The palaeontology collections include one of the world’s most important collections of Middle Jurassic dinosaurs; exceptionally preserved specimens with intact soft tissues; and enigmatic fossils representing the earliest complex multicellular organisms. It features around 400,000 fossils, ranging from the Archean, ~2.7 billion years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene, 11,700 years ago.
Please contact us if you have questions related to specific collections or would like to book a visit to the collections. If you are not sure which collection manager to contact, please email earth@oum.ox.ac.uk
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We have digitised around 80% of our Palaeozoic collections, 60% of our Mesozoic collections, and 40% of our Cenozoic collections.
