Episode 170: Cariocecus bocagei The iguanodontians were an incredibly successful group within the Cretaceous. They could reach incredible sizes, with the largest species even matching the proportions of some sauropods, and they also had an incredible palaeogeographic range, meaning that their remains are found all over the world today. In the late Jurassic, they were a lot less diverse [&hellip
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Episode 168/169: Grasslands Grass dominated ecosystems cover 40% of the land on Earth. Prof. Caroline Strömberg explains why they are so successful
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Langebaanweg Part 3 – An Animal Archive While we have discussed the importance of Langebaanweg in terms of its geological positioning and history, the thing it is really famous for is the incredible size and diversity of its fossil assemblage. In the last 60 years the collections of the Iziko Museum in Cape Town have been filled with as much as one [&hellip
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A palaeontologist’s book review of A Secret History of Sharks For approximately 450 million years, sharks and their cartilaginous relatives have been a major hallmark of marine life. Withstanding multiple cataclysmic events, most notably those at the end of the Permian and Cretaceous, and maintaining a great diversity in today’s oceans, the evolutionary history of sharks is a lengthy, gripping tale of one of the [&hellip
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Episode 166: Origin of Teeth We get unexpected results whilst on the hunt for the earliest vertebrate teeth with Dr Yara Haridy
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