ERLANGEN: The Erlangen Paleobiology Collections

Abstract

Palaeontological collections at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen comprise more than 50,000 specimens mostly of Jurassic marine invertebrates and Pleistocene mammals. Ten percent of the collection material is digitized and available through the institute’s mySQL database and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Invertebrate collections are mostly used for teaching whereas there is active research on the palaeoecology of vertebrates.