For over 70 years, the Roman Kozłowski Institute of Paleobiology has been conducting in-depth studies of the history of life on Earth. Every year, the Institute publishes dozens of peer-reviewed articles, organizes conferences, foreign expeditions and excavations in new paleontological sites. We educate PhD students, publish the best paleontological journal in Poland (Acta Palaeontologica Polonica) and popularize science.
The staff and laboratories are open to cooperation with other research centers and interdisciplinary projects. An essential part of our Institute is the Paleontological Collection, gathering the largest fossil collections in Poland (hundreds of thousands of specimens), partly exhibited in the Museum of Evolution.

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Miocene crocodylian from Central Poland

The current geographic distribution of crocodiles is basically limited to the tropical zone, up to the 37th degree of latitude, but was it always like that?

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Deep-sea predation on crinoids by fish

Deep-sea research conducted using a submersible has, for the first time, provided direct evidence of antagonistic interactions between fish (Ophidiiformes) and stalked crinoids.

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Linnaean nomenclature – international consensus

Any scientific communication requires an unequivocal identification of described objects. The Latin Linnaean nomenclature is such a consensus system in biology.

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Obelignathus – new Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur from France

Rhabdodonts are medium-sized ornithischian dinosaurs known solely from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe, the species of which are distinguished based mostly on characteristics of lower jaw elements.

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The origin of cowries

On the basis of Late Jurassic fossils from Sicily, Italy, it has been shown that the oldest known cowries belong to a new genus, Coffeacypraea.

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Practical application of studies on calcification

Shaping calcium carbonate: Biological and environmental controls on polymorphism
Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) is among the most widespread chemical compounds on Earth.

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