From Sputnik News, “How Big is Your Favorite Dinosaur?”

Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news: 

• A new hadrosauroid dinosaur named Datonglong tianzhenensis was discovered in Shanxi, China, according to Phys.org and Vertebrata PalAsiatica
• Scientists used 3D computer models to figure out how sauropods evolved, according to Royal Society Publishing, Discovery News, and The Times of India
• Sputnik news shares a 7 minute video that shows the evolution of dinosaurs
• Paleontologists found new juvenile Pachycephalosaurus fossils that show even young Pachycephalosaurus had spiky skull ornaments, according to the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and National Geographic
• In the UK, the Gateway to Seaton Jurassic, a World Heritage Site, opened up on March 26, according to the Independent
• Oamaru Mail in New Zealand posted an April Fool’s  story about dinosaur bones found at a construction site, identified by Professor Haha Gotchu as the leg and shoulder bones of Deryouthinkysaurus (Isthis arealnameus)
• The Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument posted an April Fool’s picture on Facebook of a Photoshopped dinosaur
• BBC published an article that goes through the histories of many dinosaurs that have been reimagined over the years, including Velociraptor, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Spinosaurus, and more
• William Henry, a design company in Portland sells jewelry and accessories made out of dinosaur bones, according to CNN
• In central Fresno, people who ride the Willis B. Kyle Express Train at Storyland/Playland park can see fiberglass dinosaur models, according to The Fresno Bee
• Mozilla Firefox now has a Good Dinosaur theme so you can personalize your background
• Pixabay has a fun, free Brontosaurus vector that you can download
• Field Station: Dinosaurs, which was in Secaucus NJ but had to move last year to make room for a high school, has found a new home in Overpeck County Park in Bergen County, NJ, according to News Miner
• According to ICE Newsroom, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations gave back dinosaur skeletons to the Mongolian government in a ceremony in New York
• The city of Vernal, UT has a new marketing campaign centered around two creatures named Vern and Al that have adventures in Dinosaur National Monument, according to Herald Times
• A Kickstarter campaign by Dinosaur Egg Farm is raising money to make people more aware about wildlife preservation groups by creating “stillborn dino plushies,” according to Technabob
• A design student in Detroit dresses up in a T-rex costume as the Detroit Designosaur, according to MLiv
• They Might Be Giants has an album called “Here Comes Science” with a song about paleontology