The national palaeontology collections at the MNHN comprise between 5 and 6 million specimens and microfossil slides. The link between our unit and the Collection Department is assured by Sylvain Charbonnier,assisted by several curators and technicians, most of whom are members of the UMR, the group being supported by a team of engineers and technicians from the Direction of Collections at the MNHN.
Institutional affiliations
CNRS-MNHN-Sorbonne Université
Le CR2P est un laboratoire entièrement dédié à la paléontologie.Il a pour objectif d'élucider la structure des relations de parenté et l'histoire du vivant au travers du registre fossile et des environnements du passé. Il est sous la triple tutelle du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), de Sorbonne Université et du CNRS (INEE).