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Today, bony animals are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, but it wasn’t always that way. This episode, we explore what modern and fossil species have to tell us about Vertebrate Origins.
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These cousins of sharks are rare and poorly understood today, but their fossil record is rich with their ancestors and strange cousins. This episode, we explore the past and present of Chimaeras.
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In 1938, a fishing crew pulled up a fish that everyone thought had been extinct for 70 million years. Since then, these fish have become famous not just for their strangely incomplete fossil record, but also for their unique anatomy and their close relationship to land vertebrates. In this episode, we discuss the strange and incredible story of Coelacanths.
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Over 350 million years ago, vertebrate animals made one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions in the history of life on Earth. A full-body anatomical makeover allowed one branch of the fish family tree to conquer the continents, setting the stage for a 300-million-year reign of vertebrates on land. In this episode, we discuss the Fish-Tetrapod Transition.
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In this episode we discuss sharks and their evolutionary history. Sharks are well know today as the top predators in many of the world’s ocean environments, but this wasn’t always the case. We’re covering the features that define a sharks and taking a look at some of the most interesting cases along the 400 million year story of shark evolution.
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In this episode we discuss an interesting and important group of ancient armored fish; Placoderms! We discuss some of their wide variety, their evolutionary significance, and focus a bit on their biggest and most famous member: Dunkleosteus.
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