Episode 60 – Paleontology: Adventure with a Purpose

Dr. Paul Sereno

For episode 60, we talk about Paleontology with Dr. Paul Sereno.  Dr. Sereno is a world-renowned paleontologist and Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy at the University of Chicago.  He joins us to talk about what’s new in the field of paleontology.

Links:

• paulsereno.org
• Project Exploration
• Paul Sereno – University of Chicago Experts
• Paul Sereno, National Geographic Explorer in Residence
• Latest Dinosaur Find – a Precursor to T-Rex (Jan 11, 2011 – CBS Chicago.com)
• Paul Sereno TED Profile & TED Presentation: Paul Sereno Digs Up Dinosaurs
• Paul Sereno, One of 50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans (ChicagoMag.com)
• Illinois State Fossil – the Tullimonster
• U-Haul SuperGraphics – Illinois
• The Archaeopteryx, an early bird (University of California Museum of Paleontology)
• Are Birds Really Dinosaurs? (University of California Museum of Paleontology)
• T-Rex Feathers (npr.org)
• Fermilab
• Fermilab Lecture Series Presents Dr. Paul Sereno
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Principles of Paleobiology (University of Maryland Masters of Life Science)

2010 University of Chicago Spring Convocation Speech

Featured Image showing Sereno with Nigersaurus, a plant-eating dinosaur (Lauren Victoria Burke/Associated Press) from the Boston Globe Online

Direct download: LOL60.mp3