Life, molecules and the geological record
February 17th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger
To understand the evolution of life, palaeontologists can employ a variety of techniques. This typically involves the visual identification of [&hellip
New Ordovician fossil sheds light on the origin of molluscs
February 6th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger
Molluscs are among the most disparate of the animal phyla. They range from the incredibly complex squids and octopods, which [&hellip
Episode 72: Las Hoyas
January 18th, 2017 | by David Marshall
Las Hoyas is a Early Cretaceous lagerstätte (site of special preservation) located close to the city of Cuenca, Spain. In [&hellip
PalAss 2016
December 13th, 2016 | by David Marshall
The 60th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association was held at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Isotopic aspects of dinosaur [&hellip
A Feathered Dinosaur Tail with Primitive Plumage Trapped in Mid-Cretaceous Amber
December 8th, 2016 | by David Marshall
Researchers from China, Canada, and the University of Bristol have discovered a dinosaur tail complete with its feathers trapped in [&hellip
SVP 2016
November 16th, 2016 | by Caitlin Colleary
This year, the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. [&hellip
Episode 71: Graptolites
October 15th, 2016 | by Laura Soul
Graptolites are small colonial organisms, each made up of many tiny, genetically identical zooids joined together by tubes. They’ve been [&hellip
Episode 70: The Golden Age of Dinosaur Discovery
October 1st, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The last 10 years has shown a large increase in the number of new species and new discoveries of dinosaurs, as [&hellip
Making footprints without feet: Lungfish moving on land leaves unusual traces
September 28th, 2016 | by David Marshall
Research carried out by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has found that an African lungfish can leave trackways on sand [&hellip
3D camouflage in an ornithischian dinosaur
September 16th, 2016 | by David Marshall
We sat down in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, with Dr Jakob Vinther, University of Bristol, to examine the colour patterns [&hellip
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