Browsing the "Vertebrate" Tag

Cenozoic

Episode 130: Bats

October 30th, 2021 | by David Marshall

We examine the fossil record of bats in this nominally Halloween-themed episode


Cenozoic

Episode 106: Herpetology

January 1st, 2020 | by Elsa Panciroli

Herpetology is the study of reptiles, amphibians and caecilians. This includes frogs, salamanders, crocodiles, snakes, lizards and tuatara, to name [&hellip


Live

SVPCA 2018

November 9th, 2018 | by David Marshall

We are very happy to be able to present the 66th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, held at [&hellip


Mesozoic

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


Live

SVPCA 2017

September 10th, 2017 | by David Marshall

The 65th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), University of Birmingham. WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER SESSION 3 Joseph Keating [&hellip


Blog

Is the Tully Monster a Vertebrate after all?

February 20th, 2017 | by David Marshall

Tullimonstrum gregarium, the ‘Tully Monster’, is an enigmatic fossil from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek lagerstätte, Illinois, USA. This soft-bodied [&hellip


Cretaceous

Episode 72: Las Hoyas

January 18th, 2017 | by David Marshall

Las Hoyas is a Early Cretaceous lagerstätte (site of special preservation) located close to the city of Cuenca, Spain. In [&hellip



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