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Cretaceous

Episode 57: Wealden Fossils

January 1st, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

The Wealden Supergroup of southern England is known for it’s Cretaceous fossils, particularly of dinosaurs, but also crocodilians, pterosaurs, lizards, [&hellip


Misc

Episode 56: Vertebrate preparators

December 1st, 2015 | by Laura Soul

Preparators are specialist staff working in museums and universities worldwide. They perform a very wide variety of tasks from fieldwork [&hellip


Cretaceous

Episode 55: Pterosaurs

November 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, and lived in the skies above the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic. [&hellip


Mesozoic

Episode 54: Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

November 1st, 2015 | by Joe Keating

The ‘Crystal Palace Dinosaurs’ are a series of sculptures of extinct animals including dinosaurs, other extinct reptiles and mammals, which [&hellip


Cretaceous

Episode 53: Ankylosaurs

October 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Ankylosaurs are a group of non-avian dinosaurs best known for their armour, tank-like bodies, and sometimes large tail clubs. First [&hellip


Misc

Episode 52: Melanin

September 28th, 2015 | by David Marshall

Melanin is a pigment that is found across the animal kingdom. Melanosomes, the organelles that contain melanin, have been found [&hellip


Ordovician

Episode 51: Eurypterids

September 1st, 2015 | by David Marshall

Eurypterids, or ‘sea-scorpions’ are an extinct group of chelicerates: the group containing the terrestrial arachnids (such as spiders and scorpions) [&hellip


Precambrian

Episode 50: Rangeomorph Reproduction

August 14th, 2015 | by David Marshall

On today’s episode we’re revisiting Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. At this lagerstätte it is possible to find large bedding planes full of Precambrian organisms [&hellip



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