur Home shared the complicated history of Dravidosaurus in India and the possibility for Cretaceous stegosaurs
- More than a Dodo detailed the early history of dinosaurs and how modern scientists study them
- SVPOW shared a Google Doc by Gunna Bivens which aims to list as many dinosaur specimens as possible
- The Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs clarified the difference between Velociraptor and Utahraptor
- The Natural History Museum of Utah posted about their Cleveland-Lloyd exhibit, in response to all the recent hype
- Blooloop featured Dinosaurs in the Wild and Tim Haines who led the creative direction of the exhibit
- The Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, UK had to shut down for a couple weeks to get ready of a large dinosaur exhibit from China according to BBC
- The Museums of Western Colorado hosted the 30th Annual Dinosaur Day at their Dinosaur Journey location according to Western Slope Now
- The University of Kansas is working with students and volunteers to excavate a T. rex in Montana this summer
- The Wyoming Dinosaur Center is hosting a week of paleontology programs this July for high school students according to Cody Enterprise
- The North Dakota Geological Survey is hosting four events this summer all around the state according to Bismarck Tribune
- The Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum is offering regular tours to the Pipestone Creek bonebed, and a free monthly lecture series according to Daily Herald Tribune
- Louisville, Kentucky may have a $80 million aquarium and dinosaur park as soon as 2021 according to LEX18
- DawnDinos is working with the students at the City of London Academy to make dinosaurs from clay, collage, origami, and art-straws
- The Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science both have temporary dinosaur attractions coming up
- The Natural History Museum in London gave a live tour (which is available here) including footage behind the scenes
- The Morrison Natural History Museum is displaying the hatchling Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus footprints according to The Pueblo Chieftain
- Extinct Monsters tried to analyze if museums over represent Dinosaur fossils, spoiler alert… they don’t
- Transmitting Science is offering a scientific illustration course in Barcelona, Spain
- Kotlas, Russia, opened a new park full of life sized dinosaur and other prehistoric sculptures on June 10 according to RBTH
- The LEGO house in Billund, Denmark will feature three giant T. rex models from DUPLO, TECHNIC and SYSTEM according to brothers-brick
- Gamespot is reporting that Jurassic World 2 will be a Spanish horror thriller based on comments by Colin Trevorrow
- SVPOW hypothesized that sauropods may have stomped on turtles to get some quick protein and calcium
- Nerdist showed Artist Chris Rodley’s creations of a neural network that takes illustrations of dinosaurs and redesigns them as flowers and fruit
- Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs shared artist Gabriel Ugueto’s posters of dinosaurs and other paleofauna by geological formation
- Science Comics: Dinosaurs is up for the Eisner Awards for comics this year according to The Beat
- The new book Dad and the Dinosaur by Gennifer Choldenko and Dan Santat features a father, son, & dinosaur story according to NWI
- Another new book, Tiny Dinosaurs by Joel Stewart features a young girl finding dinosaurs in her yard according to The Gaurdian
- Super Mario Odyssey on the Nintendo Switch will feature a playable T. rex according to Kotaku
- One Toronto Raptors fan on Reddit, doritopope, said he would tattoo a dinosaur on his butt if the Raptors didn’t get Paul George according to Bleacher Report
- Twenty Two Words reported on a failed attempt by @SUEtheTrex to start a feud with @MerriamWebster
For our take on all these stories and more check out episode 135 of the I Know Dino podcast
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