Paleo Nerds Podcast
@paleonerdspod.bsky.social
A prehistoric paleontology podcast 🦖⛏️ with Dave Strassman and Ray Troll for paleo nerds by paleo nerds. 🔊 Listen now! https://www.paleonerds.com
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Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
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Doug Henderson's use of background and lighting when creating paleo art is unmatched.
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Doug Henderson's use of background and lighting when creating paleo art is unmatched.
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
You know paleo artist Doug Henderson's 🎨 dinosaurs, but he is a brilliant illustrator of ALL things prehistoric! Check out his 'stem mammals'!
To hear more about Doug's inspiration, techniques, and more, listen to episode #91:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
To hear more about Doug's inspiration, techniques, and more, listen to episode #91:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You know paleo artist Doug Henderson's 🎨 dinosaurs, but he is a brilliant illustrator of ALL things prehistoric! Check out his 'stem mammals'!
To hear more about Doug's inspiration, techniques, and more, listen to episode #91:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
To hear more about Doug's inspiration, techniques, and more, listen to episode #91:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
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Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Happy #TheropodThursday! Theropods🦖 are a hot topic in the news today with a new publication about the validity of #Nanotyrannus!
🎨 Two Albertosaurus feast on hadrosaur on a sandbar in Montana 80 mya.
🔊 Listen to this week's episode with Doug Henderson now!
🔗 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
🎨 Two Albertosaurus feast on hadrosaur on a sandbar in Montana 80 mya.
🔊 Listen to this week's episode with Doug Henderson now!
🔗 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy #TheropodThursday! Theropods🦖 are a hot topic in the news today with a new publication about the validity of #Nanotyrannus!
🎨 Two Albertosaurus feast on hadrosaur on a sandbar in Montana 80 mya.
🔊 Listen to this week's episode with Doug Henderson now!
🔗 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
🎨 Two Albertosaurus feast on hadrosaur on a sandbar in Montana 80 mya.
🔊 Listen to this week's episode with Doug Henderson now!
🔗 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Doug Henderson's use of background and lighting when creating paleo art is unmatched.
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Doug Henderson's use of background and lighting when creating paleo art is unmatched.
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
A pod of Mixosaurs, Triassic icthyosaurs, ply southern high latitude seas in moonlight🌙.
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 - out now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Reposted by Paleo Nerds Podcast
I highly recommend Paleo Nerds podcast.
Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I highly recommend Paleo Nerds podcast.
It's Halloween week 🎃 and we just dropped Episode #91 with paleo artist Doug Henderson!
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
📸: Two dead Einiosaurs drowned during a stream crossing 🌊, the animals’ carcasses will eventually decompose, scattering their remains.🦴
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
📸: Two dead Einiosaurs drowned during a stream crossing 🌊, the animals’ carcasses will eventually decompose, scattering their remains.🦴
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's Halloween week 🎃 and we just dropped Episode #91 with paleo artist Doug Henderson!
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
📸: Two dead Einiosaurs drowned during a stream crossing 🌊, the animals’ carcasses will eventually decompose, scattering their remains.🦴
🔊 Listen to Episode #91 now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
📸: Two dead Einiosaurs drowned during a stream crossing 🌊, the animals’ carcasses will eventually decompose, scattering their remains.🦴
Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
Something is FISHY 🐟 around here...and it's our latest episode with Dr. Kerin Claeson!
Learn how Disney World inspired her to become a paleontologist, what causes salmon to change so drastically during spawning, and so much MORE.
🔊 Listen to Episode #90 now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Learn how Disney World inspired her to become a paleontologist, what causes salmon to change so drastically during spawning, and so much MORE.
🔊 Listen to Episode #90 now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
September 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Something is FISHY 🐟 around here...and it's our latest episode with Dr. Kerin Claeson!
Learn how Disney World inspired her to become a paleontologist, what causes salmon to change so drastically during spawning, and so much MORE.
🔊 Listen to Episode #90 now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Learn how Disney World inspired her to become a paleontologist, what causes salmon to change so drastically during spawning, and so much MORE.
🔊 Listen to Episode #90 now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
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Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
September 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
We LOVE 💕 Ray's depiction of Oncorhynchus rastrosus, the giant spike toothed salmon, created for their 2024 scientific paper. [THREAD ⬇️]
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We LOVE 💕 Ray's depiction of Oncorhynchus rastrosus, the giant spike toothed salmon, created for their 2024 scientific paper. [THREAD ⬇️]
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Listen to this if you like fish. Listen to this if you don't like fish! Really cool interview with my fishy friend Kerin Claeson. You'll learn a lot.
Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
September 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Listen to this if you like fish. Listen to this if you don't like fish! Really cool interview with my fishy friend Kerin Claeson. You'll learn a lot.
Would you believe within mere WEEKS 🗓, the skull of a Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) will DRASTICALLY change morphology, or shape? [THREAD ⬇️]
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Would you believe within mere WEEKS 🗓, the skull of a Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) will DRASTICALLY change morphology, or shape? [THREAD ⬇️]
Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Episode #90 is out 🎉! Ray shares morning coffee ☕️ in Ketchikan with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution 🐟, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Like fossils 🦕?
Want to learn more about fossils from fellow paleonerds, leading paleontologists ⛏️, geoscientists, paleoartists, paleoecologists, and other experts in their fields?
Share our podcast with a fossil-loving friend today! 🔗 www.paleonerds.com
Want to learn more about fossils from fellow paleonerds, leading paleontologists ⛏️, geoscientists, paleoartists, paleoecologists, and other experts in their fields?
Share our podcast with a fossil-loving friend today! 🔗 www.paleonerds.com
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September 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Like fossils 🦕?
Want to learn more about fossils from fellow paleonerds, leading paleontologists ⛏️, geoscientists, paleoartists, paleoecologists, and other experts in their fields?
Share our podcast with a fossil-loving friend today! 🔗 www.paleonerds.com
Want to learn more about fossils from fellow paleonerds, leading paleontologists ⛏️, geoscientists, paleoartists, paleoecologists, and other experts in their fields?
Share our podcast with a fossil-loving friend today! 🔗 www.paleonerds.com
Are you familiar with Rudolph Zallinger's magnificent "Age of Reptiles" mural?
This 110 ft long fresco mural 🎨🖌 was completed by Zallinger in 1947 for the Yale Peabody Museum after five years of work.
[THREAD ⬇️]
This 110 ft long fresco mural 🎨🖌 was completed by Zallinger in 1947 for the Yale Peabody Museum after five years of work.
[THREAD ⬇️]
September 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Are you familiar with Rudolph Zallinger's magnificent "Age of Reptiles" mural?
This 110 ft long fresco mural 🎨🖌 was completed by Zallinger in 1947 for the Yale Peabody Museum after five years of work.
[THREAD ⬇️]
This 110 ft long fresco mural 🎨🖌 was completed by Zallinger in 1947 for the Yale Peabody Museum after five years of work.
[THREAD ⬇️]
Be a brachiopod this Labor Day weekend! RELAX and let the food 🍔🌭 come to YOU!
Brachiopods have a built-in filter called a lophophore (LOW-fo-four). Tiny tentacles covered in super-fine hairs called cilia whip up the water, pulling in food like a vacuum cleaner.
[THREAD ⬇️]
Brachiopods have a built-in filter called a lophophore (LOW-fo-four). Tiny tentacles covered in super-fine hairs called cilia whip up the water, pulling in food like a vacuum cleaner.
[THREAD ⬇️]
August 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Be a brachiopod this Labor Day weekend! RELAX and let the food 🍔🌭 come to YOU!
Brachiopods have a built-in filter called a lophophore (LOW-fo-four). Tiny tentacles covered in super-fine hairs called cilia whip up the water, pulling in food like a vacuum cleaner.
[THREAD ⬇️]
Brachiopods have a built-in filter called a lophophore (LOW-fo-four). Tiny tentacles covered in super-fine hairs called cilia whip up the water, pulling in food like a vacuum cleaner.
[THREAD ⬇️]
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What's the difference between clams 🦪 and brachiopods?
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What's the difference between clams 🦪 and brachiopods?
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
Did you know 💡 that brachiopods are an important food source?
One genus, Lingula, are collected by local people for consumption in Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands including Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand 🍴.
🔊 Listen to our latest episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
One genus, Lingula, are collected by local people for consumption in Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands including Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand 🍴.
🔊 Listen to our latest episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
August 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Did you know 💡 that brachiopods are an important food source?
One genus, Lingula, are collected by local people for consumption in Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands including Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand 🍴.
🔊 Listen to our latest episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
One genus, Lingula, are collected by local people for consumption in Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands including Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand 🍴.
🔊 Listen to our latest episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
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SHELL'O, paleonerds! Episode #89 just dropped and it will make you as happy as a...brachiopod 🦪!?
Ray and Dave learn all about brachiopods with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
🔊 Listen now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Ray and Dave learn all about brachiopods with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
🔊 Listen now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
August 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
SHELL'O, paleonerds! Episode #89 just dropped and it will make you as happy as a...brachiopod 🦪!?
Ray and Dave learn all about brachiopods with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
🔊 Listen now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Ray and Dave learn all about brachiopods with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
🔊 Listen now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
🎉 Happy #FossilFriday! 🎉
This week's guest, Dr. Susan Butts, tells us why brachiopod paleocommunities are fascinating for what they tell us about ancient marine environments 🌊 and about global climate change 🌎 throughout geologic history.
Listen to episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
This week's guest, Dr. Susan Butts, tells us why brachiopod paleocommunities are fascinating for what they tell us about ancient marine environments 🌊 and about global climate change 🌎 throughout geologic history.
Listen to episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎉 Happy #FossilFriday! 🎉
This week's guest, Dr. Susan Butts, tells us why brachiopod paleocommunities are fascinating for what they tell us about ancient marine environments 🌊 and about global climate change 🌎 throughout geologic history.
Listen to episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
This week's guest, Dr. Susan Butts, tells us why brachiopod paleocommunities are fascinating for what they tell us about ancient marine environments 🌊 and about global climate change 🌎 throughout geologic history.
Listen to episode #89:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
We're ✨️SO✨️ into brachiopods right now!
Listen to our latest episode about these awesome invertebrates: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Listen to our latest episode about these awesome invertebrates: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
August 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We're ✨️SO✨️ into brachiopods right now!
Listen to our latest episode about these awesome invertebrates: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Listen to our latest episode about these awesome invertebrates: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
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Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
What's the difference between clams 🦪 and brachiopods?
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What's the difference between clams 🦪 and brachiopods?
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.
At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled!
Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
Figure from University of Kentucky.