February 2020

Thanatotheristes degrootorum fossil bones

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An article published in the journal “Cretaceous Research” reports the identification of a new species of tyrannosaurid that lived in today’s Canada about 80 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period. A team of researchers named it Thanatotheristes degrootorum after examining a partial skull with the bones of the upper and lower jaws, discovered in 2010 near the city of Hays. The characteristics of the available fossils convinced the researchers that it was a tyrannosaurid of a different species from the ones already known, the oldest discovered in Canada, useful to understand the evolution of the family to which the iconic T. rex belongs.

Company Town by Madeline Ashby

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The novel “Company Town” by Madeline Ashby was published for the first time in 2016.

Go Jung-Hwa works as a bodyguard for sex workers in New Arcadia, a city built on the Atlantic Ocean around an old oil rig. She accompanies them to their “dates” to make sure that nothing bad happens to them, but that type of protection is not enough because there seems to be a serial killer who’s targeting them.

The moment is difficult for Hwa but her life has always been difficult. For this reason, she is surprised when she receives a job offer from Zachariah Lynch, who bought New Arcadia and is investing in a new development project. His son Joel received death threats that are definitely out of the ordinary since they appear to come from another timeline and need a bodyguard.

Plesioteuthis subovata fossil

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An article published in the journal “Scientific Reports” presents a study that brings evidence that some pterosaurs ate cephalopods. A team of researchers led by paleontologist René Hoffmann of the University of Ruhr in Bochum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, RUB) examined fossils of a squid-like animal of the species Plesioteuthis subovata that lived about 150 million years ago, in the Jurassic period, preserved with a tooth of a pterosaur of the species Rhamphorhynchus muensteri. This discovery provides information on this pterosaur’s eating habits and the fact that that cephalopod lived near the surface of the water.

Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in The End is the Beginning (Image courtesy CBS All Access / Amazon Prime Video)

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“The End is the Beginning” is the third episode of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard” and follows “Maps and Legends”. It’s available in the USA on the CBS All Access streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) turns to Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), who used to be a Starfleet officer at his command, to find a starship that allows him to find answers. On the Borg cube, Soji (Isa Briones) works together with Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco) in search of information from former Romulan drones, complicated by their mental problems.

Gunakadeit joseeae fossil

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An article published in the journal “Scientific Reports” describes the identification of a new species of marine reptile classified as part of the thalassosaur order that lived in today’s Alaska over 200 million years ago, in the Norian, an age of the Triassic period. A team of researchers led by Patrick Druckenmiller of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) named it Gunakadeit joseeae after examining the fossil discovered in Alaska in 2011. The discovery of a new species offers new information on a group of reptiles that are available. few fossils for a family tree still under discussion.