fossil

UF 232587, a hammerhead (Sphyrna sp.) shark tooth. Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 2/5/16: A hammerhead shark tooth

Feb 5, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday post showcases a hammerhead (Sphyrna sp.) shark tooth. This particular specimen is from the Milwhite Gunn … Continue

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

UF 254113, the right mandible of Aguascalientia minuta. The left mandible of this particular individual (not shown here) was also recovered and has the same catalog number. Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 1/15/16: A camel mandible

Jan 15, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday is the mandible of the camel Aguascalientia minuta. This specimen was found at the Lirio Norte … Continue

UF 244181, the astragalus of the anthracothere Arretotherium meridionale (left: anterior view; right: medial view). Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 11/13/15: An anthracothere astragalus

Nov 13, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday (the 13th) post features an anthracothere astragalus! This specimen was found in El Lirio Norte of … Continue

An extant Mellita longifissa plowing through sand. (Photo © Carolina~commonswik)

Fossil Friday 7/10/15: A flat sand dollar

Jul 10, 2015

This Fossil Friday I would like to focus on the genus Mellita, a group of flat sand dollars (Class Echinoidea, … Continue

UF 244434, the left half of the skull of Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This is a left lateral view of the skull, which gives us a look at the animal’s teeth. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 6/19/15: A partial caiman skull

Jun 19, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a caiman (Family Alligatoridae, Subfamily Caimaninae) named Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus. This specimen was found by PCP … Continue

Fossil Friday 6/5/15: A lemon shark tooth

Jun 5, 2015

For this rendition of Fossil Friday we have the upper tooth of a lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. It was collected … 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

Different views of a cast of UF 280165, a right m1 or m2 of a chalicotheriid. A: Schematic drawing showing morphology of occlusal view; B: Occlusal view; C: Posterior view; D: Buccal view; E: Lingual view. (Figure excerpted from Wood and Ridgwell 2015)

Fossil Friday 5/1/15: A chalicothere tooth

May 1, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday is the subject of a paper recently published by former PCP PIRE Post Doc Aaron Wood … 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

UF 242076, a peripheral element of the plastron of Staurotypus moschus. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 4/24/15: A kinosternid turtle

Apr 24, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a peripheral element of the plastron (ventral surface of the shell) of a kinosternid turtle … 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

A modern Glypturus acanthochirus. (Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)

Fossil Friday 3/20/15: A ghost shrimp

Mar 20, 2015

This Fossil Friday, I’m excited to share a fossil shrimp that was just described in a publication by FLMNH Postdoc … Continue

Chama berjadinensis | jewel box | joyero

Fossil Friday 3/6/15: A jewel box clam

Mar 6, 2015

For this Fossil Friday, we have the right valve of a jewel box clam called Chama berjadinensis. This specimen is … Continue

UF 240747, the test of Encope sp. (Photo © IVP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 2/27/15: An echinoid

Feb 27, 2015

For this last Friday of February we have a fossil echinoid, Encope sp. Echinoids (Class Echinoidea) belong to the Phylum … Continue

Tag: fossil