Palaeo After Dark - Episodes

Podcast 335 - I Like Turtles Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that use fossil material to assess the origin of animal groups. The first paper describes a new Early Devonian fish and its implications for the evolution of jaws, and the second paper reassesses the fossil material of turtles (and possible not turtles) to determine where turtles fit on the evolutionary tree of s...

Podcast 334 - Stuck on You Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers about encrusting organisms. The first paper looks at evolutionary patterns of bryozoans to infer environmental triggers for shifts in the ways bryozoans calcify. The second paper uses the distribution of encrusting organisms on spirifd brachiopods to infer the ecology of both the encrusters and the brachiopod they...

Podcast 333 - Think Big Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers about fossil cephalopods. The first paper uses new methods to reassess the taxonomy of what was previously considered to be the oldest octopod, and the second paper uses preserved beaks to reconstruct large body sizes of Mesozoic octopods. Meanwhile, Amanda keeps it within Michigan, James brings up THE cephalopod talk...

Podcast 332 - Bird Peepin' Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that investigate phenotypic plasticity. The first paper reviews the pathways by which phenotype can be plastic, and the second paper looks at plasticity of breeding times in urban vs rural bird populations. Meanwhile, James manages a basement, Amanda names the papers, and Curt makes allegations. Up-Goer Five (James...

Podcast 331 - Reef it Up Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that investigate ancient bioherms. The first paper looks at the formation of early Phanerozoic reefs, and the second paper investigates patterns of reef building and collapse in the late Devonian. Meanwhile, James is being advertised to, Amanda plans unique roadtrips, and Curt solicits legal advice. Up-Goer Five (Ama...

Podcast 330 - Dinosaur Body Pillow Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers about the functional morphology of ancient groups of animals. The first paper is a review of how the life position of rangeomorph ediacaran taxa have been reconstructed, and the second paper conducts an actualistic experiment of Oviraptor nesting strategies. Meanwhile, Curt gets activated, James doesn’t die...

Podcast 329 - Boom Shakalaka Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that use quantitative methods to investigate the biomechanical limitations of extinct organisms. The first paper models the range of jumping potential for a non-avian theropod dinosaur, and the other paper tests if an extinct bird could have skimmed the ocean for food. Meanwhile, James imagines a better future, A...

Podcast 238 - Fins for Days Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that are united by a fin. The first paper uses a computer algorithms to infer the shape of mosasaur tail fins, and the second paper looks at a new species of Spinosaurus with a crest. Meanwhile, James tastes flavor, Amanda tastes drink, and Curt tastes indifference. Up-Goer Five - SERVER NOT FOUND! HELP! Reference...

Podcast 327 - Horse or Deer? Palaeo After Dark Download The gang talk about two papers about extraordinary dinosaur fossils and the unique information that can be gleaned from them. The first paper looks at fossil skin data on a Cretaceous iguandodontian, and the second paper uses an exceptionally complete specimen to demonstrate the reality of Nanotyrannus. Meanwhile, James classifies, Amanda ima...

Podcast 326 - But What Is It? Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discuss two papers of odd fossils with exceptional preservation. The first paper looks at some Cambrian vertebrates and shows that soft tissue evidence suggests the presence of two sets of camera eyes (four eyes total), and they interpret the additional set of camera eyes as being a homolog to the modern parietal eye in vertebrates....

Podcast 325 - The Curse of the Not Cat Palaeo After Dark Download Listeners, I’m going to level with you. This podcast is cursed. Not because of the content, which is mostly a pretty straight forward discussion about two papers that look into the fossil record of Nimravids (early cats that are not true cats). No, this podcast is cursed because the file refused to be compiled, crashing Audacity 3 t...

Podcast 324 - Pick Up the Pieces Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that use fragmentary fossils of animals to investigate the origins of major groups. The first paper describes an Early Ordovician eurypterid, and the second paper looks at mosaic evolutionary patterns in an early squamate. Meanwhile, James has bird opinions, Curt delights in not knowing, and Amanda will defin...

Podcast 323e - "All Sales Final" Part 5 - Another Satisfied Customer Palaeo After Dark Download The crew of the CS Perry struggle to extract themselves from their rapidly deteriorating situation. "Lightless Dawn" , "Spacial Harvest", and "Crypto" from Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Podcast 323d - "All Sales Final" Part 4 - The Milk Run Palaeo After Dark Download The crew of the CS Perry, now trapped in a space station run by multiple hostile AI, work to figure out how best to salvage a mission gone very wrong. "Lightless Dawn" and "Crypto" from Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Podcast 323c - "All Sales Final" Part 3 - The Hard Sell Palaeo After Dark Download The crew of the CS Perry begin the negotiation process for the CA-chip, but the sales team wants an arm and a leg for the product. "Lightless Dawn" and "Crypto" from Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Podcast 323b - "All Sales Final" Part 2 - A Representative Will Be With You Shortly Palaeo After Dark Download The crew of CS Perry were offered the perfect deal, a quick stop at an abandoned spaceport to grab some mothballed tech and they'd be set for life. What could possibly go wrong?   "Lightless Dawn" from Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...

Podcast 323a - "All Sales Final" Part 1 Palaeo After Dark Download For our holiday episodes this year, James, Curt, Amanda, and Ants get together to play a game of the space horror tabletop RPG Mothership. Join us for our introductory episode where we discuss the setting, rules, and the main characters of our story. "Lightless Dawn" from Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Co...

Podcast 322 - Obligatory Dinosaur Podcast 3: Dino With a Vengeance Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that are about dinosaurs, and that is all that connects them! The first paper investigates community structure during the Cretaceous, and the second paper describes a well preserved “mummy” of a duck-billed dinosaur. Meanwhile, Amanda is doing well (really she is now), Curt m...

Podcast 321 - Getting Mostly Stems Here Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that have very little in common with each except for the word “stem”. The first paper uses birth death models to simulate the fossil record in order investigate if neutral models can produce patterns similar to the “crown”/“stem” evolutionary dynamics that have been observed in real data. The second pa...

Podcast 320 - von Herrerasaurus Palaeo After Dark Download The gang discusses two papers that investigate injuries in fossil bones. The first paper tests hypotheses about the causes of facial injuries in herrarasaurids, and the second paper tests if inferred hunting strategies map onto injury patterns in predators from the La Brea Tar Pits. Meanwhile, Curt provides some hypotheses, Amanda gets spi...