
Spinosaurus tooth and partial spine for scale 😛 Similar to the tooth used to test Calcium and diet by extension. Photo by Ghedoghedo
Here’s what came out in this week’s dinosaur news:
- A Juvenile diplodocoid femur exposed in the rock-wall at Dinosaur National Monument appears to have bite marks
- Calcium isotopes in dinosaur teeth appear to show that spinosaurs ate more fish than their contemporary theropods
- A new unnamed dinosaur has been reported from a recent excavation in Cerra Guido, Chile
- A series of legal issues in India is reducing interest in paleontology, threatening the future of dinosaur bones in the country
- The auction in Paris last week ended with the Diplodocus and Allosaurus fossils going to an unnamed “foreign buyer” for about 3 million euros
- The theme park “Dinosaur World” in Beaver, Arkansas which closed in 2005 is full of slowly rusting dinosaur sculptures
- the iconic Horace the (sauropod) dinosaur, who could be seen between Cinderford and Gloucester, has moved
- A project in Dunedin, New Zealand, aims to overhaul a playground known as “dinosaur park“
- A controversial video shows an Air National Guard master sergeant saying her oath of re-enlistment using a dinosaur hand puppet.
- New Jurassic World costumes are coming in August including a Velociraptor, Triceratops, and Pteranodon
- The final new Jurassic World trailer has been released featuring some awesome dinosaur scenes (and other details)
Check out these stories, our fun fact, and dinosaur of the day Sinoceratops in episode 178 of the I Know Dino Podcast!
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