Panama Canal

Landslides In The Canal

Feb 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, when we were driving to one of our dig sites, we noticed a dip in the … Continue

Two plant fossils belonging to the genus Parinari in the family Chrysobalanaceae

Fossil Friday 8/28/15: A Fossil Fruit and its Tree

Aug 28, 2015

For today’s Fossil Friday, we have two plant fossils belonging to the genus Parinari in the family Chrysobalanaceae. Paleontologists always … Continue

Panama Trip and Squirrel Fossils

Mar 18, 2015

As the other interns have previously stated, our trip to Panama over Spring Break was a huge success! Here’s my … Continue

Cleaning up after spring break

Mar 12, 2015

And we’re back! A ton has happened since our last post. A huge group of our scientific partners at the … Continue

PCP-PIRE intern Justy Alicea ready to be lifted to the jungle canopy.

Panama!

Mar 11, 2015

…Aaand we’re back! After over a week in Panama, we are back in Gainesville, a little tanner and a little … Continue

Adventures in Panama!!

Mar 10, 2015

It’s been a little more than a week since my last blog, and boy a lot has happened… Last week I … 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

An occlusal view (showing the biting/grinding surface of the teeth) of UF 236939, a partial dentary of Aguascalientia panamaensis. From this view, you can see that this dentary includes the left and right canines (c1), the right premolars (p1-3), and the right molars (m1-3). The lowercase letters denote that these teeth are lower teeth while the numbers describe the position in the mouth. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 1/16/15: A fossil camel

Jan 16, 2015

This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to a floridatraguline camel from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation … Continue

Preparing a fossil requires a variety of tools, some of which are shown here. Top left to bottom right: spray water bottle, lubricating oil for airscribes, acetone, PVA, carbide picks, brushes, a PaleoAro and a microjack (airscribes of different sizes and strengths), dust mask, goggles, and ear muffs for noise protection.

Preparing a Fossil Dugong from the Panama Canal

Nov 17, 2014

The first project I got started on at FLMNH was preparing a fossil dugong from the Culebra formation of the … Continue

Wesley von Dassow at GSA

Oct 22, 2014

Summer 2014 PCP PIRE intern Wes von Dassow presents this morning on the field course in the Azuero Peninsula in … Continue

Adiël Klompmaker with his poster presentation at GSA

Fossil Shrimp of Panama

Oct 20, 2014

Adiël Klompmaker explores the taxonomy and population distribution of the mud shrimp Glypturus. These shrimp are commonly found in Miocene … Continue

The short course on using Google Earth should prove useful for helping to showcase our Panama fossils in geographic context!

Google Earth at GSA

Oct 18, 2014

The short course on using Google Earth should prove useful for helping to showcase our Panama fossils in geographic context!

New Peccary Findings at Cartagena!

Sep 30, 2014

Today at Cartagena “hill,” the cohort [..Jorge] encountered two peccary findings about 500 feet away from each other: an isolated … Continue

PCP-PIRE interns Hannah O’Neill and Daniel Mercado

Fall 2014 Interns’ initiation to Panama

Sep 9, 2014

Fossils of Panama

Jun 24, 2014

The fossils of the Miocene age Gatún Formation have been studied for over 150 years. Examples of fossil vertebrates (sharks … Continue

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