Episode 72 - Plesiosaurs

Published: Oct. 20, 2019, 1:18 a.m.

b'The oceans of the Mesozoic were home to a lot of fascinating sea predators, but perhaps none weirder than the plesiosaurs. Four giant flippers, tiny tails, and heads that ranged from enormous death traps to tiny noggins atop ridiculously long necks; there\\u2019s truly nothing like them in the world today, which makes them quite the prehistoric puzzle. In this episode, we\\u2019ll discuss what we know about them and what questions remain unanswered.\\nIn the news: sauropod beaks, croc snouts, the last mammoths, and mold pigs!\\nTime markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:34:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:03:00Patron question: 01:35:30\\nCheck out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/\\nThe Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent\\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.\\nMusical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'