Episode 160 - The Messel Pit

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Once, it was a volcanic crater. Then, it was a lake, perhaps equal parts lush and deadly. Much later, it was a mining site. And finally, today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous and heavily studied fossil sites in the world. In this episode, we discuss the history and formation of the Messel Pit, and we ooh and aah over a small sampling of the many thousands of incredible fossils that have been found there. In the news: lacewing larvae, folding leaves, dinosaur growth, and ankylosaur sounds. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:06:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:36:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:00:00Patron question: 01:40:30 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Follow this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible!www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will.
0:21.4	Hello, David.
0:24.4	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Common Descent podcast.
0:28.9	This is a podcast about paleontology, life history, the history of stuff on the planet earth, and sometimes elsewhere.
0:30.7	This is episode 160, and we are talking about the messel pit.
0:35.4	A mess of a pit.
0:36.5	It is.
0:37.1	Well, we'll find out. We've done a bunch of episodes in the pastal pit. A mess of a pit. It is. Well, we'll find out.
0:38.9	We've done a bunch episodes in the past about specific fossil localities.
0:43.5	This is a European one, which we haven't really done.
0:46.7	Oh, true.
0:47.8	Funnily enough, we have not done a ton of episodes centered in Europe.
0:52.7	We've done some.
0:53.6	Yeah.
0:54.2	We have not done a ton, which is weird, given that so much paleontology and paleontology
0:58.4	history happens in Europe.
0:59.6	That's what I, that had not clicked until you said that, but yeah.
1:03.4	Huh.
1:03.9	Yep.
1:04.4	It's a small place.
1:05.5	Yeah.
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