Cambrian

Episode 47: Lobopodians

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


Jurassic

Ichthyosaur skull reconstruction

June 12th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

A new study out today has produced the world’s first ichthyosaur endocast, which can tell us a lot more about [&hellip


Paleogene

Episode 45: Post K-Pg radiations

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


Misc

Episode 44: Trackway modelling

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


Misc

Palaeocast Art Competition 2015

April 29th, 2015 | by David Marshall

After the success of last year’s palaeoart competition we’re stepping up a gear and launching an even bigger and better [&hellip


News

Romer’s Gap Fossils

April 29th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Romer’s Gap has always perplexed palaeontologists by the lack of fossils, specifically tetrapods that are found during this time when [&hellip


News

New dinosaur tracksite

April 28th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

A new phenomenal dinosaur tracksite has been discovered in northern British Columbia, Canada and the Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre [&hellip


Cenozoic

Episode 43: Ancient DNA

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



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