Browsing the "Palaeozoic" Tag

Cenozoic

Episode 78: Japanese Palaeontology

June 30th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

When thinking of palaeontology in Asia, most people think of Mongolia and China, but there is actually a significant palaeontology [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 40: Brachiopods

February 1st, 2015 | by David Marshall

Brachiopods are some of the most common fossils to be found in rocks worldwide. Their thick, hard and (often) calcareous [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 28: From worms to stars

May 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating

Echinoderms are characterised by a mineralised skeleton, specialised water vascular system and five-fold symmetry. It is this unusual body plane symmetry [&hellip


Misc

Episode 20: Year Review

September 15th, 2013 | by Joe Keating

As Palaeocast celebrates it’s 1st Birthday, we take the chance to look back over the past year and review our [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 18: Trilobites

July 1st, 2013 | by David Marshall

Trilobites are one of the most instantly recognisable groups of fossils. They were present from the very start of the Paleozoic and [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 12: Paleozoic Problematica

February 15th, 2013 | by David Marshall

Fossils, at the best of times, are difficult to interpret. Palaeontologists attempt to reconstruct organisms from what little remains are [&hellip



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