
Podcast 330 - Dinosaur Body Pillow
The gang discusses two papers about the functional morphology of ancient groups of animals. The first paper is a review of how the life posi...
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A group of fresh faced scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.

The gang discusses two papers about the functional morphology of ancient groups of animals. The first paper is a review of how the life posi...

The gang discusses two papers that use quantitative methods to investigate the biomechanical limitations of extinct organisms. The first pap...

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,...

The gang talk about two papers about extraordinary dinosaur fossils and the unique information that can be gleaned from them. The first pape...

The gang discuss two papers of odd fossils with exceptional preservation. The first paper looks at some Cambrian vertebrates and shows that...

Listeners, I'm going to level with you. This podcast is cursed. Not because of the content, which is mostly a pretty straight forward discus...

The gang discusses two papers that use fragmentary fossils of animals to investigate the origins of major groups. The first paper describes...

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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 v...

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For our holiday episodes this year, James, Curt, Amanda, and Ants get together to play a game of the space horror tabletop RPG Mothership. J...

The gang discusses two papers that are about dinosaurs, and that is all that connects them! The first paper investigates community structure...

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...

The gang discusses two papers that investigate injuries in fossil bones. The first paper tests hypotheses about the causes of facial injurie...

The gang discusses two papers that use taphonomic experiments to test hypotheses about the paleo-environmental conditions of the Crato Forma...

The gang discusses two papers that provide nuanced information to test when key innovations in vertebrate evolution occurred. The first pape...

The gang discusses two papers that deal with fossil brains. The first paper looks at a fossil arthropod from the Cambrian and uses neurologi...

The gang discusses two papers about skin preservation in fossil tetrapods. The first paper describes skin impressions from a Permian synapsi...

The gang ends "Wet Hot Archosaur Summer" with the final podcast recorded from our undisclosed location in the woods. For this podcast, we in...

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...

Wet Hot Archosaur Summer continues as the gang discusses two papers that look at the evolution and biogeography of early archosaurs. Specifi...

The gang discusses two papers about the ecology of sauropods. The first paper investigates the biomechanics of the Plateosaurus tail, and th...

The gang continues "Wet Hot Archosaur Summer" with a discussion about pterosaur trace fossils. The first paper tests a method for assigning...

Wet Hot Archosaur Summer continues as the gang discusses two papers about crocodylomorph evolution. The first paper looks at the impact mass...

The gang kicks off a summer of archosaurs by talking about crocodyliforms. The first paper describes an early Cenozoic large notosuchian, an...

The gang tries to discuss two papers that look at the evolutionary impacts of the K-Pg mass extinction. Specifically, they look at one paper...

The gang discusses two papers that look at the evolutionary impact of shifts in habitat occupation. The first paper looks at a clade of shar...

The gang discusses two papers that use morphometrics to investigate patterns of selection on bird morphology. The first paper looks at the m...

The gang discusses two papers that look at preserved skin/external tissues. The first paper shows a unique record of Cambrian molting, and t...

The gang discusses two papers that look into the evolution and timing of key morphological innovations within animal groups. The first paper...

The gang discusses two papers that look into the timing of evolution of the "crown group". The first paper looks at fossil glass sponges, an...

The gang celebrates the research of the late Elisabeth Vrba by talking about two of her papers, as well as her research more broadly. And, d...

The gang discusses two papers that look at some exceptional soft-tissue preservation during the Silurian. The first paper potentially identi...

The gang discusses two papers that look at some exceptionally preserved juvenile fossil specimens and the interesting clues these fossils gi...

The gang discusses two papers that look at the evolution of photosynthesis in different groups. The first paper looks at what might be the f...

Sausage, Biscuits, Eggey, and Crankshaft make their way into the big mansion. Will they be able to pull off the heist of the century and del...

Sausage, Biscuits, Eggey, and Crankshaft board the Dumpster Fire and prepare for a holiday adventure... despite the wishes of an unsuspectin...

James, Amanda, Curt, and Ants all get together to plan a holiday raccoon heist. What could possibly go wrong? "Sergio's Magic Dustbin" from...

The gang discusses two papers that look at patterns of mosaic evolution, one paper looking at cat evolution and the other paper looking at b...

The gang discusses two papers that detail interesting findings about the soft tissues of extinct arthropods. The first paper does a detailed...

The gang discusses two papers that look at examples of soft tissue preservation during the Cambrian. The first paper is a deep dive into the...

The gang discusses two papers that look at two Lagerstätten (fossil localities of exceptional preservation). The first Lagerstätte is a uniq...

The gang looks at two papers that compare similar structures in unrelated animals to see if there might be evidence of convergence. The firs...

The gang discusses two papers that look at convergence (maybe?) in modern arthropods. The first paper looks at plant/ant symbiosis in a genu...

The gang discusses two papers that... ok look. I'm going to level with you. No one in this podcast slept more than a few hours before we sta...

The gang discusses two papers that look at modern bird migration patterns. The first paper looks at breading and migration patterns of the A...

The gang discusses two papers that look at functional morphology in extinct groups. The first paper looks at tooth replacement patterns in a...

The gang discusses two papers that use new fossils to add insight into the geographic origins of groups. The first paper looks at some fossi...

The gang convenes in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2024 North American Paleontological Convention. We discuss the various talks we saw and hig...