Pals in Palaeo Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:41:23 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2178796 en-au © 2026 Pals in Palaeo yes ab7079a7-b4fe-59b2-ba7e-97c10811d2d1 pentlandadele@gmail.com Adele Pentland serial false Join PhD student and Palaeontologist Adele Pentland, and explore the Form, Function and Family Groupings of Fossils from across geologic time

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dinosaurs, Fossils, Palaeontology, Paleontology, Geology, Jurassic, Extinct, Animals, Education, Cretaceous, Paleobiology, Paleontologist Adele Pentland pentlandadele@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/rkmthq9pm5a1ao0gqxdf4lqnvcr4?.jpg Pals in Palaeo Adele Pentland 27. Found a Fossil with Sally Hurst 27. Found a Fossil with Sally Hurst Adele chats with special guest Sally Hurst about the Found a Fossil project and what to do if you think you found an ancient relic or archaeological artefact in Australia!

Sally shares what it was like growing up in rural New South Wales, working at the National Dinosaur Museum, and how her love of archaeology, ancient Egypt and dinosaurs led her to science communication and surveying the Australian public.

Links:
Found a Fossil
Sally Hurst

Sally's Research Paper:
Found a fossil: improving awareness, engagement, and communication strategies for heritage discoveries

Scottish Fossil Code

Sally's Social Media:
Instagram @sallywagon
Instagram @foundafossil
TikTok
Twitter
YouTube
LinkedIn

Superstars of STEM

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele chats with special guest Sally Hurst about the Found a Fossil project and what to do if you think you found an ancient relic or archaeological artefact in Australia!

Sally shares what it was like growing up in rural New South Wales, working at the National Dinosaur Museum, and how her love of archaeology, ancient Egypt and dinosaurs led her to science communication and surveying the Australian public.

Links:
Found a Fossil
Sally Hurst

Sally's Research Paper:
Found a fossil: improving awareness, engagement, and communication strategies for heritage discoveries

Scottish Fossil Code

Sally's Social Media:
Instagram @sallywagon
Instagram @foundafossil
TikTok
Twitter
YouTube
LinkedIn

Superstars of STEM

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-15731362 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +1000 5901 1 27 full false 26. Prehistoric Bayside - Live 26. Prehistoric Bayside - Live Join Adele and friends of the show Ben Francischelli, Jake Kotevski, Ruairidh Duncan and Astrid O'Connor for our first ever live show recorded during National Science Week! The panel talks Prehistoric Bayside, PhD research topics, the fossils we'd love to find, and end with a Q&A session. 

Links:

Ben's episode

Jake's episode

Ruairidh's episode

Astrid's episode 

Prehistoric Bayside Virtual Museum

Megalodon's Graveyard Video

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and friends of the show Ben Francischelli, Jake Kotevski, Ruairidh Duncan and Astrid O'Connor for our first ever live show recorded during National Science Week! The panel talks Prehistoric Bayside, PhD research topics, the fossils we'd love to find, and end with a Q&A session. 

Links:

Ben's episode

Jake's episode

Ruairidh's episode

Astrid's episode 

Prehistoric Bayside Virtual Museum

Megalodon's Graveyard Video

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-15668026 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3628 full false 25. Haliskia with Kevin Petersen 25. Haliskia with Kevin Petersen Join Adele and special guest museum curator Kevin Petersen for a chat about Australia's newest pterosaur, Haliskia! Kev takes us through the discovery and preparation of the specimen, whilst Adele tackles the form, function and family grouping of this new species. 

Plus why Kevin loves turtle fossils, and pterosaurs puking pellets.

Haliskia
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea

Haliskia peterseni, a new anhanguerian pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia

Australian Geographic
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea
CNN
New pterosaur species discovered by Australian farmer
ABC
New species of flying pterosaur reptile discovered in outback Queensland fossil dig
New Scientist
Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey
Cosmos Magazine
Most complete Australian pterosaur specimen, new species, found in Queensland

Links:
Random Fossil Fact

Fossils reveal that pterosaurs puked pellets

Like Owls, Some Prehistoric Flying Reptiles May Have Regurgitated Pellets

Two emetolite-pterosaur associations from the Late Jurassic of China: showing the first evidence for antiperistalsis in pterosaurs

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and special guest museum curator Kevin Petersen for a chat about Australia's newest pterosaur, Haliskia! Kev takes us through the discovery and preparation of the specimen, whilst Adele tackles the form, function and family grouping of this new species. 

Plus why Kevin loves turtle fossils, and pterosaurs puking pellets.

Haliskia
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea

Haliskia peterseni, a new anhanguerian pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia

Australian Geographic
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea
CNN
New pterosaur species discovered by Australian farmer
ABC
New species of flying pterosaur reptile discovered in outback Queensland fossil dig
New Scientist
Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey
Cosmos Magazine
Most complete Australian pterosaur specimen, new species, found in Queensland

Links:
Random Fossil Fact

Fossils reveal that pterosaurs puked pellets

Like Owls, Some Prehistoric Flying Reptiles May Have Regurgitated Pellets

Two emetolite-pterosaur associations from the Late Jurassic of China: showing the first evidence for antiperistalsis in pterosaurs

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14172720 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 01:00:00 +1000 4378 1 25 full false 24. Protemnodon with Isaac Kerr 24. Protemnodon with Isaac Kerr Adele bounces off ideas with Dr Isaac Kerr to talk about extinct kangaroos! Isaac kicks things off by telling us about trips to New Guinea, the Smithsonian, American Natural History Museum and the NHM, photographing specimens and 3D scanning. We then hop into Protemnodon, discussing three new species, fieldwork in Lake Callabonna, and why fossil hunting is like fishing crossed with Christmas. 

Isaac's Monograph
Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)

Flinders University
Giant kangaroos bounce back from the past

The Conversation
We found three new species of extinct giant kangaroo – and we don’t know why they died out when their cousins survived

ABC News
Flinders University researchers identify three new species of extinct kangaroo

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele bounces off ideas with Dr Isaac Kerr to talk about extinct kangaroos! Isaac kicks things off by telling us about trips to New Guinea, the Smithsonian, American Natural History Museum and the NHM, photographing specimens and 3D scanning. We then hop into Protemnodon, discussing three new species, fieldwork in Lake Callabonna, and why fossil hunting is like fishing crossed with Christmas. 

Isaac's Monograph
Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)

Flinders University
Giant kangaroos bounce back from the past

The Conversation
We found three new species of extinct giant kangaroo – and we don’t know why they died out when their cousins survived

ABC News
Flinders University researchers identify three new species of extinct kangaroo

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-15188127 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 01:00:00 +1000 4936 1 24 full false 23. Fossil Replicas with Nathan Phillips 23. Fossil Replicas with Nathan Phillips Adele's joined by special guest Nathan Phillips, a self-confessed dinosaur nerd and Australian Age of Dinosaurs alumni who's a pro at making moulds and casts of fossils! We chat about tools of the trades, how to make fossil replicas, why it makes science more accessible and some of the most challenging specimens Nathan's worked with.

Plus a quick random fossil fact on the mythological 'Chimera' and what the term means in the world of paleontology.

Sauropod Teeth, Pinkysil and SEM:
Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms

QM Blog:
Know your dinosaur bones

Field Museum's Replicas
Seeing Double: How The Field Museum Makes Fossil Casts

Naracoorte Caves

Wellington Caves

Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Palaeontology at Flinders University

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele's joined by special guest Nathan Phillips, a self-confessed dinosaur nerd and Australian Age of Dinosaurs alumni who's a pro at making moulds and casts of fossils! We chat about tools of the trades, how to make fossil replicas, why it makes science more accessible and some of the most challenging specimens Nathan's worked with.

Plus a quick random fossil fact on the mythological 'Chimera' and what the term means in the world of paleontology.

Sauropod Teeth, Pinkysil and SEM:
Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms

QM Blog:
Know your dinosaur bones

Field Museum's Replicas
Seeing Double: How The Field Museum Makes Fossil Casts

Naracoorte Caves

Wellington Caves

Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Palaeontology at Flinders University

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-15000070 Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3913 1 23 full false 22. Moa Footprints with Kane Fleury 22. Moa Footprints with Kane Fleury Adele speaks with special guest Kane Fleury, curator of Natural Science at Tūhura Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand! Kane talks us through what steps were taken to move a fossil trackway made by the Moa, a famous flightless bird - plus extra info on avian extinctions in Aotearoa affecting the Adzebill and Haast's Eagle.

We also touch on trilobite conga lines, Locked in Time by Dr Dean Lomax, and Māori using moa bones as tools and musical instruments.

Links:
@kane.fleury on Instagram
@KaneFleury on Twitter
Tūhura Otago Museum on Twitter
Tūhura Otago Museum

Moa Footprints Paper:
The moa footprints from the Pliocene – early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand

RNZ Article on Moving the Moa Footprints
South Island's first moa footprints are millions of years old - study

TVNZ News covering the Moa Footprints:
Fossilised moa footprints spill secrets of the past | Seven Sharp

Māori moa and extinction in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Dead as the moa: oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction
New Zealand Birds Online - South Island Giant Moa

Random Fossil Fact:
Collective behaviour in 480-million-year-old trilobite arthropods from Morocco
Trilobite Fossils Show Conga Line Frozen for 480 Million Years
Trilobite Fossil Shows Animals Have Stood in Line for Hundreds of Millions of Years

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele speaks with special guest Kane Fleury, curator of Natural Science at Tūhura Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand! Kane talks us through what steps were taken to move a fossil trackway made by the Moa, a famous flightless bird - plus extra info on avian extinctions in Aotearoa affecting the Adzebill and Haast's Eagle.

We also touch on trilobite conga lines, Locked in Time by Dr Dean Lomax, and Māori using moa bones as tools and musical instruments.

Links:
@kane.fleury on Instagram
@KaneFleury on Twitter
Tūhura Otago Museum on Twitter
Tūhura Otago Museum

Moa Footprints Paper:
The moa footprints from the Pliocene – early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand

RNZ Article on Moving the Moa Footprints
South Island's first moa footprints are millions of years old - study

TVNZ News covering the Moa Footprints:
Fossilised moa footprints spill secrets of the past | Seven Sharp

Māori moa and extinction in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Dead as the moa: oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction
New Zealand Birds Online - South Island Giant Moa

Random Fossil Fact:
Collective behaviour in 480-million-year-old trilobite arthropods from Morocco
Trilobite Fossils Show Conga Line Frozen for 480 Million Years
Trilobite Fossil Shows Animals Have Stood in Line for Hundreds of Millions of Years

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14565753 Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3279 1 22 full false 21. Ornithopods and Whales with Ruairidh Duncan 21. Ornithopods and Whales with Ruairidh Duncan Adele’s joined by special guest Ruairidh Duncan to talk about ornithopod dinosaurs and whales! We reminisce about the 90s and get nostalgic over the Natural History Museum in London, get the facts on herbivores from the Cretaceous coast and dive into the mysterious world of mysticetes AKA baleen whales AKA moustached whales!
 
Plus info on Mammalodon, Basilosaurus, Ambulocetus and early whale evolution. We also chat about Janjucetus, Ruairidh’s study specimen, a puppy faced cetacean with big ol’ eyes from the Late Oligocene (25 million years ago).

Links:
@ruairidhduncan on Instagram
@inxcetus on Twitter

Ruairidh's work on ornithopod jaws
Ornithopod jaws from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia, and their implications for polar neornithischian dinosaur diversity

Victorian Ornithopod Dinosaurs
Meet the diverse group of plant-eating dinosaurs that roamed Victoria 110 million years ago

Janjucetus
Janjucetus hunderi - Museums Victoria Collections

Janjucetus Nominee for Victoria's State Fossil Emblem

Janjucetus Hunderi Explained - New York Institute of Technology

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele’s joined by special guest Ruairidh Duncan to talk about ornithopod dinosaurs and whales! We reminisce about the 90s and get nostalgic over the Natural History Museum in London, get the facts on herbivores from the Cretaceous coast and dive into the mysterious world of mysticetes AKA baleen whales AKA moustached whales!
 
Plus info on Mammalodon, Basilosaurus, Ambulocetus and early whale evolution. We also chat about Janjucetus, Ruairidh’s study specimen, a puppy faced cetacean with big ol’ eyes from the Late Oligocene (25 million years ago).

Links:
@ruairidhduncan on Instagram
@inxcetus on Twitter

Ruairidh's work on ornithopod jaws
Ornithopod jaws from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia, and their implications for polar neornithischian dinosaur diversity

Victorian Ornithopod Dinosaurs
Meet the diverse group of plant-eating dinosaurs that roamed Victoria 110 million years ago

Janjucetus
Janjucetus hunderi - Museums Victoria Collections

Janjucetus Nominee for Victoria's State Fossil Emblem

Janjucetus Hunderi Explained - New York Institute of Technology

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14938302 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1000 6411 1 21 full false 20. Zygomaturus with Jac O'Connor 20. Zygomaturus with Jac O'Connor Join Adele and digital necromancer Jac O'Connor on a deep dive into Zygomaturus! The so-called 'marsupial rhino' AKA a honking huge megafauna and close cousin of Diprotodon.

Plus hot takes on scientific papers, science communication, the dark side of nomenclature and how giant ground sloths accidentally brought the avocado to South America.

Jac O'Connor on Instagram @palaeojac

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and digital necromancer Jac O'Connor on a deep dive into Zygomaturus! The so-called 'marsupial rhino' AKA a honking huge megafauna and close cousin of Diprotodon.

Plus hot takes on scientific papers, science communication, the dark side of nomenclature and how giant ground sloths accidentally brought the avocado to South America.

Jac O'Connor on Instagram @palaeojac

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14651407 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1000 4781 1 20 full false 19. Trilobites with Alyssa Fjeld 19. Trilobites with Alyssa Fjeld Join Adele and special guest Alyssa Fjeld as they explore everyone's favourite extinct arthropods, Trilobites (AKA sea cockroaches)!

We compare moulting in bugs to levelling up in a video game, discuss the advantages of having a punk phase and how building a segmented body is like playing with Lego.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and special guest Alyssa Fjeld as they explore everyone's favourite extinct arthropods, Trilobites (AKA sea cockroaches)!

We compare moulting in bugs to levelling up in a video game, discuss the advantages of having a punk phase and how building a segmented body is like playing with Lego.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

Online Store

Transcripts

The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14651419 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1000 4877 1 19 full false 18. Pelagornis with Ben Francischelli 18. Pelagornis with Ben Francischelli Adele banters with Ben Francischelli aka A Fool's Experiment about the lost world of Beaumaris to talk about the prehistoric Pelagornis, a giant bird with a pseudo teeth. 

Plus tangents on short-faced kangaroos and other megafauna, mass death assemblages, the megalodon, and Ben's favourite, Livyatan, a macropredator sperm whale inspired by the mythical sea serpent and the misadventures of Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele banters with Ben Francischelli aka A Fool's Experiment about the lost world of Beaumaris to talk about the prehistoric Pelagornis, a giant bird with a pseudo teeth. 

Plus tangents on short-faced kangaroos and other megafauna, mass death assemblages, the megalodon, and Ben's favourite, Livyatan, a macropredator sperm whale inspired by the mythical sea serpent and the misadventures of Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14156498 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3341 1 18 full false 17. Thylacoleo with Aaron Camens 17. Thylacoleo with Aaron Camens Adele’s joined by special guest Dr Aaron Camens from Flinders University to talk about the original drop bear and so-called marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex!

We talk about combining fossils with footprints and bite marks to get the facts on the ankle-biting hunting tactics of this ambush predator, its weird opposable thumbs, and the roles of climate change and First Nations peoples in the megafauna mass extinction.

Plus a teaser for National Science Week involving ABC Catalyst with mechanical bite force experiments, honourable mentions for Microleo, and the parallels between panic buying toilet paper and competitive exclusion.

Random Fossil Fact:
The Natural History Museum at South Kensington
Architect Alfred Waterhouse and his iconic Natural History Museum building

Thylacoleo
Australian Museum - Thylacoleo carnifex
Queensland Museum - Thylacoleo sp.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele’s joined by special guest Dr Aaron Camens from Flinders University to talk about the original drop bear and so-called marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex!

We talk about combining fossils with footprints and bite marks to get the facts on the ankle-biting hunting tactics of this ambush predator, its weird opposable thumbs, and the roles of climate change and First Nations peoples in the megafauna mass extinction.

Plus a teaser for National Science Week involving ABC Catalyst with mechanical bite force experiments, honourable mentions for Microleo, and the parallels between panic buying toilet paper and competitive exclusion.

Random Fossil Fact:
The Natural History Museum at South Kensington
Architect Alfred Waterhouse and his iconic Natural History Museum building

Thylacoleo
Australian Museum - Thylacoleo carnifex
Queensland Museum - Thylacoleo sp.

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Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14237281 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3313 1 17 full false 16. Fossil Eagles and Vultures with Ellen Mather 16. Fossil Eagles and Vultures with Ellen Mather Adele chats with expert Dr Ellen Mather about ancient aves from Australia, and her work on extinct eagles and vultures from the Pleistocene period!
 
We also touch on the pecking order of scavenging birds, crawling through caves to collect fossils, the hunting tactics of avian apex predators and how straighter wing bones let an animal soar above the competition.

This episode of Pals in Paleo uses a sound effect that requires attribution. It can be found at this link: https://freesound.org/people/johnnythesalesman/sounds/423291/

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele chats with expert Dr Ellen Mather about ancient aves from Australia, and her work on extinct eagles and vultures from the Pleistocene period!
 
We also touch on the pecking order of scavenging birds, crawling through caves to collect fossils, the hunting tactics of avian apex predators and how straighter wing bones let an animal soar above the competition.

This episode of Pals in Paleo uses a sound effect that requires attribution. It can be found at this link: https://freesound.org/people/johnnythesalesman/sounds/423291/

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14418729 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3532 1 17 full false 15. Genyornis with Phoebe McInerney 15. Genyornis with Phoebe McInerney Adele’s joined by special guest from Flinders Palaeo Lab Phoebe McInerney to talk about magnificent mihirungs and the giant flightless bird Genyornis! We chat about pivoting to paleontology after physiotherapy and dance, falling in love with birds and fieldwork at Lake Callabonna.  We get the gossip on killer cassowary kicks, stomach stones and why Genyornis is the original horrible goose and earned the nickname demon duck of doom!

Plus a plug for the Death By Birding podcast live show and why dinosaurs  get respiratory infections like their avian cousins.

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele’s joined by special guest from Flinders Palaeo Lab Phoebe McInerney to talk about magnificent mihirungs and the giant flightless bird Genyornis! We chat about pivoting to paleontology after physiotherapy and dance, falling in love with birds and fieldwork at Lake Callabonna.  We get the gossip on killer cassowary kicks, stomach stones and why Genyornis is the original horrible goose and earned the nickname demon duck of doom!

Plus a plug for the Death By Birding podcast live show and why dinosaurs  get respiratory infections like their avian cousins.

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14276663 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1000 5286 1 16 full false Jurassic Park with Travis Holland Jurassic Park with Travis Holland Adele’s chats with special guest, Dr Travis Holland about Jurassic Park! 

We talk about the film 30 years on, how it changed the public perception of dinosaurs, especially theropods like Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor and Dilophosaurus (for better or worse), and how JP made terrible lizards into movie monsters. 

 Plus the secret ingredient to good science fiction, Spielberg and Crichton's representation of women, and sciencey stuff including blood-filled mosquitoes in amber, the complexity of cloning,  de-extinction of the Pyrenean ibex, and the whethe or not T rex had a toothy grin or luscious lips.

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele’s chats with special guest, Dr Travis Holland about Jurassic Park! 

We talk about the film 30 years on, how it changed the public perception of dinosaurs, especially theropods like Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor and Dilophosaurus (for better or worse), and how JP made terrible lizards into movie monsters. 

 Plus the secret ingredient to good science fiction, Spielberg and Crichton's representation of women, and sciencey stuff including blood-filled mosquitoes in amber, the complexity of cloning,  de-extinction of the Pyrenean ibex, and the whethe or not T rex had a toothy grin or luscious lips.

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-14223522 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1000 3857 1 15 full true 14. Caiuajara with Lucas Canejo 14. Caiuajara with Lucas Canejo Join Adele and special guest Lucas Canejo to talk about the toothless pterosaur Caiuajara!

We take a trip through an ancient animal graveyard, discover dinosaurs in the desert, discuss bizarre head shapes and about the secret life of winged reptiles. Plus thoughts on fieldwork, trading teaching for fossils and volunteer work with Museu Nacional, the National Museum of Brazil.

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and special guest Lucas Canejo to talk about the toothless pterosaur Caiuajara!

We take a trip through an ancient animal graveyard, discover dinosaurs in the desert, discuss bizarre head shapes and about the secret life of winged reptiles. Plus thoughts on fieldwork, trading teaching for fossils and volunteer work with Museu Nacional, the National Museum of Brazil.

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13988235 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +1000 3198 1 14 full false 13. Diamantinasaurus with Sam Beeston 13. Diamantinasaurus with Sam Beeston Adele's partner in crime is the palaeo formerly known as Samantha Rigby and fellow Australian Age of Dinosaurs alumni! We revisit Winton in outback Australia to chat about sauropods, bones behaving like bubble wrap, bounding baby dinosaurs, and the advantages of 3D scanning.   

Plus a quick random fossil fact on Dippy the Diplodocus starring as a Krayt dragon on Tatooine in Star Wars. 

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele's partner in crime is the palaeo formerly known as Samantha Rigby and fellow Australian Age of Dinosaurs alumni! We revisit Winton in outback Australia to chat about sauropods, bones behaving like bubble wrap, bounding baby dinosaurs, and the advantages of 3D scanning.   

Plus a quick random fossil fact on Dippy the Diplodocus starring as a Krayt dragon on Tatooine in Star Wars. 

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13932365 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 01:00:00 +1000 5455 1 13 full false 12. Trilophosuchus with Jorgo Ristevski 12. Trilophosuchus with Jorgo Ristevski Crikey! Adele takes a trip in time to the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene (25 - 13.5 million years ago) to explore fossil crocs with special guest Dr Jorgo Ristevski. We hear about the adorable but extinct Trilophosuchus, other fossils from the Riversleigh World Heritage Site, as well as Quinkana. Plus a tangent on Gunggamarandu aka the river boss and largest extinct croc ever discovered in Australia 

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Crikey! Adele takes a trip in time to the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene (25 - 13.5 million years ago) to explore fossil crocs with special guest Dr Jorgo Ristevski. We hear about the adorable but extinct Trilophosuchus, other fossils from the Riversleigh World Heritage Site, as well as Quinkana. Plus a tangent on Gunggamarandu aka the river boss and largest extinct croc ever discovered in Australia 

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13811750 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1000 2791 1 12 full false 11. Fossil Skinks with Kailah Thorn 11. Fossil Skinks with Kailah Thorn Join Adele and Dr Kailah Thorn, the Australian lizard queen on an odyssey through the fossil skink record! We discuss the indestructible shingleback lizards, fieldwork at Lake Frome, lizards bulldozing through fields of flowers and the biggest skink from Australia, Tiliqua frangens aka the mega chonk.

Plus facts on Proegernia mikebulli, the the oldest skink ever found in Australia and an ancestor to the modern bluetongue from the Oligocene (25 million years old), as well as Egernia gillespieae named after fossil preparator Dr Anna Gillespie

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and Dr Kailah Thorn, the Australian lizard queen on an odyssey through the fossil skink record! We discuss the indestructible shingleback lizards, fieldwork at Lake Frome, lizards bulldozing through fields of flowers and the biggest skink from Australia, Tiliqua frangens aka the mega chonk.

Plus facts on Proegernia mikebulli, the the oldest skink ever found in Australia and an ancestor to the modern bluetongue from the Oligocene (25 million years old), as well as Egernia gillespieae named after fossil preparator Dr Anna Gillespie

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13841237 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1000 5770 1 11 full false 10. Megaraptors with Jake Kotevski 10. Megaraptors with Jake Kotevski Adele’s joined by special guest and theropod fanboy Jake Kotevski to talk about megaraptors! We talk about pursuing palaeontology after genetics, T rex tattoos, digging with Dinosaur Dreaming and building the Bass Coast Dinosaur Trail. Plus weird Jurassic Park trivia involving Arnold Schwarzenegger, the controversy surrounding Nanotyrannus and info on the Cretaceous dinosaurs Australovenator and Maip macrothorax.

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele’s joined by special guest and theropod fanboy Jake Kotevski to talk about megaraptors! We talk about pursuing palaeontology after genetics, T rex tattoos, digging with Dinosaur Dreaming and building the Bass Coast Dinosaur Trail. Plus weird Jurassic Park trivia involving Arnold Schwarzenegger, the controversy surrounding Nanotyrannus and info on the Cretaceous dinosaurs Australovenator and Maip macrothorax.

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Buzzsprout-13800478 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +1000 5266 1 11 full false Jurassic World Dominion with Gummmydragon Jurassic World Dominion with Gummmydragon Join Adele and special guest Cella Siegelman aka Gummmydragon for a review of Jurassic World Dominion!

We compare the dinosaurs from Dominion with Prehistoric Planet, talk Therizinosaurus claws, hype up the importance of palaeoart, plus the impact of the Jurassic Park series.

Hold onto your butts!

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Links
Functional space analyses reveal the function and evolution of the most bizarre theropod manual unguals

Climatic constraints on the biogeographic history of Mesozoic dinosaurs

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and special guest Cella Siegelman aka Gummmydragon for a review of Jurassic World Dominion!

We compare the dinosaurs from Dominion with Prehistoric Planet, talk Therizinosaurus claws, hype up the importance of palaeoart, plus the impact of the Jurassic Park series.

Hold onto your butts!

GummmyDragon Instagram
GummmyDragon Shop
GummmyDragon Kickstarter

Links
Functional space analyses reveal the function and evolution of the most bizarre theropod manual unguals

Climatic constraints on the biogeographic history of Mesozoic dinosaurs

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13646314 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:00:00 +1000 5482 1 10 full false 9. Savannasaurus with Stephen Poropat 9. Savannasaurus with Stephen Poropat Adele is joined by sauropod expert Dr Stephen Poropat to about talk Savannasaurus elliottorum, the species he names in 2016! Recorded after a big day of dinosaur digging, we explore the Cretaceous of Queensland and get the facts on one of Australia's chonkiest titanosaurs. 

Hear how a dinosaur obsessed kid who brought his Apatosaurus to the nativity became an expert in palaeontology. Plus how to spot the difference between Savannasaurus and Diamantinasaurus, and honouring the memory of palaeontologist Mary Wade.



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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele is joined by sauropod expert Dr Stephen Poropat to about talk Savannasaurus elliottorum, the species he names in 2016! Recorded after a big day of dinosaur digging, we explore the Cretaceous of Queensland and get the facts on one of Australia's chonkiest titanosaurs. 

Hear how a dinosaur obsessed kid who brought his Apatosaurus to the nativity became an expert in palaeontology. Plus how to spot the difference between Savannasaurus and Diamantinasaurus, and honouring the memory of palaeontologist Mary Wade.



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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13514143 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +1000 3789 1 9 full false 8. Hallucigenia 8. Hallucigenia Join palaeontologists Adele Pentland and Dr Martin Smith on a fossil fever dream through the Cambrian! 

This episode we discuss the spicy noodle Hallucigenia (an inch long worm with spikes, claws and Cthulhu tentacles), family ties to the velvet worms and frolic through the famous Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. 

Plus de-extinction of 32,000 year old Pleistocene plants from Siberia, revived by raiding a prehistoric squirrel pantry for frozen fruits.

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join palaeontologists Adele Pentland and Dr Martin Smith on a fossil fever dream through the Cambrian! 

This episode we discuss the spicy noodle Hallucigenia (an inch long worm with spikes, claws and Cthulhu tentacles), family ties to the velvet worms and frolic through the famous Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. 

Plus de-extinction of 32,000 year old Pleistocene plants from Siberia, revived by raiding a prehistoric squirrel pantry for frozen fruits.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13434584 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 02:00:00 +1000 2599 1 8 full false 7. Arenaerpeton with Lachlan Hart 7. Arenaerpeton with Lachlan Hart Adele chats with Australian Museum palaeontologist Lachlan Hart about the new Triassic temnospondyl species he named, Arenaerpeton supinatus! A fossil discovered in a sandstone block by a retired chicken farmer, that went on display as part of the Dinosaur World Tour in 1997. 

We discuss the shocking secret world of these extinct animals, including cannibalism in amphbians, horns, tusks, and toxins. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... 

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele chats with Australian Museum palaeontologist Lachlan Hart about the new Triassic temnospondyl species he named, Arenaerpeton supinatus! A fossil discovered in a sandstone block by a retired chicken farmer, that went on display as part of the Dinosaur World Tour in 1997. 

We discuss the shocking secret world of these extinct animals, including cannibalism in amphbians, horns, tusks, and toxins. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... 

Dinosaur Trips
It's been 66 million years. Why wait any longer? Join an upcoming trip!

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13359947 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +1000 3778 1 7 full false 6. Dunkleosteus 6. Dunkleosteus Adele dives into the Devonian oceans to talk about the colossal armoured fish Dunkleosteus. An ancient apex predator about as big as a shark, with bone-crushing jaws. You're gonna need a bigger boat!

Plus tangents on coprolites and the accidental discovery of an ancient species of beetle from Triassic poop from Poland.

Links:
How Dinosaur Poop Got Its Name
What is a coprolite?

Dunkleosteus
Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data

Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator

Giant, swimming mouths: oral dimensions of extant sharks do not accurately predict body size in Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)

A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele dives into the Devonian oceans to talk about the colossal armoured fish Dunkleosteus. An ancient apex predator about as big as a shark, with bone-crushing jaws. You're gonna need a bigger boat!

Plus tangents on coprolites and the accidental discovery of an ancient species of beetle from Triassic poop from Poland.

Links:
How Dinosaur Poop Got Its Name
What is a coprolite?

Dunkleosteus
Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data

Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator

Giant, swimming mouths: oral dimensions of extant sharks do not accurately predict body size in Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)

A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)

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Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

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Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Buzzsprout-13284919 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 01:00:00 +1000 3381 1 6 full false 5. Cryolophosaurus 5. Cryolophosaurus Join Adele and guest Dr Nathan Smith on an adventure through the Jurassic forests of Antarctica (180 million years ago) as we talk about one of the coolest dinosaurs, Cryolophosaurus (the overlooked cousin of Dilophosaurus).

We also touch on pterosaurs from Madagascar, fieldwork in frozen lands, the advantages of a pompadour and why this theropod is nicknamed Elvis!

Links:
A Crested Theropod Dinosaur from Antarctica

Osteology of Cryolophosaurus ellioti (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica and implications for early theropod evolution

The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona

Field Museum

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele and guest Dr Nathan Smith on an adventure through the Jurassic forests of Antarctica (180 million years ago) as we talk about one of the coolest dinosaurs, Cryolophosaurus (the overlooked cousin of Dilophosaurus).

We also touch on pterosaurs from Madagascar, fieldwork in frozen lands, the advantages of a pompadour and why this theropod is nicknamed Elvis!

Links:
A Crested Theropod Dinosaur from Antarctica

Osteology of Cryolophosaurus ellioti (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica and implications for early theropod evolution

The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona

Field Museum

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13145209 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +1000 2293 1 5 full false 4. Glossopteris 4. Glossopteris Introducing Glossopteris! A prolific fossil plant from the swamps of the southern supercontinent, Gondwana during the Permian period.

We hear from Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini, a palaeontologist and palaeobotanist about this incredible fossil, and how Glossopteris helped piece together the theory of plate tectonics.

Plus info on some interesting scrape marks made by dancing theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Colorado.

Links
Theropod courtship: large scale physical evidence of display arenas and avian-like scrape ceremony behaviour by Cretaceous dinosaurs

Mysterious footprint fossils point to dancing dinosaur mating ritual

Anatomically preserved Glossopteris stems with attached leaves from the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Unique trackway on Permian Karoo shoreline provides evidence of temnospondyl locomotory behaviour



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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Introducing Glossopteris! A prolific fossil plant from the swamps of the southern supercontinent, Gondwana during the Permian period.

We hear from Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini, a palaeontologist and palaeobotanist about this incredible fossil, and how Glossopteris helped piece together the theory of plate tectonics.

Plus info on some interesting scrape marks made by dancing theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Colorado.

Links
Theropod courtship: large scale physical evidence of display arenas and avian-like scrape ceremony behaviour by Cretaceous dinosaurs

Mysterious footprint fossils point to dancing dinosaur mating ritual

Anatomically preserved Glossopteris stems with attached leaves from the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Unique trackway on Permian Karoo shoreline provides evidence of temnospondyl locomotory behaviour



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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Pentland Buzzsprout-13077391 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +1000 2596 1 4 full false 3. Ferrodraco 3. Ferrodraco Adele talks about the species of pterosaur she named: Ferrodraco lentoni affectionately known as Butch, or the Iron Dragon a winged reptile with a wingspan of 4m (just over 13 feet!)
 
Plus insight from fossil preparator Ali Calvey and discoverer of the Ferrodraco holotype specimen, Bob Elliott.
 
 And a quick detour to talk about weird marine microfossils trapped in amber from the Cretaceous of southwestern France, ~100 million years old.
 
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Evidence for marine microfossils from amber

Ferrodraco

4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet  

Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia

The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia 

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinus Wellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae)

Capacity for the cretaceous pterosaur Anhanguera to launch from water

Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs

The Secrets of Sand: A Journey Into the Amazing Microscopic World of Sand

Gordo the Guardian

Prep-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Dig-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele talks about the species of pterosaur she named: Ferrodraco lentoni affectionately known as Butch, or the Iron Dragon a winged reptile with a wingspan of 4m (just over 13 feet!)
 
Plus insight from fossil preparator Ali Calvey and discoverer of the Ferrodraco holotype specimen, Bob Elliott.
 
 And a quick detour to talk about weird marine microfossils trapped in amber from the Cretaceous of southwestern France, ~100 million years old.
 
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Evidence for marine microfossils from amber

Ferrodraco

4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet  

Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia

The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia 

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinus Wellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae)

Capacity for the cretaceous pterosaur Anhanguera to launch from water

Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs

The Secrets of Sand: A Journey Into the Amazing Microscopic World of Sand

Gordo the Guardian

Prep-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Dig-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Buzzsprout-12958838 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +1000 3456 1 3 full false VAMP: Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology VAMP: Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology Introducing VAMP! The Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology is a digital collection spanning 600 million years of evolution. On this episode, Adele has a yarn with the three palaeontologists behind VAMP: Dr Aaron Camens, Dr Alice Clement and PhD candidate Jacob van Zoelen.   

VAMP includes Earth's earliest multicellular organisms, giant marsupials, fossil footprints and everything in between.

It's a place where anyone, including palaeontologists and members of the public can check out high-resolution 3D scans of Australian fossils.

VAMP is led by Flinders University, in collaboration with the South Australian Museum (SAM), Western Australian Museum (WAM), and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).

Find our guests on Twitter:
Dr Aaron Camens @DiprotoRon
Dr Alice Clement @DrAliceClement
Jacob van Zoelen @Zoelenotherium
and VAMP @VAMP_Palaeo

Visit the VAMP website and Explore Australian fossils in 3D

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Introducing VAMP! The Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology is a digital collection spanning 600 million years of evolution. On this episode, Adele has a yarn with the three palaeontologists behind VAMP: Dr Aaron Camens, Dr Alice Clement and PhD candidate Jacob van Zoelen.   

VAMP includes Earth's earliest multicellular organisms, giant marsupials, fossil footprints and everything in between.

It's a place where anyone, including palaeontologists and members of the public can check out high-resolution 3D scans of Australian fossils.

VAMP is led by Flinders University, in collaboration with the South Australian Museum (SAM), Western Australian Museum (WAM), and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).

Find our guests on Twitter:
Dr Aaron Camens @DiprotoRon
Dr Alice Clement @DrAliceClement
Jacob van Zoelen @Zoelenotherium
and VAMP @VAMP_Palaeo

Visit the VAMP website and Explore Australian fossils in 3D

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Buzzsprout-12913537 Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 +1000 2767 1 full false 2. Koolasuchus 2. Koolasuchus Meet Koolasuchus cleelandi, a giant amphibian from the Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia (~125 million years ago) with the body of a salamander and a head as big as a wheelie bin lid. An animal that by all rights, SHOULD have gone extinct millions of years ago and chosen by the people as the state fossil emblem for Victoria.
 
We hear from two of the brilliant paleontologists who worked on the holotype, fossil preparator Lesley Kool and prospector Mike cleeland.

We deviate and also talk red and white blood-cell like structures in the Jurassic ichthyosaur Stenopterygius.

Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Palaeobiology of red and white blood cell-like structures, collagen and cholesterol in an ichthyosaur bone

Koolasuchus
The last last labyrinthodonts?

Palaeobiogeography of Australian fossil amphibians

Victoria's new state fossil emblem: Koolasuchus cleelandi

Koolasuchus cleelandi: Cool Cretaceous monster amphibian

Meet Koolasuchus cleelandi, the people's choice as Victoria's official fossil emblem

Dinosaurs of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World – by Thomas H. Rich & Patricia Vickers-Rich

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Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Meet Koolasuchus cleelandi, a giant amphibian from the Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia (~125 million years ago) with the body of a salamander and a head as big as a wheelie bin lid. An animal that by all rights, SHOULD have gone extinct millions of years ago and chosen by the people as the state fossil emblem for Victoria.
 
We hear from two of the brilliant paleontologists who worked on the holotype, fossil preparator Lesley Kool and prospector Mike cleeland.

We deviate and also talk red and white blood-cell like structures in the Jurassic ichthyosaur Stenopterygius.

Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Palaeobiology of red and white blood cell-like structures, collagen and cholesterol in an ichthyosaur bone

Koolasuchus
The last last labyrinthodonts?

Palaeobiogeography of Australian fossil amphibians

Victoria's new state fossil emblem: Koolasuchus cleelandi

Koolasuchus cleelandi: Cool Cretaceous monster amphibian

Meet Koolasuchus cleelandi, the people's choice as Victoria's official fossil emblem

Dinosaurs of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World – by Thomas H. Rich & Patricia Vickers-Rich

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Buzzsprout-12846349 Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 +1000 2436 1 2 full false 1. Anomalocaris 1. Anomalocaris Join Adele on a wild ride through the Cambrian (510-500 million years ago) as we discuss the ancient apex predator Anomalocaris (a weird shrimpy boy with face fangs).
 
We also touch on trilobite cannibalism, the advantages of compound eyes, building your own armour with biomineralisation and the first evolutionary arms race. Hold onto your butts!
 
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Healed injuries in Early Cambrian trilobites from South Australia

World's oldest known case of cannibalism revealed in trilobite fossils

Trilobite Fossils Suggest Cannibalism Is More Ancient Than Once Thought

Anomalocaris
The sharp eyes of Anomalocaris, a top predator that lived half a billion years ago

New anatomical information on Anomalocaris from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale of South Australia and a reassessment of its inferred predatory habits


Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eyes

The oral cone of Anomalocaris is not a classic ‘‘peytoia’’

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Join Adele on a wild ride through the Cambrian (510-500 million years ago) as we discuss the ancient apex predator Anomalocaris (a weird shrimpy boy with face fangs).
 
We also touch on trilobite cannibalism, the advantages of compound eyes, building your own armour with biomineralisation and the first evolutionary arms race. Hold onto your butts!
 
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Healed injuries in Early Cambrian trilobites from South Australia

World's oldest known case of cannibalism revealed in trilobite fossils

Trilobite Fossils Suggest Cannibalism Is More Ancient Than Once Thought

Anomalocaris
The sharp eyes of Anomalocaris, a top predator that lived half a billion years ago

New anatomical information on Anomalocaris from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale of South Australia and a reassessment of its inferred predatory habits


Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eyes

The oral cone of Anomalocaris is not a classic ‘‘peytoia’’

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Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Adele Buzzsprout-12795094 Tue, 09 May 2023 22:00:00 +1000 1646 1 1 full false Pals in Palaeo Trailer Pals in Palaeo Trailer Dreamed of becoming a palaeontologist? Obsessed with dinosaurs and other extinct animals? Pals in Palaeo dives into the Form, Function and Family Groupings of your favourite fossils. 
 
Hosted by Aussie palaeontologist and PhD student Adele Pentland, each episode is a trip through the time machine and explores the ancient ecosystems of the past.
 
Season 1 drops Wednesday May 10th
 Subscribe now to hear it first.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

]]> Dreamed of becoming a palaeontologist? Obsessed with dinosaurs and other extinct animals? Pals in Palaeo dives into the Form, Function and Family Groupings of your favourite fossils. 
 
Hosted by Aussie palaeontologist and PhD student Adele Pentland, each episode is a trip through the time machine and explores the ancient ecosystems of the past.
 
Season 1 drops Wednesday May 10th
 Subscribe now to hear it first.

Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo
Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel

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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse 

The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic 

Podcast Producer + Editor
Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari
Podcast Editor
François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy

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