A mamenchisaurid from China, a small titanosaur from France, and a turiasaur from Madagascar were all recently described.
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Dinosaur of the day Velafrons, a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid from Mexico with a crest similar to Corythosaurus.
In dinosaur news this week:
- A new mamenchisaurid species, Omeisaurus puxiani, was described from China with a nearly complete spine
- A small titanosaur, Garrigatitan meridionalis, was described from Southern France
- A turiasaur, Narindasaurus thevenini, was named from a 100+ year old find in Madagascar
- A four year old found a Triassic dinosaur footprint in Wales
- Some are criticizing the move to make Suciasaurus rex the official Washington state dinosaur, but not because it's an invalid genus
- The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice
- You can rent a full size skeletal replica of the Mukawa-ryu dinosaur (Kamuysaurus) in Hokkaido
- Massachusetts now has an official state dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensis
- A new dinosaur park builder Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo was released on Android
- Someone reimagined the trailer for Jurassic Park, and replaced all the dinosaurs with Pee-wee Herman
- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous includes a hint at a new (probably frozen) dinosaur known as "Specimen E750"
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