Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- Insects in South America recovered faster than insects in North America after the Chicxulub impact, according to the New York Times and Nature
- Scientists have confirmed the validity of the sauropod Lusotitan atalaiensis, according to Taylor & Francis
- Herbivorous mammals have larger stomachs, but carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs don’t appear to have much differences, according to Journal of Anatomy
- The Atlantic wrote about Rich Bykowski’s recent research that found that young tyrannosaurs lived different lifestyles from their parents
- In Dubai, Dubai Garden Glow, which has built a Glow Theme Park, has recently unveiled 100 animatronic dinosaurs in its new Dinosaur Park, which is part of Glow Park, according to Dubai92
- Earth Archives posted about dinosaurs that have been found in Mexico
- Denny Luan wrote on Medium about finding prehistoric fossils in your backyard in New Jersey
- AL.com wrote about how Alabama is one of the best places in the U.S. to find fossils, at least east of the Mississippi River
- David Moscato answered the question, “Was lightning a problem for tall dinosaurs?” on The Meniscus
- The Atlantic posted a short film, Valley of the Last Dinosaurs, which follows Tyler Lyson in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota as he digs for dinosaurs
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