Fossil of the Month

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Every month special fossils from the palaeontological collections are presented by scientists from the BSPG and the Department of Paleontology and Geobiology. This feature has been availiable in English since November 2023. You can find more Fossils of the Month on the German BSPG Website (since 2011).

Fossils of the Month in English:
2024, 2025

August 2025: Early Amphibian Micropholis stowi Huxley

Fossil of the Month 2025

SNSB-BSPG 1934 VIII 43Early Triassic, c. 245 Ma Donnybrook, South Africa Modern amphibians are divid [...]

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September 2025: Pannonian zebra mussel

Fossil of the Month 2025

Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1835Cenozoic: Neogene, Pannonian, c. 10 million yearsMatzleinsdorf in V [...]

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October 2025: Wrinkled coral (Rugosa)

Fossil of the Month 2025

Schlotheimophyllum patellatum (Schlotheim, 1820) SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCVII 5026 Silurian (lower Wenlock), [...]

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