Author Archives: David Marshall

Cretaceous

Episode 108: Plesiosaurs

March 1st, 2020 | by David Marshall

Plesiosaurs are some of the most easily recognisable animals in the fossil record. Simply uttering the words ‘Loch Ness Monster’ [&hellip


Misc

Episode 107: Nomenclature

January 20th, 2020 | by David Marshall

Names can provide a large amount of information about the heritage of an individual, the purpose of a product or [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 102: Small Shelly Fossils

August 14th, 2019 | by David Marshall

Between the weird and wonderful rangeomorphs of the Ediacaran Period and the world-famous palaeocommunities of the Burgess Shale, the ‘Early [&hellip


Misc

Episode 98: 10 Tons

March 15th, 2019 | by David Marshall

From 1:1 scale whales to microfossils scaled up to the size of a house, there are few model-building projects that [&hellip


Cenozoic

Episode 96: Decapods

January 1st, 2019 | by David Marshall

Decapods are a group of crustaceans that include such well-known families as crabs, lobsters and shrimp. Whilst crustaceans are known [&hellip


Live

PalAss 2018

December 14th, 2018 | by David Marshall

This year, the Palaeontological Association’s AGM was held at the University of Bristol. Below, you’ll find all of the recording [&hellip



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