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SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Reptiles and Tetrapod Ichnofossils The collection of fossil reptiles comprises finds of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodile relatives, turtles, lizards and snake relatives, as well as marine reptiles and more basal reptiles. The collection contains over 18,000 specimens.
Thu | 07/07/2016 | 09:53 Fossil Vertebrates Fossil Vertebrates The Fossil Vertebrates Collection comprises the fossil remains of all known vertebrate groups. The collection has been systematically divided into large groups. Sub-collections have been assigned to individual curatorships and include the large groups of fossil fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Most remains are petrifactions of bones and teeth. These can be individual bones or entire skeletons.
Thu | 07/07/2016 | 10:01 Fossil Invertebrates Fossil Invertebrates The Fossil Invertebrates Collection comprises fossil remains of bivalves, snails, corals, sponges, sea urchins, sea lilies, crustaceans etc. These include many now extinct species such as trilobites, ammonites or rudists. The collections also includes a substantial collection of amber with insect inclusions, a collection of fossil footprints as well as the micro-palaeontological collection.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Birds The Fossil Bird Collection comprises skeletal remains from the Upper Jurassic to the Pleistocene period. There are overall approximately 3,000 skeletal remains, including 11 types and 250 originals.
Fri | 07/10/2020 | 13:30 Fossil Record one of the most cited palaeontological journals worldwide An interview with Dr. Florian Witzmann, palaeontologist and one of the chief editors of Fossil Record.
Press release, 22-04-2016
Evolution Fossils Climate Change Cooperation Knowledge Transfer
We are older: Ethiopian fossil find pushes back age of early human ancestor A fossil lower jaw found in the Ledi-Geraru research area, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, pushes back evidence for the human genus
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Fishes and Amphibians Die Sammlung der fossilen Fische und Amphibien des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin ist aufgrund ihrer Historie weltweit einzigartig. Dieser Artikel greift Geschichte und Highlights der Sammlung auf und informiert über Forschung und Digitalisierung.
Thu | 08/25/2016 | 16:12 Recent and fossil plants Recent and fossil plants The Palaeobotany Collections comprise over 230,000 single and collective items with more than 9,100 figured specimens and types. The collection covers the entire geological history of plants. Subcollections of the Cenophytic and Mesophytic eras comprising gymnosperms and angiosperms contain approximately 67,000 single and collective items from the Lower Jurassic to the Holocene. These include over 5,800 angiosperm and gymnosperm figured specimens and types. The sub-collections of the Palaeophytic period comprise approximately 120,000 items from the Precambrian to the Upper Perm periods.
Evolutionary Morphology SP2 Collection Future SP3 Society and Nature Research Research Infrastructure Knowledge Transfer Digitalization Fossils Cultural Heritage Digital exploitation of fossil and archival material from the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913) Tendaguru: New Digitisation Project unites paleontological and archival data in one research environment
Wed | 04/11/2018 | 10:34 Fossil arthropod brains may not be what seem A Chinese–German collaboration challenges interpretations by offering an alternative explanation for the brain-like structures in fossils of Fuxianhuia: namely that they are in fact microbial biofilms
Mon | 09/24/2012 | 09:00 to Wed | 09/26/2012 | 16:30 DigitalFossil Berlin 2012 DigitalFossil Berlin 2012 aims to bring top researchers with experience in digitizing, curators and technical experts together to exchange up-to-date experiences and idea.
Press release, 05-04-2016
Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Morphology
Ancient scorpions from Saxony in Germany Perhaps even a mating pair, come from the 291 million year old Petrified Forest of Chemnitz?
Wed | 01/26/2022 | 15:10 Fossil Record switches to the Pensoft publishing house Traditional scientific journals of the MfN
Press release, 08-02-2017
Evolution Research Cluster Fossils Genetics Saur
A fossil dwarf crocodile from the Harz mountain – Discovery of a new genus from the Jurassic of Northwestern Germany Fundort Harz - Neue Gattung und Art eines kleinen fossilen Krokodils aus der Gruppe der Atoposauriden beschrieben
Wed | 08/17/2022 | 12:25 Fossils in private ownership The Museum für Naturkunde intends to actively engage in this long overdue public debate during the lifetime of our exhibition.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Mammals The collection of Fossil Mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin contains about 80,000 macroscopic objects and about 1,000,000 fossilised remains of small mammals. Among them are 41 types and over 1,500 originals.
Press release, 31-07-2020
Biodiversity Citizen Science Digitalization Evolution Fossils Cooperation Science Communication
Unique palaeontological BROMACKER project with excavation starts in Thuringia Experience research live: An interdisciplinary research team starts a unique project with palaeontological excavation with the fossil deposit "Bromacker" in the Thuringian Forest, Germany
Mon | 01/13/2020 | 12:45 Archaeopteryx named Fossil of the Year Archaeopteryx is one of the most famous fossils in the world. The Palaeontological Society has now named it "Fossil of the Year" 2020. The award, which was established in 2008, is intended to contribute to a greater public awareness of paleontology and to illustrate the central role of fossils in the study of life on earth.
Press release, 07-03-2016
Evolution Fossils Morphology Ecosystem Saur
Giant fossil predator provides insights into the rise of modern marine ecosystem structures An 8.6 meter long fossil marine predator was recovered from the Nevada desert in an excavation by an international team of researchers led by Dr. Nadia Fröbisch, a paleontologist at the Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity in Berlin.
Press release, 07-10-2020
Biodiversity Database Evolution Research Fossils Climate Change Ecosystem
One million records for the study of marine microfossils at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Museum stellt globale Forschungsinfrastruktur

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung