News

MSNBC- Triceratops' ancestor identified (blog with life reconstruction, fossil reconstructions)

redOrbit - Dinosaur could be triceratop father (press release with fossil reconstructions, size comparison infographic)

CBC Rockies fossils yield 8 new species (press release, photos)

The year of the ceratopsians came to a close with a very large one--

New Kerala - New dinosaur species found in China (press release)

Life reconstruction and illustration of fossil available on Wikipedia.

Project Exploration - Meet Eodromaeus (webcast video presentation of new genus, hosted by Paul Sereno. Duration approx. 30 minutes.)

Here's a bit of a fossil news item from August:

BBC - Dinosaur bones found in Canadian sewer tunnel (press release with photo of Albertosaurus claw)

CBC - B.C.'s 1st pterosaur fossil identified (press release with photo of fossil, life reconstruction)

Sahelanthropus enjoyed (or more likely, was threatened) by the company of several large sabre-toothed cats. Two new species of sabre-toothed cat have been identified, one comparable to Megantereon is awaiting a formal name.

BBC - Sabretooth cats threatened most ancient human ancestor (press release, dioramic biome illustration, photo of a skull)

A prehistoric crocodilian has been discovered in a slab of limestone that nearly became a kitchen countertop!

National Geographic - New prehistoric crocodile found in "kitchen counters" (press release with photo, model of head, and life reconstruction)

Recent dental work on Neanderthals reveals cooked rice and other vegetables.

Third Age - New study shows Neanderthals were like us (press release)

KEYC TV - New human species found (newcast)

Washington Post - DNA from bone shows new human forerunner, and raises array of questions (press release)

USA Today - Fossil DNA analysis may have revealed new human species (press release)

Deutsche Welle - German researchers decode unrecognized DNA from ancient humanoid (press release) GRAPHIC IMAGES

OfficialWire - Another type of proto-human discovered (press release)

A pliosaur skull has been discovered that may have belonged to a 52-footer!

redOrbit - CT scan will help in study of aquatic reptile skeleton (press release with photo)

Utah's hit 8 new dinosaurs this year, setting an all-time record.

Environment News Service - Wealth of Utah dinosaur discoveries named in 2010 (press release)

Scientists had a hunch back in the year 1900 that forest elephants were a separate species from bush elephants. By studying the DNA of mammoths and modern African elephants, paleontologists have rediscovered a species of African elephant once ruled out by appearance alone-- and it's been right in front of us the whole time, alive!

LA Times - African elephants are actually two species (press release)

Rohland, N., D. Reich, S. Mallick, M. Meyer, R.E. Green, N.J. Georgiadis, A.L. Roca, and M. Hofreiter. (2010). Genomic DNA sequences from mastodon and woolly...

ENN - Permian recovery (press release)

A new study by Zanno and Makovicky indicates that a large number of coelurosaurs were actually herbivores. The classic carnivorous theropods Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, however, are still undeniably carnivores.

redOrbit - Study claims birdlike dinosaurs were plant-eaters (press release)

Another proto-croc has been found, this one in Thailand. Apparently this one could run fast.

CBC News - New fossil crocodile ID'd in Thailand (press release)

Two large, basal iguanodonts have been described, the Upper Yellow Cat iguanodont and the Lower Yellow Cat iguanodont.

McDonald, A.T., J.I. Kirkland, D.D. DeBlieux, S.K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A.R.C. Milner, & L. Panzarin. (2010). New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 5(11): e14075. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014075

A prehistoric red panda has been in prehistoric Tennessee and is now being displayed on the side of a U-Haul truck. Have you seen this truck?

PR Newswire - Newly discovered ancient red panda species unearthed and traveling North America with U-Haul

The latest study on dental growth lines supports a theory that has plenty of evidence-- one that says the Homo genus is pedomorphic. This notion of neoteny is supported by microcomputed tomography scans of Neanderthal teeth using a Synchotron, a relatively new technology.

Science Daily - Modern humans mature more slowly than Neanderthals did, analysis of teeth suggests (press release)

Recently described embryos from South Africa tell us more than just what the embryo looked like-- they tell us how the dinosaur developed as it aged and that it had crawl on all fours until it was old enough to learn to walk.

Red Orbit - Ancient embryos reveal much about dinosaur development (press release with life reconstruction of fuly-developed embryo)