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, 2026

September 2026: Tooth of a giant shark Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1835)

Fossil of the Month 2026

Miocene, ca. 7 Million yearsIca Desert, Peru Sharks (Elasmobranchii) are an ancient group of vertebr [...]

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October 2026: Trilobite

Fossil of the Month 2026

Coronocephalus sp.Fentou Formation, Llandovery (Telychian, approx. 435 million years ago), south of [...]

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November 2026: Segment (slice) of a tree fern trunk, cross section

Fossil of the Month 2026

Tietea singularis (Solms-Laubach) HerbstLower Permian (c. 278 Ma)Pedra de Fogo Formation, Araguaína [...]

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