Paleobiology Collections

The Department of Paleobiology is home to over 40 million specimens, representing fossil invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants from all over the world. Currently, over 585,000 specimen records are available through this online catalog.

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Key word searches on any available field can be run from the Quick Search box below. We recommend that you use the Detailed Search link below for most queries to achieve the best search results. If you don't know what you want to see, you can look at the sample records in the 'Quick Browse' section to the right, or click on the image to the left for additional sample records.

The online catalog does not include all of the specimens housed in the department. All type collections are available; however, some biologic collections have not been inventoried and are not available yet. There are currently only a small number of specimens with images associated with them, although we are continuously adding specimen records and images to the database. If you spot an error in our data, please let us know.

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