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).

Oktober 2024: Branch system of a progymnosperm

Fossil of the Month 2024

Aneurophyton germanicum Kräusel & WeylandMiddle Devonian (Givet, ca. 385 million years)Upper H [...]

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September 2024: Aquatic tuatara

Fossil of the Month 2024

Acrosaurus frischmanni von Meyer, 1854 SNSB-BSPG 1953 I 431 Upper Jurassic, ca. 150 million yea [...]

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August 2024: Deinotherium

Fossil of the Month 2024

Hoe tuskerDeinotherium giganteum Kaup, 1829Upper molar Neogene: Middle/Upper Miocene, approx. 1 [...]

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