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Episode 86: Coal

February 1st, 2018 | by David Marshall

The Carboniferous (Latin for ‘coal-bearing’) is a period of the Paleozoic Era named after the massive accumulations of coal that [&hellip

January 9th, 2018 | by Guest Blogger

One year after a bizarre act of local fossil vandalism on Scotland’s Dinosaur Isle let us consider the value of [&hellip

January 7th, 2018 | by David Marshall

Ichthyosaurs are large marine reptiles that existed for most of the Mesozoic Era. The most familiar forms superficially represent dolphins, [&hellip

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

December 31st, 2017 | by Chris Barker

Christmas was not particularly kind for one titanosuchid. Published on the day many were receiving gifts and well wishes, this [&hellip

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

December 10th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

Or what a difference a word makes. Words have meaning. That meaning gives them power. Two essentially identical sentences can [&hellip

December 1st, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

Professor John Long is an early vertebrate researcher at Flinders University, Australia. He is most famous for his work on [&hellip

November 30th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

[This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article here.] A hoard of fossilised pterosaur eggs discovered [&hellip

November 21st, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

I have the great opportunity to write about paleontology. Paleontology is something I’ve always wanted to be involved with, but [&hellip