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Published on October 25th, 2023 | by David Marshall
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The Jurassic period is a division of earth’s history spanning from around 201 to 145 million years ago, and during which dinosaurs became the dominant land vertebrates. By the Early Jurassic, the supercontinent of Pangaea had split into Laurasia, in the north, and Gondwana, in the south. Separating them was the Tethys Ocean. Sea levels in the Jurassic were high and the climate was warm and humid, leading to the growth of vast forests of conifers and ferns. In the oceans, marine reptiles continued to diversify, as did ammonites. During the Jurassic, reef-building rudist bivalves and belemnite cephalopods appeared. On land, dinosaurs flourished; among the most successful were the giant long-necked sauropods. Bird-like dinosaurs such as Archaeopteryx began to appear. In the skies, pterosaurs were common.
Published on October 25th, 2023 | by David Marshall
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Published on October 8th, 2023 | by David Marshall
We're joined by "neckspert" Dr Ryan Marek to explore the evolutionary significance of bird necks... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2022 | by Guest Blogger
We explore the origins of dinomania and the historical relationship between the science and art of palaeontology... Read More →
Published on January 2nd, 2022 | by David Marshall
We learn to draw and paint dinosaurs with Dr Emily Willoughby... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2021 | by David Marshall
Our very own Dr Elsa Panciroli comes on the show to discuss her new book 'Beasts Before Us'... Read More →
Published on April 15th, 2021 | by David Marshall
We look at rates of evolutionary innovation in crocodiles through time with Dr Tom Stubbs... Read More →
Published on February 1st, 2021 | by David Marshall
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Published on December 1st, 2020 | by Elsa Panciroli
Dr Kimi Chappelle discusses the growth and development of Massospondylus, a South African sauropodomorph... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2020 | by David Marshall
Plesiosaurs are some of the most easily recognisable animals in the fossil record. Simply uttering the words ‘Loch Ness Monster’ can conjure a reasonably accurate image of what they look like. Thanks to palaeoart, it’s also [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 21st, 2019 | by Guest Blogger
We don’t need a whole lot of fossil material to start to understand the ecosystems of the past. A few teeth can tell us what types of dinosaur roamed the land hundreds of millions of years [&hellip... Read More →