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Follow your guide through time Caroline Siegert, as she takes you back in time to visit different fossil sites when they were still alive.

Caroline Siegert


    • May 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    John Day Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 26:20


    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, […]

    Ahl al Oughlam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 27:30


    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.

    What Jurassic Park got right and wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 14:07


    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.

    Hanson Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 28:35


    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.

    Visiting the Silurian and Cambrian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024


    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 […]

    Gogo Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024


    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.

    Fossil Friday Bites – The Tully Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024


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

    Fossil Friday Bites – Ice Age the movie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 5:45


    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.

    The Red Beds of Texas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 31:59


    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.

    Fossil Friday Bites – Fossil Laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 5:36


    There are a surprising amount of laws regarding fossils, so tune in as we go over a few of them.

    Ischigualasto Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 32:16


    Continuing our trek back in time, we head to northern Argentina to visit the Ischigualasto Formation as it was in the Triassic 230 million years ago.

    Balabansai Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 25:08


    The Balabansai formation located in western Asia preserves fossils from the middle Jurassic 168-161 million years ago. So take a trip back in time to visit our world when it looked much different.

    Fossil Friday Bites – Politics and Paleontology

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 5:23


    Politics can play a surprising large role in paleontology, and one of the easiest to track of these is in China. So tune in for a look at how politics has affected Chinese paleontology.

    Hell Creek

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 36:35


    Hell Creek in Montana has fossils from the end Cretaceous around 66 million years old including some of the most iconic dinosaurs in the US as well as plants, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic invertebrates.

    Fossil Friday Bites – Fossil Guinea Pig

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 3:48


    Let’s talk about a giant fossil guinea pig.

    Seymour Island, Antarctica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 31:11


    Seymour Island, Antarctica has fossils from the late Cretaceous through the Eocene which gives a unique perspective of what the southernmost continent may have been like.

    Fossil Friday Bite – The earliest flowering plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 6:45


    The age of the earliest flowering plant is still a huge topic of debate. Let’s talk about some of the possible oldest fossil flowering plants.

    Calvert Cliffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 31:10


    Time to head back to the Miocene while visiting the Calvert Cliffs located in Maryland, USA.

    Fossil Friday Bites – The Pregnant Plesiosaur

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 6:49


    On this Fossil Friday Bite, chew on a fossil of a pregnant giant marine reptile from millions of years ago.

    Laguna del Hunco

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 22:10


    Travel across the equator with me as we visit the Eocene fossil site Laguna del Hunco. This fossil site is very important to me as I work on fossils from here, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Also, fair warning that my pronunciation is terrible, I’m working on it.

    Fossil Friday Bites – How Fossils are Named

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 8:08


    Ever wondered how fossils are named? Check out this bite-sized episode to learn more.

    Hammerschmiede Clay Pit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 19:32


    This episode we are headed back 11 million years to the Hammerschmiede clay pit in Bavaria, Germany.

    Fossil Friday Bites – What are Fossils

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 10:50


    For our first episode of Fossil Friday Bites, short episodes that deep dive into a specific topic, we are taking a look at what are fossils, how are they made, and why the fossil record is important.

    Gray Fossil Site

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 14:57


    This episode we head to the Gray Fossil Site in Northeast Tennessee stepping back 4.5 million years to explore the Pliocene forest.

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