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Paleo Bites

Welcome to Paleo Bites, the weekly podcast hosted by Matthew Donald where we make dumb jokes, reference pop culture, derail like crazy, and oh yeah, discuss and rate dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Each episode Matthew and a rotating set of guest co-hosts talk about a different genus of primeval critter, explain basic stats, exchange plenty of banter, barely fact-check, and at the end, rate the creature one out of 65 million for any reason, including but not limited to sexiness, mana, and dexterity. So join Matthew and his friends as we embark on this prehistoric odyssey and review the dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuul as well as many other extinct beasts, entertaining folks while undoubtedly making serious paleontologists weep. Musical sting by Magnus Ringblom from Epidemic Sound.

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Comedy Funny Science Natural Sciences Humor Nature
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
24 minutes
Episodes
308
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Peltephilus, the Armor Lover

Peltephilus, the Armor Lover

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Peltephilus)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Cici Eilert discuss Peltephilus, a large armadillo with the squarest ass you’ve ever seen. Seriousl…

00:21:15  |   Tue 30 May 2023
Diplodocus, the Double-Beamed One

Diplodocus, the Double-Beamed One

(image source: https://a-z-animals.com/animals/diplodocus/)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Diplodocus, the longest of long boys and the absorber of the awesome but sadly no…

00:23:50  |   Tue 23 May 2023
Mammut, the Mastodon

Mammut, the Mastodon

(image source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2208044119)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss Mammut, also known as the American mastodon because this is one of those c…

00:28:57  |   Tue 16 May 2023
Halszkaraptor, the Thief of Halszka Osmolska

Halszkaraptor, the Thief of Halszka Osmolska

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Halszkaraptor


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Laura Owsley discuss Halszkaraptor, a relative of those monstrous raptors more akin to a duck or …

00:19:20  |   Tue 09 May 2023
Geosternbergia, of George Sternberg

Geosternbergia, of George Sternberg

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Geosternbergia)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Geosternbergia, a pterosaur that really wants you to know it’s named after G…

00:25:13  |   Tue 02 May 2023
Saurophaganax, the King of the Lizard Eaters

Saurophaganax, the King of the Lizard Eaters

(image source: https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/saurophaganax_maximus_by_atrox1-d4ff5qy_b2a7.jpg)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Saurophaganax, the biggest and baddest…

00:20:10  |   Tue 25 Apr 2023
Genyodectes, the Jaw Biter

Genyodectes, the Jaw Biter

(image source: https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/Genyodectes-maniraptora_be4c.jpg)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss Genyodectes, a dinosaur no one’s heard of and no one c…

00:19:48  |   Tue 18 Apr 2023
Paleoparadoxia, the Ancient Enigma

Paleoparadoxia, the Ancient Enigma

(image source: https://a-z-animals.com/animals/paleoparadoxia/)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Laura Owsley discuss Paleoparadoxia, a marine mammal with a pretty on-the-nose name in that it’s …

00:29:51  |   Tue 11 Apr 2023
Torosaurus, the Perforated Lizard

Torosaurus, the Perforated Lizard

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Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Torosaurus, a dinosaur very distinct from Triceratops regardless of what Jack Horner tells you in a wi…

00:18:34  |   Tue 04 Apr 2023
Tanidromites nightwishorum, the Crab of the Band Nightwish

Tanidromites nightwishorum, the Crab of the Band Nightwish

(image source: http://bit.ly/3ZjI592 and an edited stock photo)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Tanidromites nightwishorum, a crab named after the Finnish symphonic metal b…

00:09:03  |   Tue 28 Mar 2023
Herrerasaurus, the Lizard of Victorino Herrera

Herrerasaurus, the Lizard of Victorino Herrera

(image source: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/herrerasaurus-ischigualastensis-sergey-krasovskiy.html)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Herrerasaurus, one of the earlies…

00:26:45  |   Tue 21 Mar 2023
Coelophysis, the Hollow Form

Coelophysis, the Hollow Form

(image source: https://dinosaurpictures.org/Coelophysis-pictures)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss Coelophysis, the archetypal early dinosaur despite some rather advanced f…

00:28:15  |   Tue 14 Mar 2023
Pezosiren, the Walking Manatee

Pezosiren, the Walking Manatee

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Pezosiren)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Laura Owsley discuss Pezosiren, a hippo-like ancestor of manatees when they weren’t quite sea cows but…

00:26:06  |   Tue 07 Mar 2023
Gigantoraptor, the Gigantic Thief

Gigantoraptor, the Gigantic Thief

(image source: https://dinosaurpictures.org/Gigantoraptor-pictures)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Gigantoraptor, which, like the name suggests, is a gigantic raptor. A b…

00:21:42  |   Tue 28 Feb 2023
Carbonemys, the Coal Turtle

Carbonemys, the Coal Turtle

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonemys)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Carbonemys, an enormous super predator that gives Raphael a run for his money in te…

00:17:40  |   Tue 21 Feb 2023
Iguanodon, the Iguana Tooth

Iguanodon, the Iguana Tooth

(image source: https://dinosaurpictures.org/Iguanodon-pictures)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss Iguanodon, a dinosaur that’s not an iguana nor known for its teeth, so its c…

00:30:53  |   Tue 14 Feb 2023
Protoavis, the First Bird

Protoavis, the First Bird

(image source: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Protoavis)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss Protoavis, a highly controversial fossil that might disrupt the entire evolutiona…

00:19:00  |   Tue 07 Feb 2023
Mussaurus, the Mouse Lizard

Mussaurus, the Mouse Lizard

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussaurus)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Laura Owsley discuss Mussaurus, a teeny tiny dinosaur in a family of giant dinosaurs, except those tiny f…

00:27:58  |   Tue 31 Jan 2023
Tullimonstrum, the Monster of Francis Tully

Tullimonstrum, the Monster of Francis Tully

(image source: http://bit.ly/3QDvTx7)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Tullimonstrum, an anomaly and enigma in every sense of the word and proof that evolution has a twiste…

00:16:35  |   Tue 24 Jan 2023
Dracoraptor, the Draconic Thief

Dracoraptor, the Draconic Thief

(image source: http://bit.ly/3ZuaOcH)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Christina Eilert discuss Dracoraptor, the very first Jurassic dinosaur known and a survivor of the Triassic-Jurassic mass e…

00:23:40  |   Tue 17 Jan 2023
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