On the FOSSIL Record

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A short palaeontology podcast brought to you by Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax.

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    • Oct 9, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Special Episode: Dean's new book Prehistoric Pets

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 41:10


    In this special episode, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss Dean's new pop up book Prehistoric Pets, which can be purchased here.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blogpost.  You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    Episode 7: Common Misconceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 23:12


    In Episode 7, Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss some of the misconceptions they commonly run into as palaeontologists.  There's also a t-shirt competition in this episode, stay tuned for details.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blog post.  You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    Episode 6: Palaeontology and the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 40:02


    In Episode 6, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss their impressions and experiences of the relationship between palaeontology and the media.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blog post.   You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    On the FOSSIL Record episode 5: Horseshoe Crabs and the Podcast Logo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 26:49


    In episode 5, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss one of their favourite fossil groups - horseshoe crabs - and why one particular horseshoe crab was chosen to be the podcast logo.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blog post.  You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    On the FOSSIL Record episode 4: Jurassic Park at 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019


    In episode 4, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax decided to keep things light by talking about one of their favourite films - Jurassic Park - as it's the 26th anniversary of the film being released in UK cinemas. Prepare for some potentially controversial opinions... For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blog post. You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    Special Episode: The new dinosaur Hesperornithoides

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 34:58


    In this special breaking news episode, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss the new theropod dinosaur Hesperornithoides miessleri, aka the Lori specimen, and Dean's involvement in the study. Hesperornithoides is closely related to dinosaurs like Troodon and Velociraptor and has some interesting implications for the evolution of bird-flight.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blogpost.  You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH. Image credit: Levi Shinkle, Wyoming Dinosaur Center.   

    On the FOSSIL Record episode 3: Amber and Copal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 31:14


    In episode 3, palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax discuss one of the most exceptional forms of fossil preservation, amber, and its sub-fossil form copal.  For extra links and images, please check out the accompanying blog post. You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook as well. On the FOSSIL Record is sponsored by UKGE ltd, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.

    On the FOSSIL Record episode 2: The Cambrian Explosion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 29:52


    Join palaeontologists Jason Sherburn and Dean Lomax as they attempt to discuss the important evolutionary event known as the Cambrian Explosion.  The On the FOSSIL Record podcast is sponsored by UKGE, Deposits Magazine, and UKAFH.  Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DickinsoniaCostata.jpg

    On the FOSSIL Record episode 1 - Dean's Protoichthyosaurus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 19:51


    In the first episode of On the FOSSIL Record, we keep things simple by talking about Dean's recently published (at the time of recording) study on Protoichthyosaurus. For a few extra links and pictures, check out our accompanying blog post here. 

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