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 FactPalaeobiology of red and white blood cell-like structures, collagen and cholesterol in an ichthyosaur boneKoolasuchusThe last last labyrinthodonts?Palaeobiogeography of Australian fossil amphibiansVictoria's new state fossil emblem: Koolasuchus cleelandiKoolasuchus cleelandi: Cool Cretaceous monster amphibianMeet Koolasuchus cleelandi, the people's choice as Victoria's official fossil emblemDinosaurs of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World – by Thomas H. Rich & Patricia Vickers-RichPals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeoHost: Adele Pentland @palaeodelOnline StoreTranscriptsThe Pals in Palaeo Cover ArtJenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesignCrumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse The Pals in Palaeo Theme MusicHello Kelly @hellokellymusic Podcast Producer + Editor Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safariPodcast EditorFrançois "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy