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PCP-PIRE Intern Justy Alicea learning how to use the Avizo 3D imaging software

3D scanning, Avizo, and more!

Feb 24, 2015

Lately Justy and I have been spending a lot of time working with the computer program Avizo in order to … Continue

Fossil Friday 2/20/15: A bear dog

Feb 20, 2015

For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have a dentary (mandible) of an amphicyonid from the Cucaracha Formation of Panama. This … Continue

3D Horse Teeth!!!

Feb 16, 2015

I’m super excited to be rolling up my sleeves and finally getting some 3D imaging experience. My big passions being … Continue

Fossil Friday 2/13/15: Fossil Wood

Feb 13, 2015

This Fossil Friday we are lucky to be showcasing an Early Miocene fossil wood specimen from the Lirio East locality, … Continue

Adventures at the Florida Museum of Natural History

Feb 10, 2015

My name is Ariel Guggino and I’m a PCP-PIRE museum intern from the University of Puerto Rico. I study geology … Continue

UF 183333, a fossil shell of Aturia sp. The small holes seen on the sides of the shell may have been caused by hydrostatic pressure when the shell sank to the bottom of the ocean after the organism died. (Photo © IVP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 2/6/14: A cephalopod

Feb 6, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have another invertebrate for you, Aturia. Like last week’s turritellid, Aturia is a mollusc; however, it … Continue

UF 9079, the right dentary of Floridaceras whitei. The specimen is photographed in medial view, showing the inner portion of the lower jaw. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 1/23/15: A rhinocerotid

Jan 23, 2015

The subject of this week’s Fossil Friday is a rhinocerotid (commonly known as rhinos) that has been found in Florida and … Continue

An occlusal view (showing the biting/grinding surface of the teeth) of UF 236939, a partial dentary of Aguascalientia panamaensis. From this view, you can see that this dentary includes the left and right canines (c1), the right premolars (p1-3), and the right molars (m1-3). The lowercase letters denote that these teeth are lower teeth while the numbers describe the position in the mouth. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 1/16/15: A fossil camel

Jan 16, 2015

This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to a floridatraguline camel from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation … Continue

UF 262197, the centrum of a lamniform shark. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 1/9/15: A shark

Jan 9, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a fossil centrum of a lamniform shark from the Lirio Norte locality of the Culebra … Continue

UF 262800, part of the skull of the crocodylian Centenariosuchus gilmorei. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 1/2/15: A crocodylian

Jan 2, 2015

For the first Fossil Friday of 2015, we are going to look at the crocodylian Centenariosuchus gilmorei. This specimen was … Continue

UF 236937, a partial maxilla of the fossil horse Anchitherium clarencei. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 12/26/14: A three-toed horse

Dec 26, 2014

It’s Fossil Friday again and this time I would like to show you a specimen of a three-toed horse called … Continue

UF 237887, the partially articulated shell of Rhinoclemmys panamaensis. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 12/19/14: A turtle

Dec 19, 2014

This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to Rhinoclemmys panamaensis. This specimen was collected from the Cucaracha Formation … Continue

The left dentary of the anthracothere, Arretotherium meridionale (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 12/12/14 : An anthracothere

Dec 12, 2014

The specimen for this Fossil Friday is the left lower jaw (dentary) of a juvenile anthracothere Arretotherium meridionale. Anthracotheres were … Continue

Intern Lillian Pearson preparing a piece of rhino vertebra with a carbide pick at a prep lab station. (Photograph © Dawn Mitchell)

Welcome back, Field Interns!

Dec 10, 2014

We would like to welcome the Fall 2014 cohort of PCP-PIRE field interns back to the Florida Museum of Natural … Continue

Preparing a fossil requires a variety of tools, some of which are shown here. Top left to bottom right: spray water bottle, lubricating oil for airscribes, acetone, PVA, carbide picks, brushes, a PaleoAro and a microjack (airscribes of different sizes and strengths), dust mask, goggles, and ear muffs for noise protection.

Preparing a Fossil Dugong from the Panama Canal

Nov 17, 2014

The first project I got started on at FLMNH was preparing a fossil dugong from the Culebra formation of the … Continue

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