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.

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

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
Access -- The Museum -- Minerals -- Fossils -- E-Mail
Musée géologique
Parc du Casino
66820 VERNET-les-BAINS
Musée : Tél. 04 68 05 77 97 - 04 68
05 52 37
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