Soft-tissue preservation in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird
October 7th, 2015 | by David Marshall
Birds have a long evolutionary history; the earliest of them, the famed Archaeopteryx, lived 150 million years ago in what [&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
Episode 52: Melanin
September 28th, 2015 | by David Marshall
Melanin is a pigment that is found across the animal kingdom. Melanosomes, the organelles that contain melanin, have been found [&hellip
63rd Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy
September 27th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) annual conference was held at the University of Southampton National Oceanography [&hellip
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Opens
September 25th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
A new museum is set to open to the public in northern Alberta, Canada. The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum can [&hellip
Early primate growth history
September 16th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Primate evolution is something that is heavily debated and not very well understood in palaeontology, but it is still heavily [&hellip
Evolution of the ankylosaur tail club
September 8th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Ankylosaurs are the large, tank-like, armoured dinosaurs that often had a large boney club at the end of their tail. The [&hellip
Episode 51: Eurypterids
September 1st, 2015 | by David Marshall
Eurypterids, or ‘sea-scorpions’ are an extinct group of chelicerates: the group containing the terrestrial arachnids (such as spiders and scorpions) [&hellip
New iguana from Brazil
August 26th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
A new iguanian fossil described in Nature Communications from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil is changing traditional views on early [&hellip
Episode 50: Rangeomorph Reproduction
August 14th, 2015 | by David Marshall
On today’s episode we’re revisiting Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. At this lagerstätte it is possible to find large bedding planes full of Precambrian organisms [&hellip
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