Giants at the End of the World

This Sunday, October 5th, Drexel University paleontologist Ken Lacovara will be giving a lecture on Patagonian dinosaurs called "Giants at the End of the World." It will be at the recently re-opened New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, and it starts at 4 PM (and is free!).

I don't know whether I'm going to be able to make it or not, but if you're in the area I definitely would recommend checking it out. Maybe he will even have something to say about Aerosteon!

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Speaking of Argentina, have you seen this paper in PLoS One today?

Sereno, P.C. et al. (2008) Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina. PLoS One, 3, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003303.

Steve; Yes, I did see it, but I haven't had time to read it fully. I'll have to dig out the old Majungasaurus paper on the same topic and some of Matt Wedel's stuff, too.

I linked to the paper in the post above, as well, for anyone who doesn't have the paper (it's free to download, so check it out).