Dragon Tongues

Author: Sean Willett

This is our world, and these are the stories it tells. A paleontology podcast by Sean Willett.
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Episode 7: Marrella splendens
Friday, 29 August, 2014

Season 2: Enigmas; Episode 7: Marrella splendens; In paleontology, there is a word for fossil sites that seem to defy the laws of chance and nature: lagerstätten. This is the story of the most famous of the lagerstätte, a site only recognized for what it truly was decades after its discovery. This is the story of the Burgess Shale. Like the podcast? Contribute to my patreon campaign! Find my site here. Find my Twitter here.