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Whilst maybe not as exciting as digging up fossils, volunteer roles such as recording the precise location of discoveries are still vitally important for future research. Many volunteers on site will take on jobs to support the dig and the other volunteers. But how does it feel to be playing a support role?
Cerney Wick:
Palaeocast was granted special access to 2024's excavations at Cerney Wick, allowing us to record media from within the field. On our website, you'll find hours of multimedia captured at different stages throughout the field season. We begin with a podcast that introduces the locality and details the plans for the upcoming dig, this is followed by several days of recording at the site itself and finally a record of the legacy of the year’s fieldwork.
Website:
palaeocast.com/cerney-wick
Introductory podcast about the site available here:
youtube.com/watch?v=w2gL0wIL74Y
We'd like to thank Sally and Neville Hollingworth for their help with putting this series together and for accommodating us in the field. We recognise Hills Quarry Products for making their site so accessible for research and science communication. Thanks to all the volunteers who have contributed to the multimedia in this series and especially to Laura Hobbs who has provided assistance throughout. Finally, thanks to all our backers on Patreon who help make projects like this possible.
Whilst maybe not as exciting as digging up fossils, volunteer roles such as recording the precise location of discoveries are still vitally important for future research. Many volunteers on site will take on jobs to support the dig and the other volunteers. But how does it feel to be playing a support role?
Cerney Wick:
Palaeocast was granted special access to 2024's excavations at Cerney Wick, allowing us to record media from within the field. On our website, you'll find hours of multimedia captured at different stages throughout the field season. We begin with a podcast that introduces the locality and details the plans for the upcoming dig, this is followed by several days of recording at the site itself and finally a record of the legacy of the year’s fieldwork.
Website:
palaeocast.com/cerney-wick
Introductory podcast about the site available here:
youtube.com/watch?v=w2gL0wIL74Y
We'd like to thank Sally and Neville Hollingworth for their help with putting this series together and for accommodating us in the field. We recognise Hills Quarry Products for making their site so accessible for research and science communication. Thanks to all the volunteers who have contributed to the multimedia in this series and especially to Laura Hobbs who has provided assistance throughout. Finally, thanks to all our backers on Patreon who help make projects like this possible.
![Episode 170 [audio]: Cariocecus bocagei](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9f3qOZJp8l4/mqdefault.jpg "Episode 170 [audio]: Cariocecus bocagei
The iguanodontians were an incredibly successful group within the Cretaceous. They could reach incredible sizes, with the largest species even matching the proportions of some sauropods, and they also had an incredible palaeogeographic range, meaning that their remains are found all over the world today. In the late Jurassic, they were a lot less diverse and much smaller, so the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous are key times for understanding the evolution of this group.
Cariocecus bocagei is a newly described iguanodontian from the Early Cretaceous of Praia do Areia do Mastro, Portugal. Whilst it is only know from a partial skull, there are numerous useful characteristics that help identify it as a new species and fill in our understanding of iguanodontians in this important time in their evolution.
Joining us in this episode is Dr Filippo Bertozzo of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Website: https://www.palaeocast.com/cariocecus-bocagei/")
