Fossil Friday 6/26/15: A predatory snail
For this rendition of Fossil Friday, we have a predatory snail called Stigmaulax guppiana. This specimen was found by IVP … Continue
Tennessee Road trip!
This past weekend June 19-21, 2015 I finally had the chance to visit Dawson Clay Pit at Henry County Tennessee, … Continue
Fossil Friday 6/19/15: A partial caiman skull
This Fossil Friday we have a caiman (Family Alligatoridae, Subfamily Caimaninae) named Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue
3D Digitization Workshop
This week I was lucky enough to have attended a workshop titled “3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators and Citizen … Continue
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* Year-long Field Internships in Panama – Applications due July 10!
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
Identifying extinct species is like solving mysteries (but these mysteries can be more than 56 million years old) and the … Continue
Pocket Horse
Let’s imagine for a moment the great western plains of North America. The sky is blue, up above seems to … Continue
NextEngine challenges in all their 3 dimensional glory
In preparation for a presentation Andrea and I will do at the upcoming 3D Digitization of Fossils for Educators & … Continue
Working Around the Lab
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been working around the lab unpacking, organizing, and preparing the Panama specimens. I’ve … Continue
Fossil Friday 6/12/15: An olive snail
This Fossil Friday we have the shell of an olive snail called Oliva gatunensis. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue
Full Circle
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
For this rendition of Fossil Friday we have the upper tooth of a lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. It was collected … Continue
American Camel
It is most likely that every time we think of a camel the first thing that comes to our minds … Continue