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).
The laboratory is structured in three teams that reflect our three major research areas.
The research of the PALPAL team members is developed around 3 themes:
The research of the PDM team members is developed around 4 themes:
Old world.
Timing of taxononic and phenotypic diversification.
Phylogenies and complex morphological variation.
Paleophysiology: origin and evolution of endothermy in tetrapods
The research of the FOSFO team members is developed around 3 time themes:
Terrestrialisation (or water exit) during the Paleozoic.
Secondary return to aquatic life from the Mesozoic.
Special adaptations during the Cenozoic.
