Invertebrate Paleontology

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

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 11, 2016

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

Dec 11, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday is the Springvale cup and saucer limpet, Crucibulum springvaleense. This specimen was collected from the Gatún … Continue

Dec 7, 2015

Hello from the lab! While I spend most of my time in the field looking for new fossils, I also … Continue

Nov 30, 2015

Hello from the Panama Canal! I’ve been in Panama for a little less than two months, but every day we … Continue

Nov 20, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday post features a whelk called Solenosteira dalli. This specimen was found in the Gatún Formation and … Continue

Nov 6, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday we have a Venus clam (family Veneridae) from the Gatún Formation, Chionopsis tegulum. This Venus … Continue

Oct 9, 2015

This trip to Panama has been a little different than normal – we have a group predominantly composed of invertebrate … Continue

Oct 9, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday I am going to send you off to see what invertebrate paleontologists Jonathan Hendricks and … Continue

Oct 2, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday feature is the prickly cockle Dallocardia baiterum. This bivalve specimen was found in the Gatún Formation … Continue

Oct 2, 2015

Hi all, I am the new 2015-2016 PCP-PIRE field intern! A little about me: My name is Dipa Desai, and … Continue

Sep 11, 2015

On this Fossil Friday, I am presenting a dove snail called Strombina lessepsiana, which is a member of the marine … Continue

Sep 2, 2015

Hi my name is Aly Tucker and I am a new intern and I am studying invertebrates. I graduated in … Continue