About this episode
This episode explores various species from the Cretaceous Yixian formation.
Travel back in time 125 million years with me as we continue our visit to the Cretaceous Yixian formation. Species appearing in this episode: Leefructus mirus, Protopodocarpoxylon jingangshanense, Protophyllocladoxylon frananicum, Sinornithosaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Araucarioxylon sidugawaense, Taxodioxylon heichengziense, Confuciusornis, Sinocallipteryx gigas, Chaoyangia liangii, Siphonospermum simplex, Sinocarpus decussatus, Lycoptera, Archaefructus, Callianthus dilae, Boreopterus cuiae, Psittacosaurus, Longipteryx, Hongshanornis, Caudipteryx, […]
People in this episode
Host: Caroline Siegert
Topics covered
- Cretaceous period
- paleontology
- fossils
- Yixian formation
- ancient species
Keywords
- Yixian formation
- Cretaceous
- fossils
- paleontology
- ancient species
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Leefructus mirus, Protopodocarpoxylon jingangshanense, Protophyllocladoxylon frananicum, Sinornithosaurus, Araucarioxylon sidugawaense, Taxodioxylon heichengziense, Confuciusornis, Sinocallipteryx gigas, Chaoyangia liangii, Siphonospermum simplex
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