@thefossilfiles.bsky.social
Palaeontology podcast from two professional palaeontologists aimed for all to enjoy
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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!
🦠 In a totally not petrifying story, a team in USA 'resurrected' and grew some 40k year old bacteria encased in Alaskan permafrost. Hey, its gonna melt soon anyway, best find out what will happen doi.org/10.1029/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🦠 In a totally not petrifying story, a team in USA 'resurrected' and grew some 40k year old bacteria encased in Alaskan permafrost. Hey, its gonna melt soon anyway, best find out what will happen doi.org/10.1029/2025...
🪱 First body fossil of a leech discovered in Silurian of Wisconsin indicates hirudinidan origins about 200 million years (?!) before previous estimates peerj.com/articles/199...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🪱 First body fossil of a leech discovered in Silurian of Wisconsin indicates hirudinidan origins about 200 million years (?!) before previous estimates peerj.com/articles/199...
🧽 A new source of evidence of Pre-Cambrian animals comes from molecular fossils. Steranes in Neoproterozoic rocks were likely produced by desmosponges, before the Cambrian explosion
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🧽 A new source of evidence of Pre-Cambrian animals comes from molecular fossils. Steranes in Neoproterozoic rocks were likely produced by desmosponges, before the Cambrian explosion
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🦎 A fossil squamate from the Jurassic of Scotland has a mix of snake and lizard like features which makes snake evolution even more complicated. Say hello to Breugnathair. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🦎 A fossil squamate from the Jurassic of Scotland has a mix of snake and lizard like features which makes snake evolution even more complicated. Say hello to Breugnathair. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
💀 A Chinese team painfully reconstructed the smushed Yuxian 2 cranium and placed in the Homo longi clade (with Denisovans?) thus lots of ghost ranges and new time scale of human evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
💀 A Chinese team painfully reconstructed the smushed Yuxian 2 cranium and placed in the Homo longi clade (with Denisovans?) thus lots of ghost ranges and new time scale of human evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚨 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
You can find the full episode on Spotfy, Apple, YouTube, or where ever you get your podcasts (links in bio)
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You can find the full episode on Spotfy, Apple, YouTube, or where ever you get your podcasts (links in bio)
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
🚨 Bonus mini-episode released today!
Where do Squid come from?
Susie and Rob discuss squid origins and the use of digital techniques a new paper from Imegami et al
Available on Spotify, YouTube and all the usual places. Links in our bio
Where do Squid come from?
Susie and Rob discuss squid origins and the use of digital techniques a new paper from Imegami et al
Available on Spotify, YouTube and all the usual places. Links in our bio
August 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🚨 Bonus mini-episode released today!
Where do Squid come from?
Susie and Rob discuss squid origins and the use of digital techniques a new paper from Imegami et al
Available on Spotify, YouTube and all the usual places. Links in our bio
Where do Squid come from?
Susie and Rob discuss squid origins and the use of digital techniques a new paper from Imegami et al
Available on Spotify, YouTube and all the usual places. Links in our bio
For #fossilfriday here’s a preview of our next episode!
Susie and Rob discuss the origins of teeth, bones, and why we get tooth ache, all from a a great new paper from Haridy et al.
Out on the 19th of August, on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Susie and Rob discuss the origins of teeth, bones, and why we get tooth ache, all from a a great new paper from Haridy et al.
Out on the 19th of August, on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
August 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
For #fossilfriday here’s a preview of our next episode!
Susie and Rob discuss the origins of teeth, bones, and why we get tooth ache, all from a a great new paper from Haridy et al.
Out on the 19th of August, on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Susie and Rob discuss the origins of teeth, bones, and why we get tooth ache, all from a a great new paper from Haridy et al.
Out on the 19th of August, on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Looking for something to watch over lunch?
Check out Rob’s fossil unboxing series on our YouTube, where he, and some guests!, unwrap new finds and sneak a peak in to the back rooms of a museum
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Check out Rob’s fossil unboxing series on our YouTube, where he, and some guests!, unwrap new finds and sneak a peak in to the back rooms of a museum
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
August 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looking for something to watch over lunch?
Check out Rob’s fossil unboxing series on our YouTube, where he, and some guests!, unwrap new finds and sneak a peak in to the back rooms of a museum
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Check out Rob’s fossil unboxing series on our YouTube, where he, and some guests!, unwrap new finds and sneak a peak in to the back rooms of a museum
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We’re moving to a two-week upload schedule so our next episode will be on the 5th of August!
In it we’ll be discussing the origins of Pterosaurs.
Here’s a little sneak peak - come for the science, stay for the jokes? 💀
Paper: Foffa et al 2025 Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02767-8
In it we’ll be discussing the origins of Pterosaurs.
Here’s a little sneak peak - come for the science, stay for the jokes? 💀
Paper: Foffa et al 2025 Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02767-8
July 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re moving to a two-week upload schedule so our next episode will be on the 5th of August!
In it we’ll be discussing the origins of Pterosaurs.
Here’s a little sneak peak - come for the science, stay for the jokes? 💀
Paper: Foffa et al 2025 Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02767-8
In it we’ll be discussing the origins of Pterosaurs.
Here’s a little sneak peak - come for the science, stay for the jokes? 💀
Paper: Foffa et al 2025 Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02767-8
How does private collecting impact palaeontology as a field? Susie and Rob discuss as part of our newest episode.
Available now and perfect for a lunch time listen!
Available now and perfect for a lunch time listen!
July 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
How does private collecting impact palaeontology as a field? Susie and Rob discuss as part of our newest episode.
Available now and perfect for a lunch time listen!
Available now and perfect for a lunch time listen!
New Episode out today 🚨
Were Neanderthals the first fossil collectors? How does private fossil collecting impact palaeontology as a science?
Out now on Spotify, apple, or wherever you find your podcasts.
Paper and image credit: Navazo Ruiz et al. 2024. Quaternary doi: 10.3390/quat7040049
Were Neanderthals the first fossil collectors? How does private fossil collecting impact palaeontology as a science?
Out now on Spotify, apple, or wherever you find your podcasts.
Paper and image credit: Navazo Ruiz et al. 2024. Quaternary doi: 10.3390/quat7040049
July 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New Episode out today 🚨
Were Neanderthals the first fossil collectors? How does private fossil collecting impact palaeontology as a science?
Out now on Spotify, apple, or wherever you find your podcasts.
Paper and image credit: Navazo Ruiz et al. 2024. Quaternary doi: 10.3390/quat7040049
Were Neanderthals the first fossil collectors? How does private fossil collecting impact palaeontology as a science?
Out now on Spotify, apple, or wherever you find your podcasts.
Paper and image credit: Navazo Ruiz et al. 2024. Quaternary doi: 10.3390/quat7040049
New episode!
Footprints in the rain push our evolutionary timeline back by 40million years?
Our palaeontologiists Susie and Rob discuss these amazing fossils from Australia and what they might mean. Avalible now on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/4bXd...
Footprints in the rain push our evolutionary timeline back by 40million years?
Our palaeontologiists Susie and Rob discuss these amazing fossils from Australia and what they might mean. Avalible now on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/4bXd...
July 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New episode!
Footprints in the rain push our evolutionary timeline back by 40million years?
Our palaeontologiists Susie and Rob discuss these amazing fossils from Australia and what they might mean. Avalible now on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/4bXd...
Footprints in the rain push our evolutionary timeline back by 40million years?
Our palaeontologiists Susie and Rob discuss these amazing fossils from Australia and what they might mean. Avalible now on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/4bXd...
New Episode out today!
Susie and Rob discuss Dire Wolves and ask Is de-extinction a scam?
Available on Spotify, Apple and wherever else you get your podcasts from
open.spotify.com/episode/1dJ3...
Susie and Rob discuss Dire Wolves and ask Is de-extinction a scam?
Available on Spotify, Apple and wherever else you get your podcasts from
open.spotify.com/episode/1dJ3...
July 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New Episode out today!
Susie and Rob discuss Dire Wolves and ask Is de-extinction a scam?
Available on Spotify, Apple and wherever else you get your podcasts from
open.spotify.com/episode/1dJ3...
Susie and Rob discuss Dire Wolves and ask Is de-extinction a scam?
Available on Spotify, Apple and wherever else you get your podcasts from
open.spotify.com/episode/1dJ3...
For #fossilfriday what else but the dinosaur Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae!
Newly described by one half of our podcast @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social
On display in all its glory at the Natural History Museum in London
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Newly described by one half of our podcast @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social
On display in all its glory at the Natural History Museum in London
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
June 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For #fossilfriday what else but the dinosaur Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae!
Newly described by one half of our podcast @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social
On display in all its glory at the Natural History Museum in London
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Newly described by one half of our podcast @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social
On display in all its glory at the Natural History Museum in London
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Here’s a quick peek of the latest episode that delves in to soft tissue preservation and a VERY cool plesiosaur fossil!
Out now on Spotify and wherever you usually get your podcasts!
Out now on Spotify and wherever you usually get your podcasts!
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here’s a quick peek of the latest episode that delves in to soft tissue preservation and a VERY cool plesiosaur fossil!
Out now on Spotify and wherever you usually get your podcasts!
Out now on Spotify and wherever you usually get your podcasts!
This week Susie and Rob discuss soft-tissue preservation in Plesiosaurs and how that helps us understand how they swim.
Images from the discussed paper by Marx et al 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Images from the discussed paper by Marx et al 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
June 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This week Susie and Rob discuss soft-tissue preservation in Plesiosaurs and how that helps us understand how they swim.
Images from the discussed paper by Marx et al 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Images from the discussed paper by Marx et al 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...