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New dinosaurs include ornithopod Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae, bird Australopicus nelsonmandelai, and the feather-preserving (possible) megalosauroid Sciurumimus albersdoerferi.

Lagopus muta is shown to use the same amount of energy for running whether with winter or summer fat reserves and the ability to sense day lengths even prior to hatching is found in Leucophaeus pipixcan. Studies on adaptations in trochilids to cope with heavy rain, the cranial biomechanics of Diplodocus (showing that it wasn't specialized for stripping bark), and the brain of Paraptenodytes antarcticus are published. Supposed material of a Middle Jurassic abelisauroid from England is reevaluated, showing it to bear no convincing abelisauroid characteristics.
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:iconspongebobfossilpants:
The Sciurumimus link doesn't take you anywhere.
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:iconalbertonykus:
Oh, it's just supposed to link to my journal entry on Sciurumimus. Fixed.
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:iconspongebobfossilpants:
At the very least, is this supposed abelisauroid clearly ceratosaurian?
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:iconalbertonykus:
No, it's just an indeterminate theropod.
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:iconornitholestes1:
~Ornitholestes1 Aug 2, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Not much news this month, huh?
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:iconalbertonykus:
It's been a dry spell.
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:iconevenape:
~Evenape Aug 2, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
At least we got Sciurumimus, that's an interesting, big discovery
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:iconalbertonykus:
Yep, it certainly partly makes up for the lack of other news.
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:iconevenape:
~Evenape Aug 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
That's a given :D
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