Fossil Friday

May 6, 2016

Today’s Fossil Friday post is on the dentary, or lower jaw bone, of a turtle (possibly Rhinoclemmys panamaensis) found at the … Continue

Apr 29, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday post focuses on a white cockle of the genus Apiocardia. This bivalve specimen was collected from the … Continue

Apr 22, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday (and Earth Day) feature highlights an important new discovery that was just published in the journal … Continue

Apr 8, 2016

For this week’s Fossil Friday post I present an artiodactyl tibia, perhaps one of a peccary (Family Tayassuidae) or a … Continue

Mar 25, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the basket clam Caryocorbula stena. This specimen was found in the Gatún Formation and … Continue

Mar 18, 2016

On this week’s Fossil Friday I would like to show you a gomphothere tooth from Lake Alajuela (Alajuela Formation). Gomphotheres … Continue

Mar 11, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the fossilized corallum, or coral skeleton, of a coral (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa) called … Continue

Mar 4, 2016

For this week’s Fossil Friday post, I would like to show you a fossilized fruit called Oreomunnea grahamii. It was … Continue

Feb 26, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday post highlights fossil vertebrae of the boa constrictor (binomial name: Boa constrictor) found in the Las … Continue

Feb 12, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is a fossil ark shell called Anadara (Rasia) dariensis. This clam was found stuck to … Continue

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

Jan 29, 2016

This week’s Fossil Friday features an astragalus of the camel Aguascalientia panamaensis. You can easily tell that these and other … Continue

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

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

Dec 18, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the tooth of an extinct species of shark called Physogaleus contortus. This specimen was … Continue