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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

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

The humerus of a merycoidodontid oreodont.

Fossil Friday 5/29/15: An oreodont humerus

May 29, 2015

This Fossil Friday I’m presenting an oreodont humerus that was prepared by PCP PIRE preparator Rachel Narducci. This specimen was … Continue

SPNHC 2015!

May 22, 2015

This week the FLMNH hosted the annual Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections’ conference. I was lucky enough … Continue

Museum intern Justy Alicea (left) and SMIF technician Jimmy Thostenson set up the CT scanner using a live X-ray image of teeth inside the scanner. (Photo courtesy of Andrea De Renzis)

A Guide to Digital Paleontology

Apr 30, 2015

[This is the unabridged version of museum interns Andrea De Renzis and Justy Alicea’s April 2015 eNewsletter article.] Traditional specimen-based … Continue

The fruits of Jorge Moreno Bernal‘s labor at Lake Alajuela. Two crocodile teeth, a ray tooth (both bottom-right), and a possible mammalian pelvis or shoulder plate.

Update on BioMuseo Adventures

Apr 15, 2015

In a previous post, Jeremy told us of some of the many exciting things that have been happening in the field as … Continue

UF 237877, the right maxilla of Paratoceras coatesi. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 3/27/15: A protoceratid

Mar 27, 2015

On this Fossil Friday I would like to present a protoceratid, Paratoceras coatesi. The specimen shown here is a right … Continue

Work in progress surface scan of fossil turtle.

Digital Paleontology

Mar 26, 2015

I think many people these days are familiar with CT scanning, or its cousin, the MRI, even more so. But many … Continue

Left to Right: Sophie Westacott, Jorge Moreno Bernal, Louissis. In the studio!

PCP-PIRE on the MioScene – PCP-PIRE y la radio

Mar 25, 2015

Last week, our supervisor Jorge Moreno Bernal posted on the blog that we made the front page of La Prensa, one … Continue

Una breve historia geológica de Panamá

Mar 23, 2015

Según nos hemos enterado, el grupo de visitantes de la Universidad de Florida acaba de regresar de su visita en … Continue

Spring Interns in the news

Mar 16, 2015

Journalist Irlanda Sotillo and Photographer Maydeé Romero Sprang recently visited the Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology (CTPA) of the … Continue

Overlooking view of the canal from Zion Hill. Puente Centenario is visible in the distance.

A Brief Paleohistory of Panamá

Mar 13, 2015

As we have heard, the visiting group from the University of Florida just got back from a visit to Panamá, during which … Continue

Making Maps in R

Mar 11, 2015

This past week was a busy one in the field, due to all those who joined us during University of Florida’s spring … Continue

The Spring Break crew listen to a tour guide explain the details of the architecture of the Biomuseo. Photo © Dawn Mitchell.

Update: Spring Break in Panama

Mar 7, 2015

The members of PCP PIRE that traveled to Panama for Spring Break have been collaborating with the field interns to … Continue

Museum Intern Will Tifft takes a swing at a difficult layer of Las Palmas along the Panama Canal.

Spring Break in Panama

Mar 4, 2015

This week 15 additional people descended on the Panama Canal – the University of Florida Spring Break crew has arrived. … Continue