Episode 137: Tanis
February 25th, 2022 | by David Marshall
We look at the timing of the K-Pg mass extinction with Melanie During
Browsing the "extinction" Tag
Episode 112: Extinction of the dinosaurs
June 29th, 2020 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Was it the asteroid impact or volcanism that killed the dinosaurs
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
Episode 64: When life nearly died
May 29th, 2016 | by David Marshall
Around 250 million years ago, the largest biotic crisis the world has ever known occurred. The Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) [&hellip
Abrupt extinction of toothed bird-like dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous
April 21st, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The extinction of non-avian dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous has always been a discussion favourite amongst vertebrate palaeontologists. [&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
New Mammal from the Early Palaeocene
October 5th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The Cenozoic has often been described as the ‘Age of the Mammals’, while the Mesozoic was the ‘Age of the [&hellip
Triassic-Jurassic Extinction
August 11th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
A new study out today looks at the question of whether or not geographically widespread species are less likely to [&hellip
Episode 27: Mare aux Songes
March 15th, 2014 | by David Marshall
One of the most iconic animals to ever have gone extinct is the dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Endemic to Mauritius, this flightless [&hellip
Episode 26: The Tree of Mammals
February 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating
Mammals are an incredibly diverse and highly successful group of animals. They include some of the tallest, heaviest and fastest [&hellip
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