Ep. 463 - Digitizing an Extinct Tree

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

How does one breath life into an extinct tree only known from fossils? There are a lot of answers to this question, but my guest today decided to go digital. Tim Stonesifer is the Assistant Director for Media Technology at Colby College and the person responsible for creating the 3D reconstruction of Sanfordiacaulis densifolia that was discovered by Dr. Gastaldo and colleagues (Ep. 461). Join us as we explore his process and what it was like to take a dive into paleobotanical reconstructions. This episode was produced in part by Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast the official podcast
0:03.8	of Indefensive Plants. What's up this is your host Matt welcome to the show how is everyone
0:08.1	doing this week I have a really exciting guess for you today it's a bit different than the
0:12.4	conversations we're used to hearing on this show exciting guests for you today. It's a bit different than the conversations
0:13.0	we're used to hearing on this show, but I just want to say that conversations
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0:38.3	But today we are joined by Tim Stonecifer, who has an IT background, but the way he's been able to get involved in
0:44.6	paleobotny is really cool, and it involves a plant we talked about in the previous episode.
0:50.3	Sanfordia Callis, the weird toilet brush tree from the carboniferous.
0:55.0	And Tim collaborated with the paleobotonists to bring this tree to life, at least in a digital sense.
1:01.0	And the process of doing that is iterative but really interesting and it just
1:04.8	goes to show you how you never know what ways you can get involved in scientific discoveries
1:09.7	like this. I don't want to steal any of Tim's Thunder because his thought process and his insights into
1:14.4	resurrecting and extinct tree are fascinating. So let's just jump right into it. Without further
1:19.1	ado, here's my conversation with Tim Stonecifer. I to the podcast. This is a really unique conversation to be having today.
1:43.2	I'm really excited to pick your brain,
1:44.7	but first, tell everyone a little bit about who you are
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