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The UCMP is primarily a research museum and our collections are only open to the public during our annual open house on Cal Day. However, we have a limited number of fossil exhibits on display, including a magnificent Tyrannosaurus rex ....
North American Paleontological Convention
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pin › pin.html
Moscow may be better known for sites such as St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, however, it is also home to the world's largest paleontological institute (left). This affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences has more paleontologists...
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exhibits › biomes
Biomes are defined as "the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment" (Campbell 1996). The importance of biomes cannot be overestimated. Biomes have changed and moved many times during...
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fungi › fungi.html
The Kingdom Fungi includes some of the most important organisms, both in terms of their ecological and economic roles. By breaking down dead organic material, they continue the cycle of nutrients through ecosystems. In addition, most vascular plants could not grow without the symbiotic fungi, or...
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pin › pindino.html
Some of the most popular and dramatic exhibits in the Paleontological Institute are their dinosaurs. The PIN has been collecting Dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia for years as part of a joint project with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. The late Cretaceous of Mongolia is famous for its...
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cambrian › camb.html
The Cambrian Period marks an important point in the history of life on earth; it is the time when most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record. This event is sometimes called the "Cambrian Explosion", because of the relatively short time over which this diversity of forms...
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help › timeform.html
We have a text-only version of this page. (mya = million years ago) Phanerozoic Eon (543 mya to present) Cenozoic Era (65 mya to today) Quaternary (1.8 mya to today) Holocene (10,000 years to today) Pleistocene (2.6 mya to 10,000 yrs)...
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mammal › mammal.html
Those hairy, milk-producing, warm-blooded animals that you have seen all of your life are mammals. Let's introduce our discussion of mammals with the quagga (left). The quagga is symbolic of the continuity between the living and the extinct it was native to desert areas of the African continent...
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pin › pinpleist.html
Because Russia is so far north, most of its territory was covered by glaciers during the Pleistocene ice ages. As a result, there are many geological deposits from this time period that contain fossil mammals. Many of the most famous Pleistocene mammals remains are from Russia, including frozen...