Excavations
Institute of Paleobiology has organized and participated in scientific expeditions to various areas of the world.
Paleontological excavations in Miedary
2015-2016
In 2015 - 2016, in Miedary near Tarnowskie Góry, the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, together with the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, conducted excavation work, during which layers of Triassic shell limestone were searched for fish teeth, bivalves and bones of marine reptiles.
Annopol, Poland
2008-2015
In the years 2008–2015, prof. Marcin Machalski from the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences organized excavations in the vicinity of Annopol. The aim of this work was to collect Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian) fossils and reconstruct their taphonomy (i.e. processes leading to their preservation).
Research expedition to Greenland
2014
In July 2014, the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences organized a research expedition to East Greenland. The participants of the expedition searched for the remains of Late Triassic vertebrates. Systematic work resulted in a rather rich collection of fossil bones and tracks.
As the greatest success should be considered the finding of mammalian remains.
Podolia, Ukraine
2004-2006, 2008-2011
Polish-Ukrainian expeditions to Siluro−Devonian deposits exposed in Podoli.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Andrzej Baliński, Krzysztof Małkowski, Hubert Szaniawski, Ryszard Wrona, Grzegorz Racki; from the State Museum of Natural History in Lviv: Danilo Drygant,Victor Voichyshyn.
Russia
2008, 2010, 2013
Polish-Russian expedition to Perm and Triassic localities: Vyazniki, Rybinsk
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Tomasz Sulej, Tomasz Szczygielski.
Kazakhstan
2006
Expedition to Late Jurassic locality in Karatau Mountains in Kazakhstan.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Jerzy Dzik, Tomasz Sulej.
Lisowice, Poland
2006-2011
Excavations of Triassic fossil bed in Lipie Śląskie brickyard in Lisowice.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Jerzy Dzik, Tomasz Sulej.
Krasiejów, Poland
1993-2011
Excavations of Triassic fossil bed in Krasiejów.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Jerzy Dzik, Tomasz Sulej.
Spitsbergen
1974-1979, 1997-1998, 2005, 2010
Expeditions to Permian and Mesozoic localities in the region of the Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Andrzej Baliński, Gertruda Biernat, Andrzej Gaździcki, Maciej Kuczyński, Cyprian Kulicki, Krzysztof Małkowski, Aleksander Nowiński, Wojciech Skarżyński, Hubert Szaniawski, Ryszard Wrona, Andrzej Kaim, Błażej Błażejowski.
Antarctica
1973-1974, 1975-1976, 1987-1997, 1997-1999
Expeditions to Cenozoic localities on the King George, Seymour, and Cockburn islands (Western Antarctica) and McMurdo Station (Ross Sea, Eastern Antarctica).
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Janusz Błaszyk, Andrzej Gaździcki, Hubert Szaniawski, Adam Urbanek, Ryszard Wrona, Jerzy Dzik, Wojciech Majewski, Błażej Błażejowski.
Gobi Desert, Mongolia
1964-1984
Polish-Mogolian Paleontological Expeditions to the Late Cretaceous localities at the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
Participants from the Institute of Paleobiology: Andrzej Baliński, Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka, Józef Kaźmierczak, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Maciej Kuczyński, Cyprian Kulicki, Aleksander Nowiński, Halszka Osmólska, Wojciech Siciński, Wojciech Skarżyński, Andrzej Sulimski, Hubert Szaniawski, and Adam Urbanek.