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The fossilized animals (mainly marine specimens) cover a very wide range, from - 550 million years till - 2 million years (The Dawn of Humanity).
All the geological ages and periods are represented.

fossiles
Photo : Orthoceras s.p. - Middle Ordovician - Llandeilo : 480 Ma - France

The collection presents more than 10 000 pieces, among which impressive groups of ammonites and trilobites.
Special mention must be made of the remarkable
giant dinosaur footprints and the big primitive amphibians.

fossiles
Photo : Polyplectus discoides - Inferior Jurassic - Toarcian : 190 Ma - France

Also see (the image opens up in a new window):

  • 1 Perisphinctes plicatilis. Superior Jurassic. France
  • 2 fossilized leafs. Stampian 34 Ma France
  • 3 Colpocoryphe Rouaulti. Middle Ordovician. Llandeilo = 455 Ma. France

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