Introducing Glossopteris! A prolific fossil plant from the swamps of the southern supercontinent, Gondwana during the Permian period. We hear from Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini, a palaeontologist and palaeobotanist about this incredible fossil, and how Glossopteris helped piece together the theory of plate tectonics. Plus info on some interesting scrape marks made by dancing theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Colorado. Links Theropod courtship: large scale physical evidence of display arenas and avian-like scrape ceremony behaviour by Cretaceous dinosaurs Mysterious footprint fossils point to dancing dinosaur mating ritual Anatomically preserved Glossopteris stems with attached leaves from the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Unique trackway on Permian Karoo shoreline provides evidence of temnospondyl locomotory behaviour This episode is brought to you by Dinosaur Trips! The first family-friendly adventure explores the Badlands of Canada for 7 days and 6 nights with dinosaur expert Bethany Burke! September 19th–25th. For more info visit dinosaurtrips.com and email [email protected]. Dinosaur Trips It's been 66 million years. Why wait any longer? Join an upcoming trip! Pals in Palaeo @palsinpalaeo Host: Adele Pentland @palaeodel The Pals in Palaeo Cover Art Jenny Zhao Design @jennyzdesign Crumpet Club House@crumpetclubhouse The Pals in Palaeo Theme Music Hello Kelly @hellokellymusic Podcast Producer + Editor Jean-César Puechmarin @cesar_on_safari Podcast Editor François "Francy" Goudreault @hellofrancy