Boneyard XIV

Welcome to the 14th edition of The Boneyard! I usually like to do this in story format, but I've been in and out of the E.R. with J for the last few days and just haven't had the time to prepare as usual (meaning the one other time I hosted this). So, I bring you The Boneyard, in bullet form:

• Julia has some information about the controversy surrounding Dinosaur National Monument over at the Ethical Palaeontologist. Rebecca also has some info here and here at Dinochick Blogs.


• Despite planning a wedding, serving on SVP committees and staying on top of DMN stuff, Rebecca has also found the time to welcome Beelzebufo to the world. PZ Myers chimes in here at Pharyngula.



• Jeff of Blue Collar Scientist has submitted a great post about Mesozoic crayfish.



• Brian writes about dinosaurs as monsters in a post about Iguanodon over at Laelaps. He's also got a post, Reconstructing Tiktaalik, with video and commentary about the artist who reconstructed Tiktaalik.



• Zach of When Pigs Fly Returns has a great post about Pterosaur wings that will have you flapping your arms and crouching on the floor. He also takes some time to introduce Nyctosaurus.



• Mike Taylor tells us why our torsos are so lame at SV-POW.



• Chris talks about Triassic insects over at Catalogue of Organisms.

Anne-Marie reviews a new paper about bat evolution at Pondering Pikaia.



• Darren has a whole series on Ankylosaurs, starting here at Tetrapod Zoology.



• Michael talks about New Fossil Sea Birds from New Zealand over at Palaeoblog.



• Manabu of Raptor's Nest has some more art for us, in a series post about Torvosaurus, beginning here.

Will Baird tells us a fantastic tale, Once Upon the Permian: Gazes of Fear.

• Ben of Vertebrate Paleontology Blog gives us a list of all the new paleontology papers that have come out this year.

That's all for the past two weeks. I only had one submission this time around and so if I've missed something you've posted, I'm sorry! You can always post a link in the comments below.