Pals in Palaeo

Sep 17 2024 31 ep. 63 mins 32
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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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27. Found a Fossil with Sally Hurst

Sep 17 2024 98 mins  
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 survey

26. Prehistoric Bayside - Live

Sep 04 2024 60 mins  
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 Baysid

25. Haliskia with Kevin Petersen

Jun 18 2024 72 mins  
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 h

24. Protemnodon with Isaac Kerr

Jun 04 2024 82 mins  
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

23. Fossil Replicas with Nathan Phillips

May 21 2024 65 mins  
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 mythologi

22. Moa Footprints with Kane Fleury

May 07 2024 54 mins  
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

21. Ornithopods and Whales with Ruairidh Duncan

Apr 23 2024 106 mins  
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

20. Zygomaturus with Jac O'Connor

Mar 26 2024 79 mins  
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

19. Trilobites with Alyssa Fjeld

Mar 12 2024 81 mins  
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 Transcrip

18. Pelagornis with Ben Francischelli

Feb 27 2024 55 mins  
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 misadventu