Heterodontosaurus skeleton / ★Kumiko★ / Wikimedia Commons
Tales of Prehistory, a blog by Panos Grigorakakis on Medium, has a new interesting post. He's a science journalist that has been doing a series of "Exciting Paleontological Discoveries You Probably Missed" each month for a little while now. They are a good summary of all things paleontological during a given month. Actually, all of his articles are both entertaining and informative. Here are the highlights. Check out the link for all the details.
Several fascinating paleontological discoveries are taking place each month. Scientists working in the field publish numerous studies, describe new prehistoric species, and propose exciting theories about the biology and behavior of many extinct animals.
This article will do a quick recap of the most important paleontological discoveries and updates from July 2021.
- Exquisitely preserved fossil sheds light on how ornithischian dinosaurs breathed
- Bizarre dinosaurs shrank in size to become ant-eaters
- A new Iguanodon-like dinosaur from Spain
- Dinosaur tracks in China named after famous Doraemon character
- Paleontologists trace origins of dinosaur-killing asteroid
- Massive tsunami from dino-killing asteroid carved ‘megaripples’ into the ocean floor
- Pterosaurs could fly as babies
- Cretaceous hadrosaur had foot and tail health problems
- Retired science teacher finds 130-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Australia
