For this week’s Fossil Friday I am going to send you off to see what invertebrate paleontologists Jonathan Hendricks and … Continue
Hi all, I am the new 2015-2016 PCP-PIRE field intern! A little about me: My name is Dipa Desai, and … Continue
For this week’s Fossil Friday, we are going to look at a partial rib of a cetacean. This specimen was … Continue
UF 247292, an upper tooth of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier. Photo © VP FLMNH. Today’s Fossil Friday is an … Continue
For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have a newly identified protoceratid called Paratoceras orarius. This protoceratid is the smallest member … Continue
This Fossil Friday, we have a tooth from the camelid Floridatragulus dolichanthereus. This specimen was found by Stanley J. Olsen … Continue
For this Fossil Friday I would like to present an upper tooth of a peccary (Family Tayassuidae). This specimen was … Continue
For this week’s Fossil Friday we have an otolith from a fish called Paralonchurus trinidadensis. This specimen was found at … Continue
This Fossil Friday we have a caiman (Family Alligatoridae, Subfamily Caimaninae) named Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue
Identifying extinct species is like solving mysteries (but these mysteries can be more than 56 million years old) and the … Continue
Let’s imagine for a moment the great western plains of North America. The sky is blue, up above seems to … Continue
A few weeks ago when the rest of the Museum interns and myself went to Thomas Farm, we excavated a … Continue
For this rendition of Fossil Friday we have the upper tooth of a lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. It was collected … Continue
It is most likely that every time we think of a camel the first thing that comes to our minds … Continue
This past week I was assign to reconstruct a gomphothere’s tusk and rib bone. I am actually the fourth person … Continue