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- University of California Museum of Paleontology
1101 Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 Valley Life Sciences Building hours and directions Voice: (510) 642-1821 Fax: (510) 642-1822 E-mail: ucmpwebmaster@berkeley edu
- PaleoBios - University of California Museum of Paleontology
UCMP’s peer-reviewed journal: ISSN 0031-0298 PaleoBios is an open-access peer-reviewed journal produced by the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) PaleoBios publishes scholarly articles on all paleontological topics Anyone may submit a manuscript, and submissions from non-UCMP authors are encouraged
- Explorations Through Time - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Module: Target Grade Levels: K–4: 5–8: 9–12: Life Has a History introduces students to the history of life and how it results in today’s biodiversity : Getting Into the Fossil Record helps students gain a basic understanding of what a fossil is and how a fossil forms : Understanding Geologic Time introduces students to geologic time, the evidence for events in Earth’s history
- UCMP Archival Collections - University of California Museum of Paleontology
The University of California Museum of Paleontology houses not only fossils, but a sizable collection of printed material, images, and memorabilia These are important both for paleontological research and for documenting the history of the Museum and of paleontology in general
- The grassland biome - University of California Museum of Paleontology
The UCMP is primarily a research museum and our collections are only open to the public during our annual open house on Cal Day However, we have a limited number of fossil exhibits on display, including a magnificent Tyrannosaurus rex These can be viewed, free of charge, any time the Valley Life Sciences Building is open Learn more here
- UCMP Web Time Machine - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Phanerozoic Eon (543 mya to present) Cenozoic Era (65 mya to today) Quaternary (1 8 mya to today) Holocene (10,000 years to today) Pleistocene (2 6 mya to 10,000 yrs) Tertiary (65 to 1 8 mya)
- The tundra biome - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons
- The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany - University of California Museum of . . .
Localities of the Jurassic: The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany Towards the end of the Jurassic, about 155 milion years ago, a warm shallow sea studded with islands covered much of what is now Germany Sponges and corals grew on rises in this sea, forming reefs that divided up parts of this sea into isolated lagoons These lagoons were cut off from the ocean and also from terrestrial runoff
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