Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciencies
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Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences |
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| Established | 1930 |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Website | http://www.paleo.ru/ |
The Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; Russian: Палеонтологический институт РАН) in Moscow is the world's largest paleontological institute. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other countries.
[edit] Museum
The Museum of Paleontology named after Y. A. Orlov is run by the Institute, and contains public exhibits representing almost every type of fossil organism. Particularly well represented are dinosaurs from Mongolia, therapsids from the Perm region of Russia, and Precambrian fossils from Siberia.
[edit] Notable peoples, worked in the institute
[edit] External links
- (English) & (Russian) Laboratory of Arthropods
- (English) Paleontological Institute pages at the University of California Museum of Paleontology website
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