Extinction Extravaganza

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Dinosaur of the day Brachytrachelopan, a dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic that had an extremely short neck (for a sauropod).

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new abelisaurid from Patagonia, Elemgasem, was small but named after a mighty Tehuelche god
• Scientists suggested volcanic eruptions could be the main reason for mass extinctions
• Scientists suggested dinosaurs were on the decline before they went extinct
• The moon includes evidence of asteroid impacts on Earth
• There is a second underwater crater that is from around the same time as Chicxulub
• A new model shows the tsunami after the Chicxulub impact
• The Chicxulub impact may have triggered an earthquake that lasted weeks to months
• Precipitation played a role in the abundance and success of hadrosaurs and ceratopsians in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alaska
• Dinosaurs may have been successful and diverse because of the differences in their diets
• 80 million year old dinosaur eggs were recently found in Jiangxi Province, China
• In Skåne, Sweden, large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Late Triassic were recently found
• Reykjavík might be getting a Triceratops skeleton to display
• To celebrate National Fossil Day, Mississippi State University’s Dunn-Seiler Museum had a competition to name their Triceratops
• A man in New Zealand used VR to sculpt and then 3D print a life-sized model of a Tyrannosaurus

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