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Sprigg Ediacaran Fossil Collection, South Australian Museum-Adelaide Palaeontological Collections

Holotype of one of the characteristic fossils of the Ediacara biota: Dickinsonia costata originally illustrated by Sprigg 1947, pl. 7, fig. 2. Length of specimen 68mm.

The Meteorite Collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna

The Meteorite Hall (Hall V) of the Natural History Museum Vienna – The world’s largest meteorite exhibit [photo by Kurt Kracher-NHMW].

The d’Orbigny Collection

At the origin of biostratigraphy: ammonite Lithacosphinctes achilles (d’Orbigny, 1850) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of Aytré, Charente-Maritime, France. Specimen MNHN.F.A08240, diameter: 30 cm – © Sylvain Charbonnier (MNHN, CR2P).

Dmanisi Collection

Georgian National Museum.

Mineralogical Collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Academy)

The Pikermian collection of the Athens Museum of Paleontology and Geology

Rare fossils of Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Pikermian collection of the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Valdarno Pliocene and Pleistocene mammals

On the forefront: Hippopotamus antiquus (holotype) and Stephanorhinus etruscus; behind them: Anancus arvernensis and Mammuthus meridionalis; to the side Homotherium crenatidens and Sus strozzii (holotypes).

Japanese Antarctic Meteorite Collection

The storage room for Antarctic Meteorites at NIPR. Antarctic meteorites are stored in cabinets.

Plio-Pleistocene Paleontology Section, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History

Mrs. Ples is the popular name for the oldest complete Australopithecus africanus skull discovered in South Africa. It was blown to pieces as a result of Broom's use of dynamite during the excavation.

Permanent collection of the Museum of Human Evolution, human remains from the paleontological and archaeological sites of the Sierra de Atapuerca

Homo antecessor skull from Gran Dolina (ATD6-15 and ATD6-69). MHE.
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