Episode 90: Ichthyornis
May 3rd, 2018 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Bird evolution has long fascinated palaeontologists. Despite crown-group birds (birds giving rise to modern lineages today) evolving during the Cretaceous, [&hellip
Episode 89: Teeth and herbivory in reptiles
April 17th, 2018 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Tooth shape and arrangement is strongly linked with diet, and palaeontologists often use teeth to determine what kind of food [&hellip
Episode 88: Bacula
April 6th, 2018 | by David Marshall
The buculum is a bone present in the head of the penis of most mammals. Whilst a few mammals, like [&hellip
Episode 87: Archaeopteryx
March 17th, 2018 | by David Marshall
Archaeopteryx is perhaps one of the most iconic taxa in the fossil record. Exclusively found in the Late Jurassic Solnhofen [&hellip
Episode 86: Coal
February 1st, 2018 | by David Marshall
The Carboniferous (Latin for ‘coal-bearing’) is a period of the Paleozoic Era named after the massive accumulations of coal that [&hellip
The Skye dinosaur footprint vandal: Lessons for assault on U.S. National Monuments
January 9th, 2018 | by Guest Blogger
One year after a bizarre act of local fossil vandalism on Scotland’s Dinosaur Isle let us consider the value of [&hellip
Episode 85: Ichthyosaurs
January 7th, 2018 | by David Marshall
Ichthyosaurs are large marine reptiles that existed for most of the Mesozoic Era. The most familiar forms superficially represent dolphins, [&hellip
Episode 84: Neoproterozoic Acritarchs
January 6th, 2018 | by David Marshall
Geology, as a subject, has for the most part assumed that there were no fossils to be found earlier than [&hellip
Get Well Soon, Titanosuchid
December 31st, 2017 | by Chris Barker
Christmas was not particularly kind for one titanosuchid. Published on the day many were receiving gifts and well wishes, this [&hellip
PalAss 2017
December 16th, 2017 | by David Marshall
The 61st Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association was held at Imperial College London. WELCOME ADDRESS How different is reality [&hellip
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