03/20/2024
Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson
Ray and Dave double down with celebrated paleontologist, science communicator, and author, Scott Sampson. He’s the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California and is widely known as "Dr. Scott the paleontologist" on the PBS television series, Dinosaur Train
Ep 72 Paleo Nerds with Scott Sampson
LINKS
Scott Sampson’s office, the California Academy of Sciences
CalAcademy, the most sustainable museum on our planet
Dr. Scott on PBS's Dinosaur Train
Ceratopsidea-our horned dinosaur friends!
The Laramie Orogeny, the mountain building event that formed the Rockies
Did Dinosaurs invent flowers?
Great thrills and frills of the Torosaurus
Research paper in Nature on the diversity of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous
The Triceratops with the 15 horns including the bad hair looking bits in top; Kosmoceratops
Famous Paleontologist, Jack Horner on Paleo Nerds
Majungasaurus, the Madagascar Theropod Dinosaur
Another Madagascar find now at the Field Museum Chicago
Naming a dinosaur after a musician cause your listening to their music during the dig.
Scott’s highly successful PBS Kids show, Dinosaur Train
Scott’s Ted Talk on how to raise a “wild child”
Scott’s book, “How to raise a wild child” on Amazon
Paleo Nerd guest Sam Gon, the Hawaiian Trilobite expert who shared that an ecosystem is made up of our relatives
Scott’s trip to his paleo past comfort place, Utah’s Grand Escalante Staircase
MUSIC
Clove by Patrick Troll
Controls by Patrick Troll
I’m Afraid by Whiskey Class
MVP by Patrick Troll
Seconds in a Lifetime by Russell Wodehouse