Podcast 238 - Fins for Days

Palaeo After Dark by Palaeo After Dark

Mar 22, 202601:52:06Science & Medicine

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. Meanwh...

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