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Palaeontology collections

The palaeontology collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle contains between 5 and 6 million specimens and microfossil slides, including 4 million lots of invertebrates and 450,000 vertebrates.

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Scientific Officer
Marie-Béatrice Forel: marie-beatrice.forel [@] mnhn.fr

Head of Conservation Service
Claire Sagne: claire.sagne [@] mnhn.fr

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Fossil echinoderm collection

Fossil fish collection

Fossil insect collection

Fossile de Sphecoptera brongniarti

Fossil mammal collection

Crâne fossilisé de Gazella deperdita sur fond noir

Fossil marine arthropod collection

Mollusk fossil collection

Fossil reptile, amphibian and bird collection

Compsognathus longipes, petit dinosaure carnivore de Canjuers

Micropalaeontology collection

Palaeobotany collection

Palaeopalynology collection

Reef-builder invertebrate collection

    Our collection groups
      • Biological anthropology
      • Biological resources of living and cryopreserved cells
      • Botany
      • Cultural anthropology
      • Documentary, archival and artistic collections
      • Earth and Universe
      • Marine invertebrates
      • Palaeontology
      • Prehistory
      • Terrestrial arthropods
      • Vertebrates
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