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
Browsing the "Evolution" Tag
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
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
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
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
Episode 74: Early Archosaurs and Teleocrater
April 12th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
We have a pretty good idea about how different dinosaur groups evolved, and how they are related (although anyone who [&hellip
Episode 67: Blue Beach Tetrapods
July 22nd, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Blue Beach is a locality in Nova Scotia, Canada that is well known for it’s fossils from the Lower Carboniferous. [&hellip
Evolution of echolocation in dolphins
April 13th, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Echolocation is an amazing ability that some mammals have evolved. Using sonar frequencies, dolphins and other toothed whales can communicate [&hellip
New Triassic reptile from Brazil
March 15th, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Archosauriforms are some of the most well studied fossils in existence, including birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and their ancestors, first [&hellip
Episode 55: Pterosaurs
November 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, and lived in the skies above the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic. [&hellip
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