Some Rare Paleontological Finds from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods

Galeamopus pabsti

 New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of 'whiplash dinosaurs'
(PeerJ, Phys.org; May 2, 2017)
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-species-dinosaur-unexpected-diversity-whiplash.html
Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov (Sauropoda:  Diplodocidae), with implications of neurocentral closure timing, and cervical closure transition in dipolocids
(TSCHOPP and MATEUS, 2017)
https://peerj.com/articles/3179.pdf


Museum Event


 Jurassic Geist
(Cincinnati Museum Center; May 15, 2018)
https://www.cincymuseum.org/jurassic-geist


Magyarosuchus fitosi


Jurassic fossil is missing link in crocodile family tree
(News, University of Edinburgh; 10 May 2018)
https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2018/jurassic-fossil-missing-link-crocodile-family-tree

A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarchian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adapations of Metriorhynchoidea
(ÖSI et al., 2018)
https://peerj.com/articles/4668.pdf


Vouivria damparisensis


Earliest relative of Brachiosaurus dinosaur found in France
(Colin SMITH, Imperial College London; 02 May 2017)

The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae
(MANNION et al., 2017)


'Baby' Tyrannosaurus rex or Nanotyrannus?


Researchers investigate baby Tyrannosaur fossil unearthed in Montana
(Brendan LYNCH, University of Kansas; March 29, 2018)
http://news.ku.edu/2018/03/21/researchers-investigate-baby-tyrannosaur-fossil-unearthed-montana


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