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My Favourite Question

December 10th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

Or what a difference a word makes. Words have meaning. That meaning gives them power. Two essentially identical sentences can [&hellip

Cambrian

Episode 83: Gogo Fishes

December 1st, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

Professor John Long is an early vertebrate researcher at Flinders University, Australia. He is most famous for his work on [&hellip

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Hundreds of pterosaur eggs help reveal the early life of flying reptiles

November 30th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

[This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article here.] A hoard of fossilised pterosaur eggs discovered [&hellip

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Paleontology from an Amateur Perspective 1

November 21st, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

I have the great opportunity to write about paleontology. Paleontology is something I’ve always wanted to be involved with, but [&hellip

Cretaceous

Episode 82: Dinosaurs of China

October 17th, 2017 | by David Marshall

‘Dinosaurs of China’ at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, UK, is a one-time only world exclusive exhibition of dinosaurs. Featuring fossils and [&hellip

Cretaceous

Episode 81: Coccolithophores

October 1st, 2017 | by David Marshall

Coccolithophores are tiny unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton (algae). Each is covered with even smaller calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths and it [&hellip

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International Symposium on the Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition

September 26th, 2017 | by David Marshall

The International Symposium on the Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition took place in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in June 2017. The ISECT meeting brought [&hellip

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SVPCA 2017

September 10th, 2017 | by David Marshall

The 65th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), University of Birmingham. WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER SESSION 3 Joseph Keating [&hellip