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News From Monday, June 20, 2011
11:08:58 PM The Frustrating Legacy of “Plasterosaurus”
Wired News - USA

This was the best Kronosaurus specimen yet found, and Australian paleontologists were none too happy with a bunch of New Englanders swooping in to cart off one of the most impressive parts of Australian prehistory. Paleontologist Tony Martin ... [more]

8:19:57 PM New program at Dinosaur Provincial Park lets visitors prospect for fossils
mysask.com (press release)

But amateur paleontologists won't be able to bring any treasures home. "There will be no digging involved and all material will be left in the park," the organizers say. More than 150 complete dinosaur skeletons have been found in the area in the pas [more]

7:24:40 PM From Design to Street Art, 5 Peeks Inside Great Creators' Notebooks
Atlantic Online - USA

Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Paleontologist, in the essay "Linking Researchers Across Generations" "Page from a field notebook made in New Guinea on the food webs of aquatic animals known as phytotelmata that live in plant containers, such as tree hollows a [more]

7:24:40 PM Monday's Afternoon Update
Florida Trend - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

Though he is technically an amateur paleontologist, he has discovered priceless Ice Age fossils in river bottoms, roadbeds and mines all over Florida. Some animal fossils, unknown to science when found, were later named after him by university-traine [more]

5:59:24 PM Teachers union files suit against Gov. Scott
Florida Trend - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

Some animal fossils, unknown to science when found, were later named after him by university-trained paleontologists. The Smithsonian is among the museums that store his finds. Read more about Frank (and his dog Webster) from the St. Petersburg Times [more]

2:37:09 PM Incredible find in temple museum, harrowing rescue on crumbly mudstone
Scientific American

By Betsy Kruk | Jun 20, 2011 10:06 AM Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J. Varricchio, professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dinosaur Paleontology at Montana State University a [more]

2:16:21 PM Memo to adventurous dad wins golf passes
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada

Even if you're only 5 and want to be a paleontologist. Or only 17 and want to play CFL. Or already 22 and into weird, experimental cooking. You taught us to dream big. And also, not to run with scissors. When I asked John what he'd like me to say, .. [more]

12:20:03 PM Arrow origins traced to Africa
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

"I think the finding adds to growing evidence for the great antiquity of complex projectile weaponry in Africa," says paleoanthropologist John Shea of Stony ... [more]

7:23:03 AM Volunteers help dig for Tyrannosaurus rex
Billings Gazette

Volunteers, hired help and paleontologists will be digging through July for what has been named Lee Rex. If you aren't one of the 70 or so volunteers signed up to help dig Lee Rex from the ground, you can meet him on one of the Saturday visiting days [more]

6:47:26 AM Speak out against excessive testing in Fayette schools
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

By Skip Kifer Stephen Jay Gould, esteemed paleontologist, MacArthur Foundation prizewinner, and award-winning author, dedicated his book The Panda's Thumb to three of his elementary school teachers. He was particularly grateful to his fifth-grade ... [more]



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