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The CR2P is a laboratory completely devoted to palaeontology s.l.. It is supported by the MNHN (National Museum of Natural History), the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, INEE) and the Sorbonne University.

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L’équipe du service éducation du Ditsong: Museums of South Africa visite les sites paléontologiques de Bolt's Farm

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From The Bolt’s Farms Exhibition, Ditsong: Museum Of South Africa’s Education Officers Traced The Big Cats’ Footprints To The Site

On the 15th of February 2023, Dr Vilakazi a senior researcher at University of Johannesburg and Mr Lazarus Kgasi a junior curator at DNMNH welcomed the...

Dessin d’interprétation d’Iniopera lors de sa prise alimentaire

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Ancient chimaeras were suction feeders, not shell crushers, new research shows

Research led by the CR2P and MECADEV (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, MNHN) and the University of Birmingham has shown that an ancient relative of...

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Geology in Essonne - Villemartin's sandpit

A series of videos on the Villemartin fossiliferous deposit in Essonne (France) presented by Didier Merle of the CR2P and Jean-Paul Baut of the association...

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Cold blooded, hot blooded: the controversy continues

Several CR2P members have contributed to this features.

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The Center for Research on Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments aims at elucidating the phylogenetic patterns and evolutionary history of living organisms, through the fossil record and the environments of the past.

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