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
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
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
July 31st, 2015 | by David Marshall
Synapsids are one of the major groups of terrestrial vertebrates. They first appear in the Carboniferous period and since that [&hellip
July 17th, 2015 | by David Marshall
The Burgess Shale is probably the world’s most famous lagerstätte (site of special preservation). Discovered in 1909 on Mt. Stephen, [&hellip
June 29th, 2015 | by David Marshall
It’s been quite a week for lobopodians! First off, we’ve had the redescription of Hallucigenia by Dr Martin Smith. This [&hellip
June 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The world is currently undergoing a massive biodiversity crisis, and many people have said that we are in the next [&hellip
June 1st, 2015 | by David Marshall
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction was the latest of the ‘big five’ events. Approximately 75% of species went extinct, with [&hellip
May 1st, 2015 | by David Marshall
We’ve covered ichnology before, in Episode 14, but it’s time to revisit trackways with a high-tech approach. We talk to [&hellip
April 15th, 2015 | by David Marshall
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that encodes the genetic information within every species of life on earth. The information [&hellip
April 1st, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Palaeontology is more than just going out into the field, digging up bones, and putting them back together. A good [&hellip