A few weeks ago, when we were driving to one of our dig sites, we noticed a dip in the … Continue
For today’s Fossil Friday, we have two plant fossils belonging to the genus Parinari in the family Chrysobalanaceae. Paleontologists always … Continue
As the other interns have previously stated, our trip to Panama over Spring Break was a huge success! Here’s my … Continue
And we’re back! A ton has happened since our last post. A huge group of our scientific partners at the … Continue
It’s been a little more than a week since my last blog, and boy a lot has happened… Last week I … Continue
This week 15 additional people descended on the Panama Canal – the University of Florida Spring Break crew has arrived. … Continue
This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to a floridatraguline camel from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation … Continue
The first project I got started on at FLMNH was preparing a fossil dugong from the Culebra formation of the … Continue
Summer 2014 PCP PIRE intern Wes von Dassow presents this morning on the field course in the Azuero Peninsula in … Continue
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!
Today at Cartagena “hill,” the cohort [..Jorge] encountered two peccary findings about 500 feet away from each other: an isolated … Continue
The fossils of the Miocene age Gatún Formation have been studied for over 150 years. Examples of fossil vertebrates (sharks … Continue