The Shady Dinosaur and April Fowls

Archaeocursor may have been named after an April Fool's Joke, but it was a real dinosaur.
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In dinosaur news this week:
• There is a Shady dinosaur, and it's a Triceratops
• A Stegosaurus just sold for over 13 million dollars using shares as a sort of "investment"
• An Apatosaurus sold in Europe for about 6 million Euros
• Archaeocursor asiaticus is the oldest known ornithischian from Asia
• A 47 gram (1.7 ounce) enantiornithine bird was described with "robust teeth" and feather traces
• The "short pubis" enantiornithean bird, Novavis pubisculata, was named from the Early Cretaceous of China
• Navaornis hestiae was named after the Greek goddess Hestia, the oldest and youngest Olympian (Navaornis is an old bird with a modern looking skull)
• Baminornis zhenghensis may be the first bird to ever evolve a pygostyle (to support tail feathers)
• A new Archaeopteryx specimen was described (making it the 14th of all time)

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