08/23/2022
Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters Walk into a Den of Eurypterids
The Paleo Nerds talk to the first Podcaster of Paleo, Dave Marshall, host of Palaeocast podcast.
Dave Marshall is a part-time PhD student at the University of Bristol where he’s investigating the evolution of chelicerates. He is also a self-employed biostratigrapher in the oil industry. Dave founded Palaeocast in 2012 after becoming frustrated with the lack of a dedicated palaeontological documentary series and the poor scientific accuracy of popular media. He is dedicated to altering the public perception of palaeontology through the innovative adoption of new multimedia opportunities. Recently, Dave has been working on the Virtual Natural History Museum (V-NHM) project as he attempts to deliver Palaeocast’s brand of multimedia into classrooms.
When not in university, behind a microphone or on an oil rig, Dave can most often be found in the field looking for eurypterids or busy conceiving new sci-comms projects. (www.Palaeocast.com, 2022)
With Dave Marshall's contribution to Science and Paleontological outreach, it is an honor to have him on Paleo Nerds.
LINKS to Topics discussed in this Episode
World’s largest trilobite and Dave Rudkin’s page
Bill Stine Gilboa Forests for New York
Euryipterid Remipes- State fossil of NY State
The Largest Eurypterid Jaekelopterus
Video animation of Jaekelopterus
Peter Ward’s book On Methuselah’s Trail
Tiktalik: one of the first tetrapods
What separates the Cambrian and the Ordovician
Devonian mass extinction events
Dave’s Claw find: A Carcinosomatid Eurypterid
MUSIC
Ready to Grow by Whiskey Class
Zoned
Dayte by Whiskey Class
CREDITS
Web Page Programming: Robert Kreuzer
Social Media: Corinna Troll
Audio Editing: David Strassman
Logo Design: Ray Troll
Reading List
Episode 01 with Dave and Ray:
Wonderful Life by Stephen Gould
The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert Bakker
Goulds book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
Episode 03 with Amy Atwater:
Desert solitaire by Edward Abbey
The Monkey Wrench by Edward Abbey
Episode 04 with Dr. Leif Tapanila
Basin and Range by John McPhee
Resurrecting the Shark by Susan Euwing
Episode 11 with John Long
The Island Within by Richard Nelson
Planet Ocean by Ray Troll and Brad Matsen
Dawn of the Deed by John Long
Rise of the Fishes by John Long
Episode 12 with Peter Ward
Roy Chapman Andrews All About Dinosaurs
Episode 13 with Carl Safina
Coming into the Country by John McPhee
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat
Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson
Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina
Watch List:
Episode 14 with Danna Staaf
Monarchs of the Sea by Danna Staaf
Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway by Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
Watch List:
My Octopus Teacher (Streaming on Netflix!)