Fossil Fridays

Travel back with me 150 million years as we visit the Jurassic Tendaguru Formation located in modern day Tanzania.

Species appearing in this episode include: Glyptostroboxylon, Astrocoenia, Meandrophyllia, Thamnoseris, Eomiodon, Indotrigonia, Entolium, Grammatodon, Meleagrinella, Protocardia, Actinostreon, Liostrea, Nanogyra, Falcimytilus, Lithophaga, Lonchidion, Lepidotes tendaguruensis, Pseudomelania, Promathildia, Engaibatis schultzei, Nerinella, Bernissartia, and Sphenodus.

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Have you ever wondered how fossils may have inspired your favorite myth? Lets dive into the intersection between myth and paleontology.

Want to learn more about this topic? Check out “The first fossil hunters” by Adrienne Mayor.

A reliquary from the Residenz München, a more modern way that humans venerate the bones of heroes.

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Travel back in time 125 million years with me as we continue our visit to the Cretaceous Yixian formation.

Species appearing in this episode: Leefructus mirus, Protopodocarpoxylon jingangshanense, Protophyllocladoxylon frananicum, Sinornithosaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Araucarioxylon sidugawaense, Taxodioxylon heichengziense, Confuciusornis, Sinocallipteryx gigas, Chaoyangia liangii, Siphonospermum simplex, Sinocarpus decussatus, Lycoptera, Archaefructus, Callianthus dilae, Boreopterus cuiae, Psittacosaurus, Longipteryx, Hongshanornis, Caudipteryx, Cladophlebis, Ginkgo apodes, Jinzhousaurus, Yutyrannus, and a Titanosaur.

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Travel back in time 125 million years with me as we visit the Cretaceous Yixian formation.

Species appearing in this episode: Cladophlebis, Cretaceonobius fossilis, Thujoxylon beipiaoense, Jeholia longchengi, Repenomamus robustus, Sciadopityoxylon liaoningense, Xenoxylon hopeiense, Xenoxylon latiporosum, Protocedroxylon shengjinbeigouense, Piceoxylon zaocishanense, and Sinosauropteryx prima.

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Ever wondered how much of the intros are based on real experiences? Listen in for a behind the scenes look at some of the real experiences that inspired these episodes.

Grube Messel Fossil Site, Germany.

Calvert Cliffs Fossil Site MD, USA.

An old Quarry in Czechia with Cretaceous fossils.

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Welcome back to the Wannagan Creek fossil site and the Paleocene. Jump back in, to finish exploring the Paleocene and to find your way home.

Fossils appearing in this episode include: Metasequoia occidentalis, Borealosuchipus hanksi, Cypericites, Presbyornis isoni, Amentotaxus campelli, Neoplagiaulax hazeni, Ginkgo cranei, Leptictis dakotensis, Hydrangea antica, Phenacodus, Cycadaceae, Protictis, Cyclocarya hispida, Plesiadapis chrurchilli, and Leidyosuchus.

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Welcome to the Wannagan Creek fossil site that preserves a snapshot of the Paleocene 60 Million Years Ago.

Fossils appearing in this episode include: Taxodium olriki, Equisetum, Esox, Lepisoteus, Amia fragosa, Nelumbium tenufolium, Gomphaeschna schrankii, Isoetites horridus, Viviparus, Plastomenus, Champsosaurus gigas, Borealosuchus, Azolla stanleyii, Protochelydra zangerli.

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Welcome back for the final installment of our saga into the Messel Pit. This incredible Eocene locality has been a doozy, and I can’t wait to see it for myself next month. So travel back with me as we finish our trip to the Messel Pit.

Organisms present during this episode include: Symplocos minutula, Symphrasites eocenicus, Geiseltaliellus maarius, Darmstadtia biseriate, Masillatrogon pumilio, Ailuravus macrurus, Mimosites spiegeli, Propalaeotherium hassiacum, Eurheloderma, Cruciptera schaarschmidtii, Eomanis waldi, Euromanis krebsi, Gastornis geiselensis, Anacardium germanicum, Eocoracias brachyptera, Steinhauera subglobosa, Darwinius masillae, Pholodocerus hassiacus, and Boverisuchus magnifrons.

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In this episode return back 47 million years to the Messel Pit in Germany for part 2 of 3.

Organisms encountered in this episode include: Orb Weaver Spider, Heterohyus nanus, Magnolia, Araciphyllites, Caladiosoma, Pygomelissa luteria, Arecocaryon messelensis, Gekko, Cyclanthus messelensis, Protognathinus spielbergi, Parargornis messelensis, Phragmites oeningensis, Archaeoarmatus messelensis, Rhynchaeites messelensis, Juncitarsus merkeli, Buxolestes piscator, Toricellia bonesii, Stephania hootae, Mezira petrificata, Eoconstrictor fischeri, Paraortygoides messelensis, Plecia acourti, Cornus orbifera, and Vespula hassiaca.

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In this episode head back 47 million years to visit the Messel Pit in Germany.

Organisms encountered in this episode include: Asplenium, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, Nuphaea engelhardtii, Tetraedron minimum, Lutetiospongilla heili, Viviparis, Cyclurus kehreri, Anguilla ignota, Atractosteus strausi,Amphiperca multiformis, Chelotriton robustus, Allaeochelys crassesculptata, Euroemys kehreri, Neochelys franzeni, Paleoamyda messeliana, Podozamites eocaenica, Eopelobates wagneri, Hassiacosuchus haupti, Diplocynodon deponaie, Asiatosuchus germanicus, Asiatosuchus germanicus, Archimyrmex wedmannae, Laurophyllum lanigeroides, Smilax, Messelobatrachus tobieni, Magnolia, Hassianycteris, Masillapodargus longipes, Paraprefica kelleri, Paraprefica major, Eogliravus wildi, Palaeoglaux artophoron, and Hassaivis laticauda.

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Ever thought about the scary creatures other than dinosaurs that roamed the earth in the past? Check out my top ten list.

Creatures mentioned in this episode include: Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis, Parapuzosia seppenradensis, Elasmotherium sibiricum, Arthropleura, Livyatan melvillei, Daeodon shoshonensis, Titanoboa cerrejonensis, Deinosuchus riograndensis, Hatzegopteryx thambema, Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, Boverisuchus, and Langstonia.

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In this episode head back 30 million years to visit the John Day Formation in Oregon, USA.

Organisms encountered in this episode include:

Metasequoia, Polypodium, Pinus johndilyensis, Rubus, Platanus, hypertragulidae, Hydrangia, Ulmus, Fraxinus, Fagus pacifica, Toxicodendron wolfei, Quercus consimilis, Protosciurus rachelae, Vitis, Nuphar, Equisetum, Nimravid, Betula angustifolia, Alnus, Menispermum, Cornus, Paleocastor, Miohippus, Temnocyon, Terminalia, Acer, Tilia, Ceridiphyllum crenatum, Carya, Florissantia speirii, Eporeodon occidentalis, Crataegus merrinmii, Decodon brownii, Fothergilla speirii, Phytocrene, Hovenia, Daeodon humerosum.

The world in the Oligocene 30 million years ago. (Paleoatlas project, Chris Scotese).

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Step back in time nearly 3 million years to the end Pliocene outside of Casablanca Morocco to visit the Ahl al Oughlam locality.

Species featured in this episode include; Sivatherium, Agapornis atlanticus, Plioperdix, Kolpochoerus, Theropithicus, Struthio asiaticus, Geronticus, Lupulella, and early hominins.

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Ever wondered how accurate Jurassic Park really is? Well, it depends on when you ask that question. Tune in for a look back at what we believed was right and wrong then, and what we know now.

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Welcome to the bottom of the world as we visit the Hanson formation located on the mainland of Antarctica and travel back 190 million years to the early Jurassic.

Species that appeared in this episode include members of Polypodiales, Bennettitales, Pines, Pterosaurs, Dipteridaceae, Corystospermaceae, Marchantites, Equisetites, Tritylodontidae, Cupressaceae, Sauropodomorph, Matoniaceae, Voltziales, Theropods, and Auraucariaceae.

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Lets head back to the beginning of life on land in the Silurian over 400 million years ago, before visiting the amazing sea creatures of the Cambrian 510 Million years ago.

Species that appeared in this episode include: Cooksonia, Prototaxites, Vauxia gracilenta, Pirania muricata, Eiffelia globose, Thaumaptilon walcotti, Anomalocaris, Opabinia, Hallucigenia, Olenoides serratus, and Wiwaxia corrugata.

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One of the more whimsical names for a fossil site, come visit the Gogo formation of Western Australia as we go back 380 million years to visit a Devonian reef.

Organisms that make an appearance include: stromataporoids, stromatolites, ammonites, Montecaris gogoensis, Conulariida, canthodians, tabulate coral, zooxanthellae, eurypterids, rugose coral, placoderms, and McNamaranspis kaprios.

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Want to know more about the Tully Monster from Mazon Creek? Listen in to hear the story of this strange creature.

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The movie Ice Age came out in 2002 and was a large part of the childhood of kids who were born in the 1990s. Set 20,000 years ago it gets some stuff right and some stuff wrong, so tune in for a bite sized breakdown of just what we see in the Ice Age movie.

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This episode we head to the Permian which lasted from 299 Million years ago to 252 Million years ago, and has been excellently preserved in the red beds of Texas, USA. Listen in as we discover the unique plants and animals of the Permian.

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