Palaeocast

In this episode, we interview Dr Leigh Anne Riedman, University of California, about life during the Neoproterozoic Era, the most recent of the Precambrian Eon. This time interval is far from straight forward; not only were there changes in oceanic and atmospheric chemistry,  but also dramatic shifts in climate and the formation and subsequent rifting of the supercontinent Rodinia. The Neoproterozoic also saw major biological innovations and ended with the appearance of the enigmatic Ediacaran Fauna.

Professor John Long is an early vertebrate researcher at Flinders University, Australia. He is most famous for his work on the three-dimentionally-preserved fish from the Gogo Formation, North West Australia. In this interview, Dr Tom Fletcher (who you'll remember from Episode 76) got the chance to speak to Prof. Long during a field trip to the world-famous Burgess Shale.

We're given a guided tour of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition

Dr Liam Gallagher introduces us to coccolithophores and discusses how they have been employed in the oil industry, arts and even forensics

Bob Nicholls joins to discuss life as a professional Paleoartist

Dr Ted Daeschler joins to discuss Late Devonian Vertebrates and how to find them

Episode 78: Japanese Palaeontology

Episode 77: South American Gomphotheres

Episode 76: Hydrodynamics

Episode 75: Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence

Episode 74: Early Archosaurs and Teleocrater

Episode 73: Sensory Structures

Episode 72b: Las Hoyas

Episode 72a: Las Hoyas

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