{"podcast":{"title":"The Fossil Files","slug":"the-fossil-files-7375611","podcast_index_feed_id":7375611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/583670/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/Fossils","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/9/f/3/99f352ecbfc60de0d959afa2a1bf1c87/logo4-20250704-h86q14pd0t.jpg","author":"Robert Sansom","episode_count":40,"summary":"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 an interesting new research paper ranging from topics of what dinosaurs ate, how plesiosaurs swam, where we came from, and the science of de-extinction. Whilst doing so, we peek under the hood of how the science of palaeontology is done and how research gets to see the light of day. It is for anybody interested in palaeontology and past life whether that is students, researchers themselves, or simply the fossil-curious - we laugh as we learn, and hope you will too. Episode guide at https://fossils.libsyn.com/ Bonus content at Patreon https://patreon.com/FossilFiles","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T12:18:38.080077+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611"},"episode":{"title":"20. Back-breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs","slug":"20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs","published_at":"2026-01-13T02:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611","url":"https://a94020de-22e2-432b-af22-019fdb3026ee.libsyn.com/20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a94020de-22e2-432b-af22-019fdb3026ee/Episode_20_Hadrosaurs_-_08012026_16.54.mp3?dest-id=5062010","summary":"Having large body sizes conferred all sorts of advantages on dinosaurs, but it potentially made breeding a bit complicated. This week we take a look at some weird pathologies in fossil hadrosaurs (duck billed dinosaurs and friends) and what they might tell us about their amourous habits - do broken backs provide evidence of rough housing in the bedroom? This week's paper is \"Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs\" by Filippo Bertozzo and colleagues, published in IScience November 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113739 The widescreen artwork is by Troco.","meta_description":"Having large body sizes conferred all sorts of advantages on dinosaurs, but it potentially made breeding a bit complicated. This week we take a look at so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fossil-files-7375611/episodes/20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611/20-back-breaking-and-baby-making-the-disturbing-bedroom-habits-of-hadrosaurs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}