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Micromollusks – Little Means A Lot: The key to taking the measure of biodiversity lies in a downward adjustme... bit.ly/2f2r92H
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Transitions ~ Fossil Stem Turtles and Antique Theater Playbills: In which the blogger persists in his mad que... bit.ly/2dekyTC
Top 10 scientifically important theropod dinosaurs of all time (off the top of my head): I thought I'd do a f... bit.ly/2cSIXvQ
The Surprising Garvies Point Museum and Why I Mostly Stopped Paying Attention: The Garvies Point Museum, nes... bit.ly/2atQJK6
Amateur ~ What's in a Label?: I call myself an amateur paleontologist.  What does that adjective amateur mean... bit.ly/2a2kL7w
Hasbro eats dirt, Mattel inherits the brand!: This is it, the end of an era. For the first time since the rel... bit.ly/29XJhuG
Playing with Saurian's Genericometer: There's a dinosaur game in development called Saurian. Have you heard o... bit.ly/2a1qtdO
Considering the Wild Diversity of Frills Among Horned Dinosaurs: The frills sported by horned dinosaurs are f... bit.ly/29mKDw5
William Heiskell Deaderick ~ Finding Time: For some of us, avocational pursuits become rather consuming, dema... bit.ly/1ZbXsvD
You're Doing It Wrong: Microraptor Tails and Mini-Wings: Type specimen of Zhenyuanlong, doing its best Archae... bit.ly/1X2XvN3
Do bearded dragons dream? Reptiles share sleep patterns with mammals and birds: Brain sleep appeared early in... bit.ly/21hZoUW

Do bearded dragons dream? Reptiles share sleep patterns with mammals and birds

Brain sleep appeared early in vertebrate evolution. Researchers describe the existence of REM and slow-wave sleep in the Australian dragon, with many common features with mammalian sleep: a phase...

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Tiny fossil horses put their back into it: A new study reveals that tiny fossil ancestors of modern horses ma... bit.ly/1NieO97

Tiny fossil horses put their back into it

A new study reveals that tiny fossil ancestors of modern horses may have moved quite differently to their living counterparts.

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Fossils may reveal 20-million-year history of penguins in Australia: Multiple dispersals of penguins reached ... bit.ly/1Nxvycs

Fossils may reveal 20-million-year history of penguins in Australia

Multiple dispersals of penguins reached Australia after the continent split from Antarctica, including 'giant penguins' that may have lived there after they went extinct elsewhere, according to a new...

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Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives: Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs includ... bit.ly/24cpNJ1

Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives

Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball.

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Newly discovered titanosaurian dinosaur from Argentina, Sarmientosaurus: Scientists have discovered Sarmiento... bit.ly/1NiaRkN

Newly discovered titanosaurian dinosaur from Argentina, Sarmientosaurus

Scientists have discovered Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur, based on an complete skull and partial neck fossil unearthed in Patagonia, Argentina, according to a...

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Mammal-like reptile survived much longer than thought: Researchers have uncovered dozens of fossilized teeth ... bit.ly/1NiaQxe
A curious exodus from Europe for Mesozoic dinosaurs: Researchers have used 'network theory' for the first tim... bit.ly/1Nt9YWC

A curious exodus from Europe for Mesozoic dinosaurs

Researchers have used 'network theory' for the first time to visually depict the movement of dinosaurs around the world during the Mesozoic Era -- including a curious exodus from Europe.

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Leg-wing cooperation in baby birds, dinosaurs is key transition in origin of flight: New research based on hi... bit.ly/1NiaOpd

Leg-wing cooperation in baby birds, dinosaurs is key transition in origin of flight

New research based on high-resolution x-ray movies reveals that despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds acquire a mature flight stroke early in their development,...

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The First Feathered Dinosaurs (In Art): The first illustration of a hypothetical "pro-avis" by Pycraft, 1906F... bit.ly/21nFWWK
Why Did Dad Collect All of This Crap? ~ Thoughts of Mortality: I seem to be stuck in sand.  I recently wrote ... bit.ly/1NDmfYr
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