Fossil Friday 1/2/15: A crocodylian
For the first Fossil Friday of 2015, we are going to look at the crocodylian Centenariosuchus gilmorei. This specimen was … Continue
Fossil Friday 12/26/14: A three-toed horse
It’s Fossil Friday again and this time I would like to show you a specimen of a three-toed horse called … Continue
Fossil Friday 12/19/14: A turtle
This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to Rhinoclemmys panamaensis. This specimen was collected from the Cucaracha Formation … Continue
Fossil Friday 12/12/14 : An anthracothere
The specimen for this Fossil Friday is the left lower jaw (dentary) of a juvenile anthracothere Arretotherium meridionale. Anthracotheres were … Continue
Plant fossils from the Azuero Peninsula: Dracontomelon
New fossils from Eocene deposits of Panama on the Azuero peninsula (at arrow) are revealing that ~50 Million years ago, when … Continue
Sharks from the Miocene
These images show the front and back of a tooth of Carcharocles chubutensis, UF262182. This fossil was found in the … Continue
Peccaries in Panama
This is the lower jaw of “Cynorca” occidentale UF234400, early to middle Miocene, 19-14.8 mya. This extinct peccary was part … Continue