Cenozoic

Episode 32: Canids

August 5th, 2014 | by David Marshall

We’re all familiar with canines (dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, etc), but these are just only one of three sub-families of [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 31: Anomalocaridids

July 15th, 2014 | by Laura Soul

Anomalocaridids are iconic Cambrian animals, originally found in the Burgess Shale deposits in Canada. From the Genus Anomalocaris, their name translates [&hellip


Misc

Episode 30: Palaeoart

July 1st, 2014 | by David Marshall

The celebrate the launch of ‘The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi’ from Titan Books we take a look at the field [&hellip


Cambrian

Episode 29: Medusae

June 1st, 2014 | by David Marshall

One of the longest-ranging and outwardly primitive-looking groups of animals on the planet are the Medusozoa. In consisting of around [&hellip


Live

Progressive Palaeontology 2014: Southampton

May 21st, 2014 | by David Marshall

Progressive Palaeontology is a conference for early career palaeontologists run by the Palaeontological Association. This year it is being hosted [&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


Cenozoic

Episode 27: Mare aux Songes

March 15th, 2014 | by David Marshall

One of the most iconic animals to ever have gone extinct is the dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Endemic to Mauritius, this flightless [&hellip


Cenozoic

Episode 26: The Tree of Mammals

February 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating

Mammals are an incredibly diverse and highly successful group of animals. They include some of the tallest, heaviest and fastest [&hellip


News

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New Palaeocast Member

February 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating

We are happy to announce that Liz Martin will be joining the Palaeocast team. Liz is a PhD student at [&hellip



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