Fossil Friday 4/22/16: A New World Monkey
This week’s Fossil Friday (and Earth Day) feature highlights an important new discovery that was just published in the journal … Continued
Fossil Friday 4/8/16: An artiodactyl tibia
For this week’s Fossil Friday post I present an artiodactyl tibia, perhaps one of a peccary (Family Tayassuidae) or a … Continued
Fossil Friday 3/18/16: A gomphothere
On this week’s Fossil Friday I would like to show you a gomphothere tooth from Lake Alajuela (Alajuela Formation). Gomphotheres … Continued
Fossil Friday 2/26/16: A boa constrictor
This week’s Fossil Friday post highlights fossil vertebrae of the boa constrictor (binomial name: Boa constrictor) found in the Las … Continued
Fossil Friday 2/5/16: A hammerhead shark tooth
This week’s Fossil Friday post showcases a hammerhead (Sphyrna sp.) shark tooth. This particular specimen is from the Milwhite Gunn … Continued
Fossil Friday 1/15/16: A camel mandible
This week’s Fossil Friday is the mandible of the camel Aguascalientia minuta. This specimen was found at the Lirio Norte … Continued
Fossil Friday 12/18/15: An extinct carcharhiniform shark
This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the tooth of an extinct species of shark called Physogaleus contortus. This specimen was … Continued
Fossil Friday 11/13/15: An anthracothere astragalus
This week’s Fossil Friday (the 13th) post features an anthracothere astragalus! This specimen was found in El Lirio Norte of … Continued
Fossil Friday 10/30/2015: A crocodylian osteoderm
This week’s Fossil Friday features an osteoderm of a crocodylian. This osteoderm was found at the Lirio East site of … Continued
Last Week at the Canal-Learning to Make a Plaster Jacket
“It looks as if we have something here,” Jorge our boss exclaimed the minute we got to our Centenario dig … Continued
Fossil Friday 10/23/15: A podocnemidid turtle
This week’s Fossil Friday features the peripheral of a podocnemidid turtle! This specimen was found in El Lirio Norte of … Continued
Fossil Friday 10/9/15: Fossils from the Gatún Formation!
For this week’s Fossil Friday I am going to send you off to see what invertebrate paleontologists Jonathan Hendricks and … Continued
Fossil Friday 9/25/15: A whale rib
For this week’s Fossil Friday, we are going to look at a partial rib of a cetacean. This specimen was … Continued
Fossil Friday 9/18/15: A tiger shark tooth
UF 247292, an upper tooth of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier. Photo © VP FLMNH. Today’s Fossil Friday is an … Continued
Fossil Friday 9/4/15: A small protoceratine
For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have a newly identified protoceratid called Paratoceras orarius. This protoceratid is the smallest member … Continued