http://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/C10055PPESII2/S12596/P12568NN1/INDEX.HTMLPALEONTOLOGIA EN MUSEUS E EXPOSIÇÕEShttp://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/img/cabecera/universia1.gif http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI «Since 1985, Field Museum Curator John Flynn and his colleagues have worked in the Andes Mountains, searching for fossils of ancient mammals. Their discoveries tell us not only what kinds of animals lived in South America in the past, but also what the environment was like and how it has changed through time.»]]>«Amber is classified as semiprecious and is actually tree sap that has hardened for millions of years, capturing many fossils of plant and insect life. Guided tours in several languages are given Monday through Saturday from 9am to 6pm. The Amber Museum shops offer a full selection of Dominican amber jewelry, both in Puerto Plata and in Playa Dorada Plaza.»]]> «This website tells the story of the Morden area from millions of years ago to the present. The fossils uncovered in this area are among the best representatives of marine reptiles found in North America.» ]]> Virtual Museum Canada.
«Dig This! invites you to dig in the depths of Cyberspace to discover the fascinating world of dinosaurs and other creatures of the Cretaceous period.» ]]> Actual fossils, skeletons and life-size reconstructions combine with audiovisual and hands-on displays to inform and entertain. A visit to this great award winning museum is a total experience, fun for all the family. There’s lots to do and see.»]]> Proyecto ELMER.
«El término dinosaurio, acuñado en 1842, significa "lagarto terriblemente grande" en griego.
Los dinosaurios dominaron la Tierra durante el Mesozoico o Era Secundaria (también llamada "era de los reptiles").
Vivieron en un período de tiempo comprendido entre 230 y 65 millones de años. Desarrollaron una gran diversidad de formas y tamaños. Algunos eran carnívoros y otros vegetarianos.»]]> «The exhibition showcases research by Museum and Mongolian Academy of Sciences paleontologists over the last ten years, and reflects the most current thinking on dinosaur traits, behavior, and evolutionary links to birds. A few specimens, including Velociraptor and Oviraptor, are on view near fleshed-out models, complete with feathers — the presence of which is based on recent discoveries in China from just two years ago.»]]> «Fossils can tell us a great deal about the history of British Columbia. By examining fossils we can tell how plants and animals lived in the prehistoric period.
Millions of years ago, British Columbia was covered by water. In the water lived the ancestors of today's plants and animals. Over millions of years organisms lived, died, and evolved. Some of these plants and animals are preserved as fossils in the sedimentary rock of today.» ]]> Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada.
«For its small size, Nova Scotia is unusually rich in fossils. Here are seven discoveries for which Nova Scotia is especially famous, representing a great variety of discoveries of national and international importance.» ]]> «The Fundy shore of Nova Scotia boasts extraordinary fossils, from the earliest reptiles to early dinosaurs. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs have been well known for more than 150 years, with contributions to major discoveries in all aspects of paleontology, including the first reptiles. Wasson's Bluff, near Parrsboro, has fossils of Canada's oldest dinosaurs. Together, they constitute two of the most interesting time periods, the Carboniferous and the Jurassic.»]]> «This gallery presents images of fossils from the research collections in the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology. We have attempted to showcase display quality individuals and spectacularly preserved specimens from our type and systematic collections. We have also included a sample of faunas from various fossil bonanzas (lagerstatten) represented in the Peabody collections. Specimen and locality information accompanies each image when possible.»]]> Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada.
«This interactive exhibit explores the rich fossil record from Joffre Bridge - one of the most significant fossil-collecting localities in south central Alberta, Canada. Although the Joffre Bridge Roadcut locality has rendered insect, fish and mammal fossils, the focus of this exhibit is on fossil plants. Explore these pages and see how these fossilized plant specimens have enabled paleontologists to recreate an ancient environment.» ]]> «One of the great American scientists of the 19th-Century, Joseph Leidy, possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of Parasitology and Protozoology, and was the preeminent Anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of Natural History and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology.»]]> «The Lapworth Museum of Geology has the finest and most extensive collections of fossils, minerals and rocks in the Midland Region. The Museum dates back to 1880, and is one of the oldest specialist geological museums in the UK. Throughout its long history the Lapworth Museum has provided a valuable resource for students, schools and colleges, research workers, enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in, or desire to learn, about geology. The museum supports teaching and research in the Earth Sciences and natural history within the University and the West Midlands region.»]]> Designated an anchor organization by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the museum is Michigan's leading public natural and cultural history museum.
The museum is a public steward for 2.5 million objects or specimens of cultural and natural history from around the world.»]]>Sala de Geología y Paleontología.
Sala de Entomología y Biología Marina.
Sala de Vertebrados.
Sala de Fauna Extranjera.» ]]>«Consta de 4 salas de exhibición permanente: Sala de Geología y Paleontología; Sala de Vertebrados; Sala de Entomología y Biología Marina; Sala de Fauna Extranjera.»]]> Las diferentes especies que aquí se exhiben son parte de la colección más ambiciosa y valiosa que posea cualquier museo en América Látina, y aún más cuanto algunas de ellas se encuentran en vía de extinción o ya han desaparecido de la faz de la Tierra, como es el caso de algunos fósiles hallados en la Sabana de Bogotá y otras regiones de nuestro país.»]]>«El museo exhibe dinosaurios, aves, cocodrilos y otros reptiles originales, únicos en el mundo, correspondientes al período cretácico de la era geológica mesozoica.
Con un diseño de vanguardia a su servicio, el visitante comienza un recorrido espiralado a través de los resultados de las investigaciones paleontológicas realizadas en los últimos once años, para después acceder al pasado por una mina y luego al mítico mundo de los dinosaurios.
El 90% de las piezas que se exhiben es original y cada una está ambientada y eventualmente reconstruida a escala natural.» ]]>El hombre tiene una parte primordial en la exhibición, hay tres cráneos perfectas copias del Pithecantropus erectus, el Hombre de Neathertal y el Homo-Sapiens,...
Hay animales abiertos y mostrando sus partes internas en Formol, con sus órganos numerados y una guía para identificarlos, Hay presentados de ésta manera, una Rata, un Conejo y una Paloma. Se presenta una gallina tamaño Natural partida a la mitad y con una explicación de dónde ingiere sus alimentos, el Buche, estómago, intestinos, Cloaca con un huevo, etc... Hay una colección de huevos de aves que van del diminuto Colibrí, hasta el huevo del Avestruz. Los parásitos como lombrices, giardia lambia, solitaria, nemátodos, etc...se presentan de tamaño natural con una explicación de dónde provienen y lo peligroso que son para el organismo humano. Se presenta una exhibición de 180 insectos, en la cual se incluyen mariposas y de varias partes del Mundo. Las diferentes formas de moluscos y conchas de más de 100 diferentes ejemplares. Unas vértebras de Hombre, Ballena y elefante dan una clara idea de las dimensiones de los seres vivos.»]]> «Su participación en docencia ha consistido en la elaboración de colecciones y material didáctico, impartición de diversas materias como Paleontología, Botánica III, Biología Evolutiva, Geología Histórica y Biologías de Campo. Además nuestro Museo representa un área en donde los alumnos de la carrera de Biología, o afínes, pueden realizar su servicio social o su trabajo de tesis.
Los proyectos de investigación que se desarrollan tienen como finalidad resolver problemas de índole sistemático, bioestratigráfico o paleogeográfico. La investigación que se realiza se caracteriza por atacar principalmente problemas sobre el Paleozoico de México o por trabajar sobre grupos fósiles poco estudiados en otras instituciones del país.» ]]>«La exposición permanente consta de siete secciones en las que se muestran fósiles de mamíferos del pleistoceno final: antílopes, caballos, cánidos, camellos, pumas, tigres colmillo de sable, mamutes, megaterios, entre otros; además de evidencias dejadas por los primeros pobladores en huesos como raspadores, atl-atl.»]]>« El Museo del Desierto es un proyecto original para México; un proyecto novedoso que se preocupa por difundir su increíble riqueza en biodiversidad y cultura.
El Museo del Desierto tiene como objetivo fundamental fomentar una cultura ecológica de respeto y valoración del medio, a través de la difusión de sus riquezas.
Por sus bondades educativas, culturales y ecológicas, el Museo tiene un alto impacto positivo para la región y el país.»]]> Su singular arquitectura en forma de huella tridáctila le concede su segundo mérito y abre muchas expectativas más. Una vez dentro contrastamos que el interior es igual de espectacular, con espacios amplios y diáfanos en los que tiene cabida una era importante en la vida del planeta tierra: el Mesozoico, incluyendo el periodo Jurásico en el que habitaron los dinosaurios.»]]> «A diferencia del resto de Europa, en España ha habido poca tradición museística en el campo de las Ciencias Naturales en general y en el de Paleontología en particular. Esta carencia se ha perpetuado hasta la actualidad, habiendo pocos centros con colecciones paleontológicas que mantengan una estructura museística estable y con profesionales en su dirección.»
«La historia es relativamente reciente, ya que data de la década de los 80, y nace poco después del inicio de los estudios de la Licenciatura de Ciencias Geológicas en nuestra universidad. Este inicio está ligado al transpaso de competencias sobre patrimonio del Gobierno Central a las comunidades autónomas. La nuestra fue una de las primeras que consideró sus fósiles como patrimonio de todos, y por tanto susceptibles de ser conservados y protegidos. Este reconocimiento legislativo y sobre todo el entusiasmo de los miembros del área de Paleontología de la Universidad de Zaragoza fueron el punto de partida para que el museo iniciara sus actividades en 1985, coincidiendo con la apertura de la Sala Lucas Mallada en el campus de la Plaza de San Francisco. El museo está financiado en parte con ayudas de la DGA.»]]> «Amherst College es el único entre todas las escuelas pequeñas en tener en su posesión museos de historia natural con tal tamaño y extensión como el de Pratt. El museo posee excelentes colecciones y exhibiciones de fósiles vertebrados e invertebrados, animales modernos, minerales, fenómenos geológicos y artefactos antropológicos. Sus posesiones consisten de alrededor de 80.000 objetos con importancia tanto histórica como científica, y han sido recolectadas desde los 1830s de todas partes del mundo.»]]>«Trata-se de um dos maiores acervos do país, com um patrimônio rico em peças das faunas atual e extinta, de botânica e de documentação científica. A fauna extinta está representada com a maior coleção de mamíferos do período "Pleistoceno". Encontram-se também espécimes de aves, répteis, peixes e invertebrados fósseis. Da fauna atual, entre esqueletos e animais empalhados, estão representadas espécies nacionais e exóticas. As coleções científicas incluem principalmente espécimes do Estado de Minas Gerais. Há também um setor de documentação científica, com um acervo de filmes e de recursos audiovisuais.» ]]> «The Museum of Natural History in Berlin is one of the most important natural history museums of the world and holds collections of more than 25 million objects. A natural history museum of this size is both a scientific and an educational institution and has two main aims:
- To establish, maintain and develop scientific collections of objects of the living and the inanimate nature, to use these and make these available for research on biodiversity and evolution.
- To make science and the different aspects of nature understandable and accessible for the public.»]]> «The Museum acts as a showcase for scientific research conducted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, an internationally renowned center of which the Museum is an integral part.
The institute boasts a dozen or so permanent exhibitions, where the items on display include a collection of iguanodons, the only one of its kind in the world, automated dinosaurs larger than life, human evolution, a vivarium of spiders and amazing invertebrates, plus a collection of giant whales. The institute has made a complete success of its remit: introducing the general public to the body of scientific knowledge built up by its researchers.»]]> «The mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education.»]]> «The Museum of the Rockies is located at the geographic center of the Northern Rocky Mountain region, a vast, sparsely populated land which includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Dakotas. Despite its relative isolation, the Northern Rockies encompasses a significant evidentiary record of cultural and natural history, unique to North America. Wrenching geologic processes including the creation and subsequent draining of inland oceans, mountain building and glaciation have shaped the region's history and influenced later development. This intensely beautiful place has served as a migratory corridor and as a crossroads for the growth of life on the North American continent.» ]]> «To achieve its mission to understand, preserve and interpret the natural and cultural history of the Northern Rocky Mountain region, the museum is acquiring broad-based collections which are used for research, publication, exhibition and teaching. Each year, the collections grow as a result of annual field collecting, donations and purchases. The permanent collection includes approximately 280,000 items-- primarily in archaeology (45%), photo-archives (36%), history (10%), vertebrate paleontology (8%), ethnology, geology and fine arts (1%).»]]> «Between 1870 and 1873 Othniel Charles Marsh, nephew of philanthropist George Peabody, led four Yale expeditions to the American West in search of fossils. Today his most famous finds, the dinosaurs he named—Triceratops, Stegosaurus and “Brontosaurus”—dominate the Peabody’s Great Hall, where you can also see 300 million years of prehistory in the 110-foot mural The Age of Reptiles by Rudolph F. Zallinger.»]]> Canadian Museum of Nature. ]]> «Paleontologists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, along with help from the public, are piecing together this puzzle by studying the rich vertebrate fossils and unique geology of the Western Mojave Desert.
For nearly 10 years, the museum has sponsored family-oriented paleontology trips to Red Rock Canyon State Park, two hours north of Los Angeles. Led by museum scientists and educators, these trips offer hands-on experience searching for, collecting, and studying fossils in the field.» ]]> «During the Cretaceous Period, other continents were also covered by shallow seas, including parts of South America, much of Europe and Russia, and northern and central Africa.»]]> «Discover fossils, rocks and minerals from around the world and explore more than 550 million years of Earth's history.»]]> «Sue is the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex. She was discovered by fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson in 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota. The Field Museum purchased Sue at public auction in 1997...»]]>Virtual Museum Canada.
«Learn about the trace fossils of Eastern Canada. The trace fossils from Eastern Canada include some of the world's biggest, smallest, oldest, and only.
]]> «Dinosaurs were a group of land-dwelling creatures that lived during the Mesozoic Era (about 230-65 million years ago). They included very large and small animals; meat-eaters, plant-eaters, and scavengers. However, all dinosaurs shared certain characteristics of their skulls and hips.
Dinosaurs have been classified into two major groups, primarily on the basis of the structure of their pelvic (hip) bones. The Saurischians were "lizard-hipped" dinosaurs, which had hip bone arrangements similar to that of most modern reptiles. The Ornithischians were "bird-hipped" dinosaurs which had pelvises resembling those of birds.»]]> «What lived on earth after the dinosaurs? It wasn't wooly mammoths or "cave men". A wide range of reptiles, mammals, and fish remained in the subtropical forests of North America, Asia, and Europe. The world had 60 million years to go before today.»]]> «The palaeontology & geology collection consists mainly (98% of collection) of fossils. There are an outstanding set of saurians (fossil marine reptiles) mounted on the wall which include several ichthyosaurs, a plesiosaur and a teleosaurus (crocodile) as well as slabs of rock with dinosaur footprints. These larger specimens and most of the smaller fossils come from the Lower and Middle Jurassic. Many of the smaller fossils, particularly ammonites and belemnites, are of international importance since many are "type" specimens : that is the original specimens that gave rise to the names used by palaeontologists today.»]]>