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This Week in Dinosaur News: Two new dinosaurs from Mongolia and a discussion about 3D scan sharing

This Week in #Dinosaur #News: Two new dinosaurs from Mongolia and a discussion about 3D scan sharing

“A new baby oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia ” From https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210867

Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:

A new baby oviraptorid, Gobiraptor minutus, from Cretaceous Mongolia that may have eaten bivalves source

The first stegosaur named in Mongolia, Mongolostegus exspectabilis, may be…

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Dormouse biscuits and Pygmy Shrews

The final Dormouse Box Check of the season turned up no dormouse, as expected they were all (we hope) safely tucked up in their natural hibernation nests, which will be hidden in scrub and around the bases of suitable trees.  We took the chance to clear out their boxes, make several slugs homeless and work out what box lids we need to replace next year. 

All was not lost though as we did find 2 mammal residents in the boxes, the really very tiny Pygmy Shrews (Sorex minutus)!  Ours were around 4cm long, just a bit shorter than my thumb.  These tiny mammals enjoy a wide diet, including beetles, woodlice and spiders, so were probably looking for a snack in the boxes.  They could also have been making use of the beautifully woven dormouse nest (made of stripped honeysuckle bark) that we found in one box. 

A final treat at the end of the session was the hand-made Dormouse biscuits, from Aline, which she assured us contained no actual mice! 

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

the last chapter of my story is up!

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untitled by Andrew Snyder Photography on Flickr.

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Harvest Mouse - Micromys minutus by AlexEamesWildlife on Flickr.