Progressive Palaeontology 2018

June 7th, 2018 | by David Marshall

Welcome to our coverage of Progressive Palaeontology, the Palaeontological Association’s conference for early-career academics. The conference this year is held [&hellip


Episode 92: Squamate Origins

May 30th, 2018 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Squamates are a group of reptiles that include lizards and snakes, with the earliest fossils occurring in the Jurassic, despite [&hellip


Episode 90: Ichthyornis

May 3rd, 2018 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Bird evolution has long fascinated palaeontologists. Despite crown-group birds (birds giving rise to modern lineages today) evolving during the Cretaceous, [&hellip


Episode 88: Bacula

April 6th, 2018 | by David Marshall

The buculum is a bone present in the head of the penis of most mammals. Whilst a few mammals, like [&hellip


Episode 87: Archaeopteryx

March 17th, 2018 | by David Marshall

Archaeopteryx is perhaps one of the most iconic taxa in the fossil record. Exclusively found in the Late Jurassic Solnhofen [&hellip



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