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Podcast 78 - History Repeats, Bizarre Convergence in Fossil Animals

Podcast 78 - History Repeats, Bizarre Convergence in Fossil Animals

FromPalaeo After Dark


Podcast 78 - History Repeats, Bizarre Convergence in Fossil Animals

FromPalaeo After Dark

ratings:
Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The gang discusses three papers that detail some truly unique examples of morphological convergence; from brachiopods that look like corals to bovids with dinosaurian nasal crests. Also, James designs some conspicuous Mario levels,  Amanda wins an argument that "never happened", Curt is excluded from a business venture, and everything comes back to Zardoz.
References:
Streng, Michael, et al. "A new family of Cambrian rhynchonelliformean brachiopods (Order Naukatida) with an aberrant coral‐like morphology."Palaeontology 59.2 (2016): 269-293.
Labandeira, Conrad C., et al. "The evolutionary convergence of mid-Mesozoic lacewings and Cenozoic butterflies." Proc. R. Soc. B. Vol. 283. No. 1824. The Royal Society, 2016.
O’Brien, Haley D., et al. "Unexpected Convergent Evolution of Nasal Domes between Pleistocene Bovids and Cretaceous Hadrosaur Dinosaurs." Current Biology (2016).
Released:
Feb 21, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A group of scientists have biweekly informal discussions about evolutionary biology and palaeontology... over beer.