Panama Canal Project (PCP PIRE)

GSA day 2 preview

Nov 2, 2015

Our paleobotanical researchers are in the spotlight today, with posters anchored by postdoctoral researcher Nathan Jud and former museum intern … Continue

Former PCP PIRE intern Michael Ziegler presents research from the Azuero Peninsula of Panama that he did in concert with Amanda Waite.

GSA 2015

Nov 2, 2015

PCP PIRE has a large contingent here at GSA in Baltimore, MD this year. We hit the ground running with … Continue

Gephen Sadove and Mike Kedenburg at their poster at GSA 2015.

Rocking it at the GSA

Nov 1, 2015

UF 267030, an osteoderm of an unknown crocodylian. Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 10/30/2015: A crocodylian osteoderm

Oct 30, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday features an osteoderm of a crocodylian. This osteoderm was found at the Lirio East site of … Continue

Centenario Bridge looking up from the dig site

Last Week at the Canal-Learning to Make a Plaster Jacket

Oct 23, 2015

“It looks as if we have something here,” Jorge our boss exclaimed the minute we got to our Centenario dig … Continue

UF 242111, the right second peripheral of an podocnemidid turtle (genus indeterminate). Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 10/23/15: A podocnemidid turtle

Oct 23, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday features the peripheral of a podocnemidid turtle! This specimen was found in El Lirio Norte of … 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

Dispatch from the field— Lake Alajuela with Nathan Jud

Oct 7, 2015

This is my fifth trip to Panama for paleontological field work. Since I started working with the project a little … 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 247257, the partial rib of a whale. Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 9/25/15: A whale rib

Sep 25, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday, we are going to look at a partial rib of a cetacean. This specimen was … Continue

Invertebrate- Air Scribe Prepping

Sep 23, 2015

Hi- I have been looking at samples from Alhajuela and trying to get through that material recently. We have a … Continue

Fossil wood that would later be revealed to be a member of the family Elaeocarpaceae.

Identifying Fossil Wood

Sep 22, 2015

Hello! My name is Carolyn Thornton and I’m a recent graduate from the College of Wooster in Ohio and a … Continue

UF 247292, an upper tooth of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier. Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 9/18/15: A tiger shark tooth

Sep 18, 2015

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