Excavations

Institute of Paleobiology has organized and participated in scientific expeditions to various areas of the world


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). [more info]



Podolia (Ukraine)

2004-2006, 2008-2011

Polish-Ukrainian expeditions to Siluro−Devonian deposits exposed in Podolia

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. [more info]


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

[more info]


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                                                                                          

[photo galery]


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