The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2014

November 6th, 2014 | by David Marshall

Welcome to our coverage of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual conference held this year at the Estrel Hotel, Berlin, between the [&hellip


Episode 36: Emu Bay Shale

November 1st, 2014 | by David Marshall

The Emu Bay shale is a Burgess Shale-type lagerstätte from the Early Cambrian of South Australia. We speak to Dr [&hellip


Episode 35: Ostracods

October 16th, 2014 | by David Marshall

Ostracods are tiny crustaceans (relatives of shrimps, crabs and water-fleas), distinguished by having a shell that is easily fossilised. As [&hellip


4th International Palaeontological Congress

September 30th, 2014 | by David Marshall

Welcome to our coverage of the 4th International Palaeontological Congress (IPC4) from Mendoza, Argentina. The International Palaeontological Congress is a [&hellip


Evolution and Early Life

September 4th, 2014 | by David Marshall

Evolution and Early Life: A Celebration of the Career of Martin Brasier on his Retirement To commemorate the retirement of Oxford [&hellip


Episode 33: Year Two Review

September 1st, 2014 | by David Marshall

Well that year certainly went very fast! We now find ourselves embarking upon our third year, but before we do [&hellip


Palaeoart competition entries

August 5th, 2014 | by David Marshall

To celebrate the launch of Episode 30: Palaeoart, we ran a month-long palaeoart competition. Here are the submissions with top [&hellip


Episode 32: Canids

August 5th, 2014 | by David Marshall

We’re all familiar with canines (dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, etc), but these are just only one of three sub-families of [&hellip


Episode 31: Anomalocaridids

July 15th, 2014 | by Laura Soul

Anomalocaridids are iconic Cambrian animals, originally found in the Burgess Shale deposits in Canada. From the Genus Anomalocaris, their name translates [&hellip



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