Pals in Palaeo

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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The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art
Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign
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The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music
Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic

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