Episode 79 - Pterosaurs

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2020

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

The first pterosaur to be scientifically identified was Pterodactylus, more than 200 years ago. Since then, scientists have grappled with understanding these bizarre and fantastic animals, aided by inspired science and incredible discoveries. In this episode, we’ll discuss what we know – and what we don’t know – about how these animals evolved, survived, and ruled the skies in the Age of Reptiles. In the news: cassowary evolution, the oldest scorpions, sea floor taphonomy, and Neanderthal shells. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:08:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:38:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:22:00Patron question: 02:10:00 We’ve donated our December 2019 Patreon earnings to WIRES to help with wildlife recovery in Australia. Learn more here: https://www.wires.org.au/ Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ The Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw 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. Hello, David.
0:21.8	Hello, listeners, and welcome to episode 79 of the Common Descent podcast.
0:27.9	Woohoo!
0:28.6	This episode is about pterosaurs.
0:31.2	Woohoo!
0:32.3	Terosaurs are the amazing, majestic, flying reptiles of the Mesozoic.
0:37.8	They're not dinosaurs.
0:39.2	Nope.
0:39.6	They're not birds.
0:40.9	They're not teradactals.
0:43.3	Nope.
0:43.7	Not really.
0:44.3	More on that later.
0:46.0	In this episode, we're going to talk about what they are.
0:48.7	What makes terosaurs unique?
0:50.6	What makes a terosaur a terosaur?
0:52.5	And all the incredible things that we know and don't know about their evolution and their lifestyle.
1:00.7	Yeah.
1:01.2	They are, some might contend some of the coolest animals of the Mesozoic.
1:07.0	They make a strong argument that they should be put in that position because, man, are they weird and cool and unique?
1:15.3	I love weird animals.
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