Palaeo After Dark Podcast
1) Podcast 318 - Derp Fish Returns
The gang discusses two papers that provide nuanced information to test when key innovations in vertebrate evolution occurred. The first paper looks at unique semi-terrestrial trace fossils in the earl...Show More
2) Podcast 317 - Bring the Brain Power
The gang discusses two papers that deal with fossil brains. The first paper looks at a fossil arthropod from the Cambrian and uses neurological characters to determine its phylogenetic placement. The ...Show More
3) Podcast 316 - Sail Back Bros
The gang discusses two papers about skin preservation in fossil tetrapods. The first paper describes skin impressions from a Permian synapsid, and the second paper identifies feather-like structures i...Show More
4) Podcast 315 - Final Transmission from the Black Lodge
The gang ends “Wet Hot Archosaur Summer” with the final podcast recorded from our undisclosed location in the woods. For this podcast, we indulge Amanda by talking about birds and trace fossils. The f...Show More
5) Podcast 314 - Weird Archosaur Summer
The gang is all back together in one place again as they unite in an undisclosed cabin in the woods to record the last two podcasts for Wet Hot Archosaur Summer. For this episode, the gang talks about...Show More
6) Podcast 313 - Ooooo Banana
Wet Hot Archosaur Summer continues as the gang discusses two papers that look at the evolution and biogeography of early archosaurs. Specifically, one paper describes new material from an early dinosa...Show More
7) Podcast 312 - Sick Skateboard Tricks
The gang discusses two papers about the ecology of sauropods. The first paper investigates the biomechanics of the Plateosaurus tail, and the second paper looks at direct evidence of sauropod diet fro...Show More
8) Podcast 311 - On a Wing and a Trace
The gang continues “Wet Hot Archosaur Summer” with a discussion about pterosaur trace fossils. The first paper tests a method for assigning pterosaur traces to potential trace makers, and the second p...Show More
9) Podcast 310 - This Podcast Is Two Darth Vaders Tall
Wet Hot Archosaur Summer continues as the gang discusses two papers about crocodylomorph evolution. The first paper looks at the impact mass extinctions had on disparity within the group, and the seco...Show More
10) Podcast 309 - Wet Hot Archosaur Summer Begins
The gang kicks off a summer of archosaurs by talking about crocodyliforms. The first paper describes an early Cenozoic large notosuchian, and the second paper investigates how cryptic species impacts ...Show More