June 2015 Archives

UF 232528, the shell of the moon snail Stigmaulax guppiana. The complete drill hole found on this shell shows that it was the victim of another drilling predator, perhaps even another moon snail. (Photo © IVP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 6/26/15: A predatory snail

Jun 26, 2015

For this rendition of Fossil Friday, we have a predatory snail called Stigmaulax guppiana. This specimen was found by IVP … Continue

Tennessee Road trip!

Jun 23, 2015

This past weekend June 19-21, 2015 I finally had the chance to visit Dawson Clay Pit at Henry County Tennessee, … Continue

UF 244434, the left half of the skull of Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This is a left lateral view of the skull, which gives us a look at the animal’s teeth. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 6/19/15: A partial caiman skull

Jun 19, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a caiman (Family Alligatoridae, Subfamily Caimaninae) named Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue

Myself navigating ScanStudio on the projector, as Justy describes what I'm doing.

3D Digitization Workshop

Jun 18, 2015

This week I was lucky enough to have attended a workshop titled “3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators and Citizen … Continue

The second stage of the plaster jacket process whereby the tissue paper is dampened and added as a base coat to protect the fossil.

DEADLINE EXTENDED Year-long Field Internships in Panama – Applications due July 10!

Jun 17, 2015

Application Deadline *EXTENDED*: 5PM EDT on July 10, 2015 Are you interested in a geology and paleontology? How about traveling … Continue

Clue: solving the mysteries of the teeth

Jun 17, 2015

Identifying extinct species is like solving mysteries (but these mysteries can be more than 56 million years old) and the … Continue

Pocket Horse

Jun 15, 2015

Let’s imagine for a moment the great western plains of North America. The sky is blue, up above seems to … Continue

3D surface scan generated in NextEngines ScanStudio software. alignment of a single scan. (Failed Version)

NextEngine challenges in all their 3 dimensional glory

Jun 14, 2015

In preparation for a presentation Andrea and I will do at the upcoming 3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators & … Continue

Working Around the Lab

Jun 12, 2015

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been working around the lab unpacking, organizing, and preparing the Panama specimens. I’ve … Continue

Oliva gatunensis | olive shell | aceituna de Gatún

Fossil Friday 6/12/15: An olive snail

Jun 12, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have the shell of an olive snail called Oliva gatunensis. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue

A partial mandible belonging to the camelid Nothokemas

Full Circle

Jun 8, 2015

A few weeks ago when the rest of the Museum interns and myself went to Thomas Farm, we excavated a … Continue

Fossil Friday 6/5/15: A lemon shark tooth

Jun 5, 2015

For this rendition of Fossil Friday we have the upper tooth of a lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. It was collected … Continue

Picture taken from: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/camel-go-without-water1.htm

American Camel

Jun 2, 2015

It is most likely that every time we think of a camel the first thing that comes to our minds … Continue

Month: June 2015