@thefossilfiles.bsky.social
Palaeontology podcast from two professional palaeontologists aimed for all to enjoy
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The Fossil Files
In “The Fossil Files”, a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss ...
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Hello! We’re a new podcast from
@fossilrob.bsky.social & @tweetisaurus.bsky.social for anyone interested in the world of palaeontology!
Every episode we have fun discussing & exploring recently published research
Listen on the website fossils.libsyn.com, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts
@fossilrob.bsky.social & @tweetisaurus.bsky.social for anyone interested in the world of palaeontology!
Every episode we have fun discussing & exploring recently published research
Listen on the website fossils.libsyn.com, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts
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Review of the Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social just in from a palaeo podcast skeptic: "I really thought palaeo podcasts weren't for me, but I guess I was listening to the wrong ones". Listen on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts: fossils.libsyn.com
The Fossil Files
In “The Fossil Files”, a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss ...
fossils.libsyn.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Review of the Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social just in from a palaeo podcast skeptic: "I really thought palaeo podcasts weren't for me, but I guess I was listening to the wrong ones". Listen on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts: fossils.libsyn.com
How did pachycephalosaurs get their head-butting dome? In the new episode out today, we take a look at Zavacephale, a lovely new dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How did pachycephalosaurs get their head-butting dome? In the new episode out today, we take a look at Zavacephale, a lovely new dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia
Not only can a nasty fungus take over an ant or spider's brain causing behaviour changes before it explodes as spores out of the animal's head 🐜 🍄, but it seems this nightmarish behaviour can be captured in the fossil record.
New episode: "Cretaceous Zombie Ants" new episode out today!
New episode: "Cretaceous Zombie Ants" new episode out today!
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Not only can a nasty fungus take over an ant or spider's brain causing behaviour changes before it explodes as spores out of the animal's head 🐜 🍄, but it seems this nightmarish behaviour can be captured in the fossil record.
New episode: "Cretaceous Zombie Ants" new episode out today!
New episode: "Cretaceous Zombie Ants" new episode out today!
🚨 Time for a #FossilFriday round up: our selection of some recent research highlights. THREAD
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 Time for a #FossilFriday round up: our selection of some recent research highlights. THREAD
🚨New episode out today!
New episode @thefossilfiles.bsky.social ky.social out today "Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw". Available on YouTube or whereever you get your podcasts 2/2
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Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw
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October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚨New episode out today!
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#Fossil Files podcast fans!! Today sees the release of Fossil Fails II: The tiny dinosaur with the massive flaw... Get our take on that whole Oculudentavis thing - available now on libsyn and wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/fossil-fails...
The Fossil Files: Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw
Discovery of the smallest ever dinosaur acheived quite a splash when it was publised on the front cover of Nature in 2020. The new critter, Oculodentavis, was the size of a hummingbird and reconstruct...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#Fossil Files podcast fans!! Today sees the release of Fossil Fails II: The tiny dinosaur with the massive flaw... Get our take on that whole Oculudentavis thing - available now on libsyn and wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/fossil-fails...
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How do you select a name for a new dinosaur? Sneak peek on #FossilFriday of the next @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out on Tuesday with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/5Cbz9...
How do you choose a name for a new #dinosaur ? #thefossilfiles #taxonomy
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October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
How do you select a name for a new dinosaur? Sneak peek on #FossilFriday of the next @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out on Tuesday with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/5Cbz9...
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This episode was genuinely hilarious to make... listen in on all your favourite podcast platforms! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social
In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed
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September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This episode was genuinely hilarious to make... listen in on all your favourite podcast platforms! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social
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Could there have been dinosaurs on the moon? 🦕🌝 No really.
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed
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September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Could there have been dinosaurs on the moon? 🦕🌝 No really.
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
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In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed
YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast
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September 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Could there have been dinosaurs on the moon? 🦕🌝 No really.
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed
YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast
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September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Could there have been dinosaurs on the moon? 🦕🌝 No really.
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
🚨 New episode out today on notorious "Fossil Fails" in which Susie and Rob explore some odd examples of palaeontology gone wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...
Our newest episode is one not to miss!
Susie spills the beans on the latest research on Spicomellus, a beautiful armored ankylosaur
If you ever wondered what goes in to studying dinosaurs it’s the perfect way to answer your questions!
Find us on Spotify, Amazon, YouTube etc. links in the bio
Susie spills the beans on the latest research on Spicomellus, a beautiful armored ankylosaur
If you ever wondered what goes in to studying dinosaurs it’s the perfect way to answer your questions!
Find us on Spotify, Amazon, YouTube etc. links in the bio
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Our newest episode is one not to miss!
Susie spills the beans on the latest research on Spicomellus, a beautiful armored ankylosaur
If you ever wondered what goes in to studying dinosaurs it’s the perfect way to answer your questions!
Find us on Spotify, Amazon, YouTube etc. links in the bio
Susie spills the beans on the latest research on Spicomellus, a beautiful armored ankylosaur
If you ever wondered what goes in to studying dinosaurs it’s the perfect way to answer your questions!
Find us on Spotify, Amazon, YouTube etc. links in the bio
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Well Fossil Files fans, this week you have a special bonus episode our new dinosaur #Spicomellus the spikey ankylosaur. In this episode, I tell Rob all about the back story: how we found it, excavated it and studied it. And I throw some shade on fossil smugglers. fossils.libsyn.com/the-spicomel...
The Fossil Files: The Spicomellus Special
Perhaps the weirdest dinosaur ever has just been described in Nature, by The Fossil Files' own Susie Maidment. In a worldwide EXCLUSIVE*, Susie gives as the unvarnshed truth about how this spikey Jura...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well Fossil Files fans, this week you have a special bonus episode our new dinosaur #Spicomellus the spikey ankylosaur. In this episode, I tell Rob all about the back story: how we found it, excavated it and studied it. And I throw some shade on fossil smugglers. fossils.libsyn.com/the-spicomel...
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Have a listen to our Editor-in-Chief Prof. Susie Maidment's podcast- This episode she talking about how her team found, excavated and studied the amazingly weird and spikey #Spicomellus specimen! 🦴
#Fossils #FossilFiles @tweetisaurus.bsky.social #Dinosaur #Nature #NaturalHistory #NHM #JSP
#Fossils #FossilFiles @tweetisaurus.bsky.social #Dinosaur #Nature #NaturalHistory #NHM #JSP
Well Fossil Files fans, this week you have a special bonus episode our new dinosaur #Spicomellus the spikey ankylosaur. In this episode, I tell Rob all about the back story: how we found it, excavated it and studied it. And I throw some shade on fossil smugglers. fossils.libsyn.com/the-spicomel...
The Fossil Files: The Spicomellus Special
Perhaps the weirdest dinosaur ever has just been described in Nature, by The Fossil Files' own Susie Maidment. In a worldwide EXCLUSIVE*, Susie gives as the unvarnshed truth about how this spikey Jura...
fossils.libsyn.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Have a listen to our Editor-in-Chief Prof. Susie Maidment's podcast- This episode she talking about how her team found, excavated and studied the amazingly weird and spikey #Spicomellus specimen! 🦴
#Fossils #FossilFiles @tweetisaurus.bsky.social #Dinosaur #Nature #NaturalHistory #NHM #JSP
#Fossils #FossilFiles @tweetisaurus.bsky.social #Dinosaur #Nature #NaturalHistory #NHM #JSP
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Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
IDEA Award
The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the...
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September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
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Creative use of autocorrelation in analyzing trace fossils in the Ediacaran-Cambrian explosion:
"..lack of temporal correlation in the studied Ediacaran trajectories and its presence in...Cambrian trajectories, indicating time-tuned behaviours.."
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02940
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
"..lack of temporal correlation in the studied Ediacaran trajectories and its presence in...Cambrian trajectories, indicating time-tuned behaviours.."
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02940
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
September 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Creative use of autocorrelation in analyzing trace fossils in the Ediacaran-Cambrian explosion:
"..lack of temporal correlation in the studied Ediacaran trajectories and its presence in...Cambrian trajectories, indicating time-tuned behaviours.."
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02940
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
"..lack of temporal correlation in the studied Ediacaran trajectories and its presence in...Cambrian trajectories, indicating time-tuned behaviours.."
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02940
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
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New paper showing that ichthyosaurs ate vampyromorph coleoids. Did they like it ? No idea 🤷♂️
@universitedeliege.bsky.social @naturmusee.bsky.social @just-fre.bsky.social
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September 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New paper showing that ichthyosaurs ate vampyromorph coleoids. Did they like it ? No idea 🤷♂️
@universitedeliege.bsky.social @naturmusee.bsky.social @just-fre.bsky.social
@peerj.bsky.social
peerj.com/articles/19786
@universitedeliege.bsky.social @naturmusee.bsky.social @just-fre.bsky.social
@peerj.bsky.social
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Get the inside scoop on dinosaur weirdo Spicomellus from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social: behind the scenes, how the pandemic nearly killed it, where to put all those spikes, & dodgy fossil dealers
@thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xb...
@thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today
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The Spicomellus Special
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September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Get the inside scoop on dinosaur weirdo Spicomellus from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social: behind the scenes, how the pandemic nearly killed it, where to put all those spikes, & dodgy fossil dealers
@thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xb...
@thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xb...
🚨New Episode out today!
Susie and Rob talk all things Spicomellus, everyone’s new favourite dinosaur
No better way to get all the info than straight from the researcher who studied the fossil!
Out now on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/6t9V...
Susie and Rob talk all things Spicomellus, everyone’s new favourite dinosaur
No better way to get all the info than straight from the researcher who studied the fossil!
Out now on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/6t9V...
The Spicomellus Special
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September 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨New Episode out today!
Susie and Rob talk all things Spicomellus, everyone’s new favourite dinosaur
No better way to get all the info than straight from the researcher who studied the fossil!
Out now on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/6t9V...
Susie and Rob talk all things Spicomellus, everyone’s new favourite dinosaur
No better way to get all the info than straight from the researcher who studied the fossil!
Out now on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/6t9V...
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What's better than an hour of Dave talking about dinosaurs? How about three and a half hours? Should keep a few of you busy at least. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qm1...
And have I ever looked this dramatic before?
And have I ever looked this dramatic before?
Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park | Lex Fridman Podcast #480
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September 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
What's better than an hour of Dave talking about dinosaurs? How about three and a half hours? Should keep a few of you busy at least. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qm1...
And have I ever looked this dramatic before?
And have I ever looked this dramatic before?
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I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪
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PhD and MSc positions in Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology [Posted September 2025. Deadline is January 15, 2026. See below for information about the lab, student opportu…
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September 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪
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Find out more in new @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today: "Mirasaura, Triassic Punk"
Available now on Youtube, Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJX...
Available now on Youtube, Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJX...
Mirasaura, Triassic Punk
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September 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Find out more in new @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today: "Mirasaura, Triassic Punk"
Available now on Youtube, Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJX...
Available now on Youtube, Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJX...
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Question: What the hell is this? (thread)
September 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Question: What the hell is this? (thread)
🚨 New episode! Stunning fossil, cool techniques and interesting findings, what more could you want?
Susie and Rob discuss Mirasaura grauvogeli. A 247mil year old reptile that had stunning feather-like crest on its back!
Available now on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts
Susie and Rob discuss Mirasaura grauvogeli. A 247mil year old reptile that had stunning feather-like crest on its back!
Available now on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts
Mirasaura, Triassic Punk
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September 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🚨 New episode! Stunning fossil, cool techniques and interesting findings, what more could you want?
Susie and Rob discuss Mirasaura grauvogeli. A 247mil year old reptile that had stunning feather-like crest on its back!
Available now on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts
Susie and Rob discuss Mirasaura grauvogeli. A 247mil year old reptile that had stunning feather-like crest on its back!
Available now on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts