Palaeo After Dark

This week we desperately try to remain on topic as we talk about fossil beds with exceptional preservation....   We fail...   Instead, James discusses anger, Amanda wants Robocop because she's OG, Curt confuses gaseous with geishas, and the whole goup details the perfect plot to a hypothetical Predator 3.

In this episode, we discuss two studies that try to piece apart the effects that the ecological niche breadth (i.e. the range of habitats an animal can survive in) of an animal has on its potential to diversify and/or survive over long periods of time. Also, Hell freezes over as James manages to come up with a perfect reference to the band "The Descendents".

In this week's episode, we discuss evidence of some early single-cellular life, and James gives the group a passionate lesson in mathematics...   A veeeerrrrryyyy passionate lesson.   Meanwhile, Randol returns and Amanda joins us from lovely scenic Michigan via the miracles of the internet.

In this episode, while Randol is away Amanda gives the group a lesson in American History, Curt ruins illusions, and James fills the void with his best Randol impressions. Also, after about 18 minutes of random banter they finally get to talking about the bizarre case of  the tyrannosaurid Raptorex, as well as the importance of ontogeny and proper dating. That is... until Amanda falls asleep from jet-lag and exhaustion.

This week we talk about a controversial worm-like Cambrian fossil called Diania cactiformis that some think may be the ancestor of all arthropods, and other people think those people are crazy.   Also SNAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

On this week's episode, we discuss the science of ichnology (the study of trace fossils), and for some reason we can't stop making stupid pop culture references.

In this episode Amanda writes Freddy Mercury slash fiction, Randol condones eating babies, James feeds the 5000, Curt has a conversation which only involves "meh"'s, and the group kind-of/sort-of discusses ichthyosaurs.

In this podcast, Randol invents a cat related song, James reinvents the story of the Ed Fitz, Amanda talks about space ducks, Curt cuts the entire conversation short for chinese food, and the group actually talks science about the evolution of feathers  (despite Amanda's beliefs that some of them aren't feathers).

Today we are joined by our pal Paula and talk about Pikaia, Pokemon... and poop.

In this week's podcast, Amanda spends the first four minutes talking about shipwrecks, James and Randol discuss their creepy new children's program, and nearly everyone gets distracted when a squirrel runs by the window. We also desperately try to stay on topic as we talk about Evolutionary Faunas.

In this week's podcast we discuss the importance of ontogeny and development in the evolution of new body forms. Also alimony.

This week's podcast we eventually get to talking about Molecular Clock studies dealing with early divergence times and the colonization of land... Also Christopher Lambert

In which we eventually get to talking about interpretations of ambiguous fossils, and discuss a redescription of a strange fish.

Our pilot episode which originally was conceived as a companion piece to Palaeocast. Since this was our first run, we all apologize for the lack of pop filters. Otherwise, enjoy the discussion of taphonomy which begins with burying my corpse in the backyard and only gets weirder from there.   If you have any questions, comments, or concerns send them to:   palaeoafterdark@gmail.com    Also a sincere shout out to Palaeocast (www.palaeocast.com).   Cheers, Curt