Dr. Scott Foss and iDigBio are hosting a special webinar on the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA) – join them Thursday, January 19, 2017 – 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST!  To add the event to your calendar click here. The Department of the Interior proposed regulation under PRPA was published in the Federal Register on December 7. The proposed regulation will be available for public inspection and comment until Monday, February 6, 2017. Those desiring to make comment may navigate to www.blm.gov/paleontology for links to the proposed rule and other helpful documents, or navigate directly to the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/ and search for Regulation Identification…

The NY Times has a story about a new titanosaur.  It’s named, Savannasaurus elliottorum, after the family that found it on their farm in Queensland, Australia back in 2005.   Titanosaurs are sauropods, which were the long necked plant-eating dinosaurs.  Other well known examples include Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Brontosaurus.  Savannasaurus lived about 95 million years ago.  It weighed about 22 tons and was more than 40 feet long. The original paper appeared in Nature’s Scientific Reports. David Elliott was herding sheep on his motorbike in Queensland, Australia, in 2005 when he came across a pile of fossilized dinosaur bones. He, his…