New paper dating our Victorian Cretaceous sites

Barbara Wagstaff et al have published a new palynological report in Alcheringa dating the Victorian Cretaceous sites, including the Gippsland and Otway coasts.
Read all about here.

Nice article on our elaphrosaur

https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/402571-stephen-poropat/posts/a-tiny-dinosaur-bone-with-a-big-story-to-tell-australia-s-first-elaphrosaur?fbclid=IwAR0XpeA8ZxOZPXEWjrFhoGecJLVrSzBTuLayMoFtMM-vBug8oT8F1GIlfas

We have an elaphrosaur!

New research for Stephen Poropat, Adele Pentland, Ruairidh Duncan, Joseph Bevitt, Pet Vickers Rich and Tom Rich has solved the mystery of “Jess’s pterosaur vert” by including it in group of dinosaurs we didn’t know we had!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/18/rare-long-necked-dinosaur-that-roamed-the-polar-world-unearthed-in-australia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X20301234?via%3Dihub

Dinosaurs of Darkness Second Edition

The new edition of Dinosaurs of Darkness is here! It includes a list of all excavators since 1984.

Available where all good books are sold or at booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dinosaurs-of-darkness-thomas-h-rich/book/9780253047397.html

March Tragics Weekend

Jade took this great photo yesterday of morning tea time at Rock-breaking Tragic's weekend. It is, of course, our favourite time of the day!

We found one tooth after breaking a LOT of rock.

Bass Coast Preppers update

Alison tests a microjack whilst Lesley and John look on

Koonwarra feathers

A great summary of the recent Koonwarra feathers paper at Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/forgotten-trove-of-fossil-feathers-belonged-to-tiny-polar-dinosaurs/?utm_content=buffer5c7d0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer