February 2015 Archives

Feb 27, 2015

I spent a few days getting some anatomical drawings done. They’re not my first. I have a long history in … Continue

Feb 27, 2015

For this last Friday of February we have a fossil echinoid, Encope sp. Echinoids (Class Echinoidea) belong to the Phylum … Continue

Feb 26, 2015

Empire: a canal locality we had never been to before. Ongoing construction related to the canal expansion has recreated whatever … Continue

Feb 26, 2015

These past few days in the prep lab I have been reconstructing the shell of a turtle known as Pleurodira … Continue

Feb 25, 2015

¡Hola! This has been an incredibly exciting week for us out here in the field. Yesterday, we went to the … Continue

Feb 24, 2015

Lately Justy and I have been spending a lot of time working with the computer program Avizo in order to … Continue

Feb 20, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have a dentary (mandible) of an amphicyonid from the Cucaracha Formation of Panama. This … Continue

Feb 19, 2015

My name is Will Tifft and I am one of the PIRE interns working in invertebrate paleontology. I graduated from … Continue

Feb 16, 2015

I’m super excited to be rolling up my sleeves and finally getting some 3D imaging experience. My big passions being … Continue

Feb 13, 2015

This Fossil Friday we are lucky to be showcasing an Early Miocene fossil wood specimen from the Lirio East locality, … Continue

Feb 10, 2015

My name is Andrea De Renzis and I’m a PCP-PIRE Museum Intern here at the FLMNH. I’m interested in Vertebrate … Continue

Feb 10, 2015

My name is Ariel Guggino and I’m a PCP-PIRE museum intern from the University of Puerto Rico. I study geology … Continue

Feb 9, 2015

¡Hola! It’s Adam, and I’m excited to share a bit of what I’ve learned with my first post. It’s been nearly … Continue

Feb 8, 2015

We arrived in bustling Panama City at the beginning of the fourth meeting of the Network for Neotropical Biogeography, or … Continue

Feb 6, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have another invertebrate for you, Aturia. Like last week’s turritellid, Aturia is a mollusc; however, it … Continue

Month: February 2015