Digging Dinosaurs: Tales from the Field

Join three Australian palaeontologists as they share incredible dinosaur dig sites across Australia and beyond! Discover the diversity of fossils and species—from opalised treasures in Lightning Ridge, to Winton's colossal dinosaurs, and the mighty tyrannosaurs of Canada’s Badlands. How do we dig in different places? How to the fossils change across the world? What is the coolest thing we’ve uncovered?

You’ll hear from:

• Jake Kotevski, who researches Australia’s theropods – our meat-eating predators and raptors. Jake’s main field sites include the Cretaceous coastal sites of Victoria where we find ornithopods, turtles, and giant amphibians, and Lightning Ridge in NSW, where we find incredible opalised fossils and dinosaurs.

• Adele Pentland, Australia’s resident pterosaur expert (reminder: pterosaurs are not dinosaurs!). Adele will talk about her experience running digs in Winton, Qld, and discuss her time spent on fieldwork in Brazil.

• Sally Hurst, who runs the Found a Fossil Project – providing advice on what to do if you find a fossil within Australia. Sally’s main dig sites are based in Alberta, Canada, including Dinosaur Provincial Park, which is home to 5% of the world’s dinosaur species, including ceratopsians, huge herds of hadrosaurs, and tyrannosaurs.