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white cockle bivalve

Fossil Friday 4/29/16: A white cockle

Apr 29, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday post focuses on a white cockle of the genus Apiocardia. This bivalve specimen was collected from the … Continue

UF 221418, the two valves of the basket clam Caryocorbula stena. Note that the valve with the bore hole is much smaller than the other valve. Photo © IVP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 3/25/16: A basket clam

Mar 25, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the basket clam Caryocorbula stena. This specimen was found in the Gatún Formation and … Continue

A modern day Flabellum sp. Photo © Nick Hobgood, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday 3/11/16: A corallum (Flabellum sp.)

Mar 11, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the fossilized corallum, or coral skeleton, of a coral (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa) called … Continue

Hindsiclava consors | turrid | torreón

Fossil Friday 1/22/16: A turrid snail

Jan 22, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday post features the turrid snail Hindsiclava consors (Family Turridae). H. consors would have been found in … Continue

Crucibulum (Dispotaea) spingvaleense | Springvale cup and saucer limpet | cucharón del Springvale

Fossil Friday 12/11/15: a Springvale Cup and Saucer Limpet

Dec 11, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday is the Springvale cup and saucer limpet, Crucibulum springvaleense. This specimen was collected from the Gatún … Continue

Ostracod

Studying Panama’s Microfossils

Dec 7, 2015

Hello from the lab! While I spend most of my time in the field looking for new fossils, I also … Continue

Paris Morgan (left) and Jorge Moreno (right) looking from the east side of the Canal across to the new cuts.

Exploring the Panama Canal

Nov 30, 2015

Hello from the Panama Canal! I’ve been in Panama for a little less than two months, but every day we … Continue

Solenosteira dalli | whelk | bocina

Fossil Friday 11/20/15: A beaded whelk

Nov 20, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday post features a whelk called Solenosteira dalli. This specimen was found in the Gatún Formation and … Continue

UF 222942, a valve of the Venus clam Chionopsis tegulum. Photo © IVP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 11/6/15: A Venus clam

Nov 6, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday we have a Venus clam (family Veneridae) from the Gatún Formation, Chionopsis tegulum. This Venus … Continue

Turritellid gastropods dominate some areas of the Gatún.

Gatún and Empire with the Invertebrate Crew

Oct 9, 2015

This trip to Panama has been a little different than normal – we have a group predominantly composed of invertebrate … Continue

Turritellids in the Gatún Formation. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Sang.

Fossil Friday 10/9/15: Fossils from the Gatún Formation!

Oct 9, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday I am going to send you off to see what invertebrate paleontologists Jonathan Hendricks and … Continue

UF 220130, the prickly cockle Dallocardia baiterum. Photo © IVP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 10/2/15: A prickly cockle

Oct 2, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the prickly cockle Dallocardia baiterum. This bivalve specimen was found in the Gatún Formation … Continue

calcitic mudstone chock full of fossilized plant material

Field Training at the University of Florida!

Oct 2, 2015

Hi all, I am the new 2015-2016 PCP-PIRE field intern! A little about me: My name is Dipa Desai, and … Continue

UF 221284, the snail of the dove snail Strombina lessepsiana. Photo © IVP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 9/11/15: A dove snail

Sep 11, 2015

On this Fossil Friday, I am presenting a dove snail called Strombina lessepsiana, which is a member of the marine … Continue

Silicone Molds

Invertebrate- Silicone Molds

Sep 2, 2015

Hi my name is Aly Tucker and I am a new intern and I am studying invertebrates.  I graduated in … Continue

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