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llewelly Jul 31, 2024

latest episode of Terrible Lizards, with @dave_hone and @iszi is on Megalosaurioids, the clade containing Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur described, and yet still among the most mysterious. Torvosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, various spinosaurs, and other dinosaurs also come into the episode. But mostly, Cass Morrison drops lots of hints about cool new findings on Megalosaurioids coming along sometime soon

https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls10e07-the-megalosauroids

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#TheropodThursday

Terrible Lizards: TLS10E07 The Megalosauroids

The spinosaurs get all the love (OK, mostly hate) and attention when it comes to the megalosauroids, but they are but one weird branch of this group of theropods. Sadly they have a similar problem to the spinosaurs in that there are annoyingly few fossils of them, and there’s very few people working on these animals. Happily, today Iszi and Dave are joined by one of them, Cass Morrison who is doing his PhD on these unusual animals and is here to give us the lowdown on their evolution, diversity, biogeography and ecology and generally fill us in on these much under-appreciated animals. Links: For extra content go to our Patreon Apiece with Cass about his work on dinosaur brains: Find Cass on Twitter and Instagram

llewelly Feb 29, 2024

newest episode of Terrible Lizards podcast, by @dave_hone and @iszi , is about Coelophysis, featuring an interview with Coelophysis expert and artist @SkyeMcDavid
https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls10e02-coelophysis
#dinosaurs
#theropods
#theropodThursday
#paleontology

Terrible Lizards: TLs10E02 Coelophysis

We don’t often delve into the Triassic since Dave is not well versed in that time and the animals that were around then, but there were some very important animals that we’ve unduly overlooked across the last 9 series. Happily, today we can redress a large part of that with this episode on Coelophysis. Known from hundreds of skeletons, it’s one of the best represented dinosaurs in the fossil record and yet it remains criminally understudied despite the available data. As one of the earliest theropods, it is perhaps archetypal of the lineages came later, but as so often happens, a bunch of questionable taxonomic decisions and referrals over the decades has left the animal in a bit of a mess. Here to help clear that up is Skye McDavid, scientific illustrator and independent researcher who has put far more time into sorting out the problems of Coelophysis than most would deem wise and joins us to share her wealth of knowledge. Links: Skye’s hub on her website with links to her art, socials etc. Please support us on patreon and unlock extra content!

llewelly Feb 29, 2024

newest episode of Terrible Lizards podcast, by @dave_hone and @iszi , is about Coelophysis, featuring an interview with Coelophysis expert and artist @SkyeMcDavid
https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls10e02-coelophysis
#dinosaurs
#theropods
#theropodThursday
#paleontology

Terrible Lizards: TLs10E02 Coelophysis

We don’t often delve into the Triassic since Dave is not well versed in that time and the animals that were around then, but there were some very important animals that we’ve unduly overlooked across the last 9 series. Happily, today we can redress a large part of that with this episode on Coelophysis. Known from hundreds of skeletons, it’s one of the best represented dinosaurs in the fossil record and yet it remains criminally understudied despite the available data. As one of the earliest theropods, it is perhaps archetypal of the lineages came later, but as so often happens, a bunch of questionable taxonomic decisions and referrals over the decades has left the animal in a bit of a mess. Here to help clear that up is Skye McDavid, scientific illustrator and independent researcher who has put far more time into sorting out the problems of Coelophysis than most would deem wise and joins us to share her wealth of knowledge. Links: Skye’s hub on her website with links to her art, socials etc. Please support us on patreon and unlock extra content!