Kazakhstan: Fossils and Geology
Kazakhstan Fossils and Geology: This morning on the ARCHEA Blog I shared a tasty block of Semenovites (Anahoplites) cf. michalskii ammonites that hail from Cretaceous, Albian deposits that outcrop on ...
23 Dec 20206min
Welcome to Season Two
Happy Winter Solstice 2020 — Welcome to Season Two. The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. It is a time for celebration, family, candles ...
21 Dec 202057s
Carnotaurus: Flesh-Eating Dinosaur
Meet Carnotaurus sastrei, a genus of large theropod dinosaurs that roamed the southern tip of Argentina, South America during the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 69.9 million years ago. His name means "flesh-e...
20 Dec 20208min
Brachiopods and Living Fossils
Brachiopods, sharks, crocodiles, coelacanth, ginko, horsetails and velvet works are all considered Living Fossils. We'll talk about those species and others on today's cast. Living Fossils are an inte...
12 Dec 202012min
The Fossil Record: Woolly Mammoths
Woolly Mammoths were true elephants, unlike their less robust cousins, the mastodons. Mammoths were bigger — both in girth and height — weighing in at a max of 13 tonnes. They are closely related to A...
12 Dec 202012min
Lemurs of Madagascar
Lemurs are mammals of the order Primates, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 highly diverse species — 105 to be exact. They are native only to the island of Madagascar....
12 Dec 202014min
Exploring the Geology & Fossil Record of Madagascar
One hundred and seventy million years ago, Madagascar was landlocked in the middle of the supercontinent Gondwana, sandwiched between land that would eventually become South America and Africa and lan...
9 Dec 20208min
Eocene Cryptodiran Fossil Turtle
An Eocene Cryptodiran Fossil Turtle, Baena arenosa, from fine-grained lime mud outcrops in the Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. This fellow, with the extra-long tail, marks the last of his lineag...
6 Dec 20203min
