190 million years of tetrapod biodiversity

Tetrapod is the name given to any vertebrate animal with four (tetra) legs (pod). There are more than 30,000 living species of tetrapod known today, and this includes many of the animals we are familiar

A Day in the Life of an Ammonite

Asteroceras_BWSeveral years ago, back when I was working as the lab and collections manager for the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in St. George, Utah, we constructed a temporary exhibit with hundreds of ammonite shells

Happy Fins: Plesiosaurs Flapped like Penguins

plesiosaur_striking-crop-690x320One of the most infuriating things about being a paleontologist is being able to study some of the coolest organisms that have ever inhabited the Earth, yet never being able to see one in life.