Collections

 

Curator:

Adam T. Halamski

Collecting and preserving palaeontological specimens, a part of the natural history heritage of the mankind, is one of the statutory tasks of the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The palaeontological collections of the Institute have been assembled since 1952 in Poland and during expeditions to other countries (Mongolia, Spitsbergen, Antarctica, and others). Their main part is constituted by collections described in publications edited by the Institute. At present the number of such collections is about six hundred; each one corresponds to a single publication and their size is very variable, from a single specimen to over 10 000.

List of the collections [collections].
List of species in the main collections [species-main collections].

The above-mentioned collections are available for study for bona fide scientists from all over the world. A part of them is available to the public in the Museum of Evolution.

The Institute of Paleobiology possesses also comparative collections. The list of species they contain may be found here [species-comparative collections].

For inquiries concerning collections please contact the Curator.
For systematics see here [Word file]