Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- A new duckbill dinosaur, Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, has been discovered in Alaska, according to The Washington Post and ADN
- Scientists have found two new dinosaur nesting sites in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh, according to Focus News
- Pixar released a second The Good Dinosaur trailer, this time with dialogue. Watch it on Slashfilm and EW
- This year’s Ig Nobel Biology prize went to Chicken + toilet plunger = dinosaur, based on a paper published in PLOS One, according to CNET
- A team will drill 5,000 feet into the “peak ring” of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico to learn more about the crater’s impact and whether or not new life forms were triggered from it, according to Express
- Update on The Cube, Queensland University of Technology’s interactive learning display: The team will bring 5 Australian dinosaurs to life, including ‘Banjo’ the Australovenator and the herbivore Muttaburrasaurus, according to EurekaAlert!
- The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is getting a new permanent exhibit, a 122-foot long cast of Titanosaurus, according to Wired and Washington Post
- Brian Switek wrote a piece on the Guardian speaking out against the upcoming auction of the juvenile Allosaurus skeleton
- The New Albany Class, an invitational Grand Prix and family day in New Albany, Ohio, featured a collection of animatronic dinosaurs that were part of the first three Jurassic Park movies, according to Dispatch
