Pals in Palaeo

By: Adele Pentland
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  • Join PhD student and Palaeontologist Adele Pentland, and explore the Form, Function and Family Groupings of Fossils from across geologic time

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  • Pals in Palaeo Trailer
    May 6 2023

    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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    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

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    1 min
  • 1. Anomalocaris
    May 9 2023

    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’’

    This episode is brought to you by Dinosaur Trips! Explore the world and see the best museums, meet experts and even dig up real dinosaurs. For more info visit dinosaurtrips.com and email zach@dinosaurtrips.com about the Badlands and Beyond Trip.

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    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

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    29 mins
  • 2. Koolasuchus
    May 23 2023

    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

    This episode is brought to you by Dinosaur Trips! Explore the world and see the best museums, meet experts and even dig up real dinosaurs. For more info visit dinosaurtrips.com and email zach@dinosaurtrips.com about the Badlands and Beyond Trip.

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

    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

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    42 mins

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