The oceans of the Mesozoic were home to a lot of fascinating sea predators, but perhaps none weirder than the plesiosaurs. Four giant flippers, tiny tails, and heads that ranged from enormous death traps to tiny noggins atop ridiculously long necks; there’s truly nothing like them in the world today, which makes them quite the prehistoric puzzle. In this episode, we’ll discuss what we know about them and what questions remain unanswered.
In the news: sauropod beaks, croc snouts, the last mammoths, and mold pigs!
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Main discussion, Part 1: 00:34:00
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:03:00
Patron question: 01:35:30
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Episode 60 - Turtles
Episode 59 - Bats
Episode 58 - The Bone Wars
Episode 57 - Evolution of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)
Sloth Chat Livestream 2018
Episode 56 – The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory
Episode 55 - The "Sixth Extinction" (Modern Biodiversity Crisis)
Episode 54 - Alfred Russell Wallace
Episode 53 - The Baculum (Penis Bone)
Episode 52 – Sounds of the Past (Fossil Bioacoustics)
End of the Year Q&A 2018
Episode 51 - Mosasaurs
Episode 50 - Australia
Episode 49 - Fake Fossils
Episode 48 - Sharks
Episode 47 - Early Synapsids ("Proto-Mammals")
Spook-E - Zombies
Episode 46 - Cryptozoology
Spook-E - Fish-People
Spook-E - Werewolves
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