This episode we head to the Permian which lasted from 299 Million years ago to 252 Million years ago, and has been excellently preserved in the red beds of Texas, USA. Listen in as we discover the unique plants and animals of the Permian.

There are a surprising amount of laws regarding fossils, so tune in as we go over a few of them.

Continuing our trek back in time, we head to northern Argentina to visit the Ischigualasto Formation as it was in the Triassic 230 million years ago.

The Balabansai formation located in western Asia preserves fossils from the middle Jurassic 168-161 million years ago. So take a trip back in time to visit our world when it looked much different.

Politics can play a surprising large role in paleontology, and one of the easiest to track of these is in China. So tune in for a look at how politics has affected Chinese paleontology.

Hell Creek in Montana has fossils from the end Cretaceous around 66 million years old including some of the most iconic dinosaurs in the US as well as plants, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic invertebrates.

Let’s talk about a giant fossil guinea pig.

Seymour Island, Antarctica has fossils from the late Cretaceous through the Eocene which gives a unique perspective of what the southernmost continent may have been like.

The age of the earliest flowering plant is still a huge topic of debate. Let’s talk about some of the possible oldest fossil flowering plants.

Time to head back to the Miocene while visiting the Calvert Cliffs located in Maryland, USA.