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Can a Book Capture the Magic of Birding?

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By BY SOPHIE LUCIDO JOHNSON from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2ZQ1PW1

article for September 18, 2020

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Article of the day for September 18, 2020 is Opisthocoelicaudia . Opisthocoelicaudia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous discovered in the Nemegt Formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Named and described by Polish paleontologist Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka in 1977, the type species is Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii. A well-preserved skeleton lacking only the head and neck was unearthed in 1965 by Polish and Mongolian scientists, making Opisthocoelicaudia one of the best known sauropods from the Late Cretaceous. Tooth marks on this skeleton indicate that large carnivorous dinosaurs had fed on the carcass. Two more specimens have been found, including part of a shoulder and a fragmentary tail. A relatively small sauropod, Opisthocoelicaudia measured about 11.4–13 metres (37–43 ft) in length. Like other sauropods, it would have been characterised by a small head sitting on a very long neck and a barrel-shaped trunk carried by four column-like legs. It may ha

11 New Books We Recommend This Week

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Ebst49

Claudia Rankine on the Ways Race Haunts Her Imagination, and America’s

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By BY MAYA PHILLIPS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3hCIv4N

Sunny Tomorrow Weather!

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With a high of 83F and a low of 65F.

Macmillan C.E.O. John Sargent Is Departing

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By BY ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2HbvwKM

Obama’s Memoir ‘A Promised Land’ Coming in November

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By BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3mscCPT

The Back Story Behind ‘Transcendent Kingdom’: Yaa Gyasi Is a Solid Friend

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By BY ELISABETH EGAN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/33BnUsn

Revisiting the ‘Violent Ballets’ of Jack Kirby

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By BY ED PARK from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3hy1Cgg

Why Michael Ian Black Doesn’t Like Mystery Novels

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2RwqVEO