Fossil Fridays

Ever wondered how much of the intros are based on real experiences? Listen in for a behind the scenes look at some of the real experiences that inspired these episodes. Grube Messel Fossil Site, Germany. Calvert Cliffs Fossil Site MD, USA. An old Quarry in Czechia with Cretaceous fossils.

Welcome back to the Wannagan Creek fossil site and the Paleocene. Jump back in, to finish exploring the Paleocene and to find your way home. Fossils appearing in this episode include: Metasequoia occidentalis, Borealosuchipus hanksi, Cypericites, Presbyornis isoni, Amentotaxus campelli, Neoplagiaulax hazeni, Ginkgo cranei, Leptictis dakotensis, Hydrangea antica, Phenacodus, Cycadaceae, Protictis, Cyclocarya hispida, Plesiadapis chrurchilli, […]

Welcome to the Wannagan Creek fossil site that preserves a snapshot of the Paleocene 60 Million Years Ago. Fossils appearing in this episode include: Taxodium olriki, Equisetum, Esox, Lepisoteus, Amia fragosa, Nelumbium tenufolium, Gomphaeschna schrankii, Isoetites horridus, Viviparus, Plastomenus, Champsosaurus gigas, Borealosuchus, Azolla stanleyii, Protochelydra zangerli.

Welcome back for the final installment of our saga into the Messel Pit. This incredible Eocene locality has been a doozy, and I can’t wait to see it for myself next month. So travel back with me as we finish our trip to the Messel Pit. Organisms present during this episode include: Symplocos minutula, Symphrasites […]

In this episode return back 47 million years to the Messel Pit in Germany for part 2 of 3. Organisms encountered in this episode include: Orb Weaver Spider, Heterohyus nanus, Magnolia, Araciphyllites, Caladiosoma, Pygomelissa luteria, Arecocaryon messelensis, Gekko, Cyclanthus messelensis, Protognathinus spielbergi, Parargornis messelensis, Phragmites oeningensis, Archaeoarmatus messelensis, Rhynchaeites messelensis, Juncitarsus merkeli, Buxolestes piscator, Toricellia […]

In this episode head back 47 million years to visit the Messel Pit in Germany. Organisms encountered in this episode include: Asplenium, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, Nuphaea engelhardtii, Tetraedron minimum, Lutetiospongilla heili, Viviparis, Cyclurus kehreri, Anguilla ignota, Atractosteus strausi, Amphiperca multiformis, Chelotriton robustus, Allaeochelys crassesculptata, Euroemys kehreri, Neochelys franzeni, Paleoamyda messeliana, Podozamites eocaenica, Eopelobates wagneri, Hassiacosuchus haupti, […]

Ever thought about the scary creatures other than dinosaurs that roamed the earth in the past? Check out my top ten list. Creatures mentioned in this episode include: Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis, Parapuzosia seppenradensis, Elasmotherium sibiricum, Arthropleura, Livyatan melvillei, Daeodon shoshonensis, Titanoboa cerrejonensis, Deinosuchus riograndensis, Hatzegopteryx thambema, Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, Boverisuchus, and Langstonia.

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, […]

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.