Episode 51 - Mosasaurs

Published: Dec. 30, 2018, 5:01 a.m.

b'Many times in the history of life on Earth, reptiles have returned to the oceans. There were three famous groups of marine reptiles during the Mesozoic, and in this episode, we\\u2019re discussing the last to evolve, the shortest-lived, and the greatest (in David\\u2019s opinion, anyway) of them. We\\u2019ll tell the tale of how one group of lizards evolved to dominate waters around the world during the reign of the mosasaurs.\\nIn the news: hunting sabertooths, very strange feathers, megalodon temperature, and feathered(?) pterosaurs.\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:39:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:12:30Patron question: 01:49:30\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nFollow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw\\nThe Intro and Outro music is \\u201cOn the Origin of Species\\u201d by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.\\nMuscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'