Pals in Palaeo

Adele Pentland

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

  1. 2. Koolasuchus

    EPISODE 2

    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 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

    41 min
  2. 3. Ferrodraco

    EPISODE 3

    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 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

    58 min
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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