Dinosaur of the day Coloradisaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph known from a nearly complete skull that was found in Argentina.

Interview with Taissa Rodrigues, from the Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo in Brazil. She presented a poster at SVP about teaching evolution using paleoart. She also led a session on women in paleontology and had a student present a poster on a pterosaur. Follow her on twitter @paleotaissa

Presentations from the first day of SVP:

New dating shows Lythronax argestes is older than previously thought, no longer coinciding with a global sea-level drop
There are tons of new sauropod fossil fields in southwest Queensland, Australia, near Eromanga
Probable ornithopod, ceratopsid, deinonychosaur, and tyrannosaur tracks were found on a 200ft cliff in Alaska
In Alberta, Tyrants Aisle has over 120 tracks likely belonging to Edmontosaurus, a troodontid, Tyrannosaurus, and another theropod
CT scans of track slabs shows how dinosaur feet moved through soft sediments
Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is being used to gather evidence of the first aerodynamically significant wings
A new track site shows a couple sauropods walking together when a larger sauropod skids to avoid squashing a smaller individual.
New sauropod finds in Hateg island Transylvania, Romania may be a fourth genus, but isn’t complete enough to get a new name
Dinosaurs and crocodiles have hard eggshells that evolved independently
A new titanosaur was found in NW Kenya
Low melanosome (color pigment producer) diversity may be linked to low metabolism
Compacted coarse cancellous bone (CCCB) that is common in burrowing animals was found in the hind limbs of a new Oryctodromeus relative
Exceptional fossils don’t necessarily translate to good cellular and molecular preservation
New opalized femur fragments from an ornithopod in lightening ridge show that young were born in the area
Melanosomes are not enough to determine color. Structure, chemistry, and diet also have a big impact
Calcium isotopes from Morocco and Niger support Spinosaurus as a fish-eater
More neornithischian finds from south of Melbourne may end with one or two synonymized taxa in the near future
New research shows ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine
A sauropod footprint was found in a new sauropod bone, adding to the idea of trampling sauropods
A dinosaur stampede like trackway was found near Quilpie, QLD, Australia
Coprolites can preserve some soft tissue features and other information about temperatures and habitats
The name Kamuysaurus is meant to mean that it is the god of Japanese dinosaurs based on its incredibly complete skeleton
Deep learning can process CT scans and save time on analyzing images
Equisetum, or horse tails, were probably the most nutritious food for young and adult sauropods
Birds use their necks in a variety of ways, but they tend to have a lot of traits in common

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