Fossil Friday

Architectonica nobilis | sundial | arquitecto

Fossil Friday 7/31/15: A sundial snail

Jul 31, 2015

The subject of this week’s Fossil Friday is the sundial snail Architectonica nobilis. This particular specimen is late Miocene in … Continue

UF/FGS 5680, the lower left first molar (m1) of Floridatragulus dolichanthereus. Left: occlusal surface; right: medial surface (side facing the tongue). Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday: A camel tooth

Jul 24, 2015

This Fossil Friday, we have a tooth from the camelid Floridatragulus dolichanthereus. This specimen was found by Stanley J. Olsen … Continue

UF 236934, the upper left second molar of an indeterminate peccary. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

7/17/15: A peccary tooth

Jul 17, 2015

For this Fossil Friday I would like to present an upper tooth of a peccary (Family Tayassuidae). This specimen was … 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 264544, the left otolith of Paralonchurus trinidadensis. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 7/3/15: An otolith

Jul 3, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday we have an otolith from a fish called Paralonchurus trinidadensis. This specimen was found at … Continue

UF 232528, the shell of the moon snail Stigmaulax guppiana. The complete drill hole found on this shell shows that it was the victim of another drilling predator, perhaps even another moon snail. (Photo © IVP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 6/26/15: A predatory snail

Jun 26, 2015

For this rendition of Fossil Friday, we have a predatory snail called Stigmaulax guppiana. This specimen was found by IVP … 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

Oliva gatunensis | olive shell | aceituna de Gatún

Fossil Friday 6/12/15: An olive snail

Jun 12, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have the shell of an olive snail called Oliva gatunensis. 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

Fossil Friday 5/22/15: A cownose ray

May 22, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have the dental plate of a cownose ray (genus Rhinoptera). This fossil is from the Gatún … Continue

UF280000, a dorsal view of the skull of Nanokogia isthmia. (Photo excerpted from Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015)

Fossil Friday 5/15/15: A kogiid whale

May 15, 2015

For this Fossil Friday we have a whale of a discovery to share, specifically the skull of a kogiid whale. … Continue

The shell of the modern muricid gastropod Murex globusus (left) and a fossil barnacle with an incomplete drill hole from the Armuelles Formation of Panama. (M. globusus photo courtesy of Kevmin, barnacle photo excerpted from Klompmaker et al. 2015)

Fossil Friday 5/8/15: Barnacles!

May 8, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a barnacle from the Pleistocene Armuelles Formation. Barnacles are crustacean arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea), … 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

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