Ep. 487 - Fossil Seeds & Past Plant Diversity
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
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🗓️ 18 August 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Fossils offer some of the best evidence of how diverse various branches of the tree of life once were. They help us understand speciation and extinction as well as biogeography. Dr. Steve Manchester has spent much of his career using fossilized seeds to understand the ancient histories of flowering plants such as the walnut family (Juglandaceae). Join us as we explore the ins and outs of a career looking at plant fossils and learn what kinds of stories they can tell. This episode was produced in part by David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, 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, 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 |
| 0:03.0 | podcast of Indefensive Plants. What's up this is your host Matt welcome to the show |
| 0:07.2 | how is everyone doing this week? Conversations like you're about to hear do not |
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| 0:20.9 | some kickbacks in the process including access to bonus |
| 0:23.4 | episodes and it helps keep this show up and running I couldn't do it without your |
| 0:27.1 | support so thanks in advance but today I have a really fun conversation that kind of |
| 0:31.6 | picks up on a topic from episode 482 and that is fossilized seeds, |
| 0:36.3 | specifically of the Walnut family. |
| 0:38.4 | But so much more as well. |
| 0:39.9 | Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Steve Manchester, who has spent much of his career looking |
| 0:44.5 | at fossilized seeds and what they can tell us about different plant families, both extinct |
| 0:49.2 | and extant. His work takes him all over the world and gives him a really cool perspective on biogeography. |
| 0:55.0 | And above all else, it's just fascinating to get a look behind the scenes of how people like Dr. Manchester think and work. |
| 1:01.0 | It's really cool it goes into trying to understand fossilized plants. |
| 1:05.0 | So I don't want to keep it from it any longer. Let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:08.0 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Steve Manchester. I hope so excited to pick your brain today, but for those that aren't aware of your work let's start off with |
| 1:33.7 | a little introduction tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:47.6 | Oh thanks thanks for having me on I am the curator of Paleobotony at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which is under the umbrella of University of Florida. And that curator means I'm responsible for the |
| 1:55.0 | the collections the scientific collections that we have taken care of about |
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