Panama Canal Project (PCP PIRE)

Spring Interns in the news

Mar 16, 2015

Journalist Irlanda Sotillo and Photographer Maydeé Romero Sprang recently visited the Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology (CTPA) of the … Continue

Overlooking view of the canal from Zion Hill. Puente Centenario is visible in the distance.

A Brief Paleohistory of Panamá

Mar 13, 2015

As we have heard, the visiting group from the University of Florida just got back from a visit to Panamá, during which … Continue

UF 242872, the tip of an upper tooth of Hemipristis serra. (Photo © VP FLMNH).

Fossil Friday 3/13/2015: A fossil shark tooth

Mar 13, 2015

This Fossil Friday I would like to show you another shark from the Culebra Formation called Hemipristis serra. This specimen … Continue

Cleaning up after spring break

Mar 12, 2015

And we’re back! A ton has happened since our last post. A huge group of our scientific partners at the … Continue

Making Maps in R

Mar 11, 2015

This past week was a busy one in the field, due to all those who joined us during University of Florida’s spring … Continue

PCP-PIRE intern Justy Alicea ready to be lifted to the jungle canopy.

Panama!

Mar 11, 2015

…Aaand we’re back! After over a week in Panama, we are back in Gainesville, a little tanner and a little … Continue

Adventures in Panama!!

Mar 10, 2015

It’s been a little more than a week since my last blog, and boy a lot has happened… Last week I … Continue

The Spring Break crew listen to a tour guide explain the details of the architecture of the Biomuseo. Photo © Dawn Mitchell.

Update: Spring Break in Panama

Mar 7, 2015

The members of PCP PIRE that traveled to Panama for Spring Break have been collaborating with the field interns to … Continue

Chama berjadinensis | jewel box | joyero

Fossil Friday 3/6/15: A jewel box clam

Mar 6, 2015

For this Fossil Friday, we have the right valve of a jewel box clam called Chama berjadinensis. This specimen is … Continue

Museum Intern Will Tifft takes a swing at a difficult layer of Las Palmas along the Panama Canal.

Spring Break in Panama

Mar 4, 2015

This week 15 additional people descended on the Panama Canal – the University of Florida Spring Break crew has arrived. … Continue

Camila Gutierrez teaches Andrea DeRenzis how to use the surface scanner during our intro meeting

Anatomical drawings, Avizo, and surface scanning – Pre Panama thoughts

Feb 27, 2015

I spent a few days getting some anatomical drawings done. They’re not my first. I have a long history in … Continue

UF 240747, the test of Encope sp. (Photo © IVP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 2/27/15: An echinoid

Feb 27, 2015

For this last Friday of February we have a fossil echinoid, Encope sp. Echinoids (Class Echinoidea) belong to the Phylum … Continue

Adam, Florence, Jorge and Juan atop Cerro Zion, overlooking the canal and Centenario Bridge

Fossil Seeds Found At Empire Locality

Feb 26, 2015

Empire: a canal locality we had never been to before. Ongoing construction related to the canal expansion has recreated whatever … Continue

Reconstructing the shell of a turtle known as Pleurodira sp

Paleobotanist life for me

Feb 26, 2015

These past few days in the prep lab I have been reconstructing the shell of a turtle known as Pleurodira … Continue

Mystery bone! Just the tip is sticking out... We're in the process of carefully removing the surrounding rock.

Heavy Lifting and a Productive Week

Feb 25, 2015

¡Hola! This has been an incredibly exciting week for us out here in the field. Yesterday, we went to the … Continue

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