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December 19:

 * 1809 - Pierre-Joseph van Beneden was born in Mechelen, Belgium.
 * 1835 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at New Zealand.
 * 1861 - Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov was born in Odessa, Russia (now in Ukraine).
 * 1911 - Josef Ladislav Píč killed himself in Prague.
 * 1944 - Richard Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya.

The First Freshwater Mosasauroid (Upper Cretaceous, Hungary) and a New Clade of Basal Mosasauroids

László Makádi, Michael W. Caldwell, Attila Ősi

published 19 Dec 2012

Body Size Distribution of the Dinosaurs

Eoin J. O’Gorman, David W. E. Hone

published 19 Dec 2012

The Endocranial Anatomy of Therizinosauria and Its Implications for Sensory and Cognitive Function

Stephan Lautenschlager, Emily J. Rayfield, Perle Altangerel, Lindsay E. Zanno, Lawrence M. Witmer

published 19 Dec 2012