Fossil Fridays

Have you ever wondered how fossils may have inspired your favorite myth? Lets dive into the intersection between myth and paleontology. Want to learn more about this topic? Check out “The first fossil hunters” by Adrienne Mayor. A reliquary from the Residenz München, a more modern way that humans venerate the bones of heroes.

Travel back in time 125 million years with me as we continue our visit to the Cretaceous Yixian formation. Species appearing in this episode: Leefructus mirus, Protopodocarpoxylon jingangshanense, Protophyllocladoxylon frananicum, Sinornithosaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Araucarioxylon sidugawaense, Taxodioxylon heichengziense, Confuciusornis, Sinocallipteryx gigas, Chaoyangia liangii,  Siphonospermum simplex, Sinocarpus decussatus, Lycoptera, Archaefructus, Callianthus dilae, Boreopterus cuiae,  Psittacosaurus, Longipteryx, Hongshanornis, Caudipteryx, […]

Travel back in time 125 million years with me as we visit the Cretaceous Yixian formation. Species appearing in this episode: Cladophlebis, Cretaceonobius fossilis, Thujoxylon beipiaoense, Jeholia longchengi, Repenomamus robustus, Sciadopityoxylon liaoningense, Xenoxylon hopeiense, Xenoxylon latiporosum, Protocedroxylon shengjinbeigouense, Piceoxylon zaocishanense, and Sinosauropteryx prima.