Every six weeks or so, I write a post for Old Bones, the blog of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. I wrote a blog in May 2017 about the ups and downs of international fieldwork based on my experiences working in Chile and Bolivia. My April 2017 blog outlined some of my thoughts about submitting an abstract for the annual Society […]
The fossil site of Quebrada Honda is located in the far south of Bolivia, about 40 miles (60 km) southwest of the city of Tarija. It sits at an elevation of about 11,500 feet (3,500 m) in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, the mountains that form the eastern border the Altiplano. The fossil-preserving rocks […]
The fossil site of Cerdas, Bolivia, is located on the high, flat plateau in the middle of the Andes Mountains known as the Altiplano. This makes it a challenging place to do fieldwork. The fossil-producing beds range in elevation from about 12,500 to 13,000 feet (3,800 to 4,000 m), which means the air is thin and […]