The Paper Chase

[amargasaurus cazaui]

I wanted to begin a thread that condenses into one thread as many possible papers, and their links, locations or information obtain them as possible. I have recently realized I am rather fond of reading the actual papers released about some of these finds, so as you come across published papers, lectures or things that are clearly dedicated to dinosaurs, their climate, topography and biomass they are welcome here. I also would allow for anything about pterosaurs, sea reptiles, and even more basic reptilian body types. Feel free to to post them here, with one request. As you post the paper, please offer some summary or reason for the paper, to explain its topic and purpose , thanks. (And yes, have some fun here Wings, post as many as you like, on whatever topics you can, I love reading them)

[wings]

I can probably upload some of them next week since I ran out of bandwidth for the month. As I said earlier I'm not sure what the policy is about this (article upload), I hope one of the admins can say something about this because I've heard there are sites which got close down due to things like this. That is why most of the papers that I posted are from free sites and rarely upload it myself.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

I am unsure the policy or legality here and perhaps one of the admins can state for certain. but even then i would be glad to even have links from dinosaur papers you have found that we can share and read.....i would find that useful and that should not use your bandwidth nor engender risk to your actions I would hope

[Dinoguy2]

This is a big job, as there are dozens of new papers and probably hundreds on prehistoric reptiles in general coming out each month. Over at the hell Creek forum http://www.hellcreek.tk/ there is a section on new discoveries which is pretty constantly updated with links to new papers (focusing on archosaurs).

[Brontozaurus]

If you're looking for papers on dinosaurs, PLoS One publishes quite a few.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

"Some of you may not be aware of this totally free resource- all of the past American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) scientific publications can be found at the attached link. You can look up Monoclonius (=Centrosaurus), Styracosaurus, Triceratops, Pentaceratops, Psittacosaurus, Protoceratops (and others) papers plus any other dinosaur (or non-dinosaur) described by past and current AMNH staff. Just type the genus or author's name in the search box and off you go. "

This was posted yesterday on Facebook by Paleontologist Darren Tanke. If you follow the link and type in any dinosaur name in the box, it will give you all of the papers the AMNH has on the topic . Amazing resource for those who like reading the actual papers.Talk about free gifts !!!!!!.

http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5

[DinoToyForum]

All my papers are available from my personal website here: http://plesiosauria.com/publications.php

The following is also a really good resource for free old (and some more recent) papers, though it helps to know what you are looking for, as the search facility is no good: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Amazing, thanks for sharing that. I always wondered how people could get all this material and its awesome to be able to access some of it for myself as I need it.  Really awesome to share all your own papers as well, thanks

[Dinoguy2]

Another good resource is the Wikipaleo group on Facebook. Most new appears are uploaded there as they come out.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Another good resource is the Wikipaleo group on Facebook. Most new appears are uploaded there as they come out.

Very good information, any chance you can post a direct link for said place? Would love to have it here, and thanks Dinoguy

[Dinoguy2]

Another good resource is the Wikipaleo group on Facebook. Most new appears are uploaded there as they come out.

Very good information, any chance you can post a direct link for said place? Would love to have it here, and thanks Dinoguy

Sure, here's the link, you just have to request permission to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipaleo/

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Thanks Dinoguy, thats awesome and I appreciate it.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Lately I have been pursuing getting the paper that was issued about psittacosaurus and its known coloration and scale pattern. Everywhere I look the paper is requiring nearly fifty dollars to get. Why exactly such a steep price for a paper, and where does the money go? It wouldnt seem like a scientist to issue findings and then hold you up for cash to read it. Is this practice normal and why the extreme cost?

[stargatedalek]

from my experience its more so "news sites" who hold articles for ransom

[tyrantqueen]

Lately I have been pursuing getting the paper that was issued about psittacosaurus and its known coloration and scale pattern. Everywhere I look the paper is requiring nearly fifty dollars to get. Why exactly such a steep price for a paper, and where does the money go? It wouldnt seem like a scientist to issue findings and then hold you up for cash to read it. Is this practice normal and why the extreme cost?

I wish it didn't happen, but it does. This reminds me of a rant Nima Sassani did on the subject: http://paleoking.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/new-sauropod-discoveries-held-hostage.html

[Newt]

Lately I have been pursuing getting the paper that was issued about psittacosaurus and its known coloration and scale pattern. Everywhere I look the paper is requiring nearly fifty dollars to get. Why exactly such a steep price for a paper, and where does the money go? It wouldnt seem like a scientist to issue findings and then hold you up for cash to read it. Is this practice normal and why the extreme cost?

It is normal, and it's not the scientist holding it ransom. The big journal publishers - Blackwell, Elsevier, Wiley, etc. - charge steep prices for access, and all of that money stays with the company. In fact, authors ordinarily pay the publisher, so the publishers are making money at both ends of the transaction. This model has been around a long time, and it makes sense for print (somebody's got to pay to print and ship all those journals), but now that so much journal access is online, which is much cheaper than print, it's increasingly becoming a swindle on the part of the publishers. Their profit margins are enormous.

There is a movement toward open-access journals such as PLOS ONE, Scientific Reports, and Open Biology. In these, the authors pay all publication costs; readers pay nothing. The big stumbling block now is prestige; the older, pay-access journals are often seen as more prestigious by universities and other institutions, and so they encourage their researchers to publish in them instead of the open-access journals. I think a sea-change is coming, though.

[brandem]

What journal was it and and who was the author? I still have access to my university's library, amazing what doesn't get turned off when you stop working for someone, I wouldn't mind checking if we have that journal.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

What journal was it and and who was the author? I still have access to my university's library, amazing what doesn't get turned off when you stop working for someone, I wouldn't mind checking if we have that journal.

I would be quite grateful. I really want to get ahold of this paper, and I even considered buying it if it were to come in some format I could divide and get the cost down a bit on.....like for anyone else that wanted it 5.00 apiece or something to diffuse the cost. Not sure how the paper comes though.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20354675?report=abstract


Of course if you read the abstract, you can see why I want it, it gives the coloration and patterning for psittacosaurus !!!

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Merry Christmas everyone...was bored and borrowed all of these papers from Wikipaleo today....an entire list of free papers for anyone that likes to read, all free of charge.

Make note of the one about Tany, at the bottom of the list, it is a hard paper to get and considered quite exquisite.

Okay, so before people start asking, he's the new paper on Panguraptor:

Hai-Lu You, Yoichi Azuma, Tao Wang, Ya-Ming Wang & Zhi-Ming Dong. 2014. The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia.
Zootaxa 3873 (3): 233–249 (http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.3)

https://app.box.com/s/tnhvll82goagycuqxy6j





Ostrom, J.H.1976. Archaeopteryx and the origin of birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 8:91-182.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../j.1095-8312.../abstract



Dial, K. P. 2003a. Evolution of avian locomotion: Correlates of flight style, locomotion modules, nesting biology, body size, development, and the origin of flappingflight. Auk 120:941-952.

http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi...



Naoto Handa, Mahito Watabe and Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar (2012)
New Specimens of Protoceratops (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the
Upper Cretaceous in Udyn Sayr, Southern Gobi Area, Mongolia.
Paleontological Research 16(3):179-198

https://app.box.com/s/wyidem4rf888f83cs0p6





Miller, L. H. 1909. Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(21):305-317.

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139556...



new boreopterid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western
Liaoning, China, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships
of the Boreopteridae. Journal of Paleontology 88(4): 823-828
doi: 10.1666/13-068

https://app.box.com/s/fem48xsm8xsrr68y5g7o



.http://www.worldcat.org/title/tanystropheus-longobardicus-reptilia-protorosauria-re-interpretations-of-the-anatomy-based-on-new-specimens-from-the-middle-triassic-of-besano-lombardy-northern-italy/oclc/601366371



http://www.mediafire.com/.../Nosotti_2007_-_re-interp_of...

[amargasaurus cazaui]

For those who dont know, WIKIPALEO is a page on Facebook that advocates free access. You can request papers by author and title and 9 out of 10 someone will post it for you within a day free of charge , and no paywalls to fight with. I have yet to ask for something and not get it actually. While most of my requests tend towards Psittacosaurus and early Ceratopsians, it is fun to sit and scan the page and just save the papers as they pass by and create your own library.The sheer amount of free papers and knowledge being dispensed there are somewhat.....refreshing. Check it out...the paper chase continues.