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Resource Type: Paleontology Collections

Fossilized crab partially exposed from tan stone with a UF specimen number written on one claw.

Museum Collection

Invertebrate Paleontology

This collection includes fossil invertebrates from the last 65 million years collected from Florida, the southeastern U.S., and the circum-Caribbean
Close up of two Sabal palm fossils in tan stone with the palm frond shapes a deeper reddish brown.

Museum Collection

Paleobotany & Palynology

With approximately 250,000 specimens, this collection is international in scope, ranging from the Proterozoic to the Pleistocene.
A long fossil jaw with a set of heavy molars in place and a long curved tusk protruding from the front end of it.

Museum Collection

Vertebrate Paleontology

These collections provide the most complete basis available for study of Cenozoic vertebrate life and evolution in the eastern United States.

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Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1721 (Research) or
352-846-2000 (Exhibits)

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