Palaeobiology
The department has extensive and valuable collections in all areas of palaeontology and conducts world-leading research in several fields.
The collections contain several unique and scientifically important specimens that are being used in research projects at the department, and by researchers from around the world.
Research
The research at the department involves questions about the origin of life on earth and the evolution of animals and plants through time, with emphasis on the origin and evolution of Cenozoic vertebrates, Palaeozoic invertebrates and seed plants. Read more about our research.
Fresh from the printer:
Rodents from the early Oligocene of China
Gundis are small, stocky rodents that originated in Central Asia during the Paleogene. The group diversified rapidly until the abrupt decline in late Oligocene.
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi.
Triassic Dicroidium leaves
A new study provides the first comprehensive description of Dicroidium leaves and reproductive organs from Upper Triassic coall measures in South Australia
Publications
Here you find the latest publications which have been published at the department. You can also find earlier publications.
Collections
The department houses scientifically valuable and large collections that derive mainly from Sweden but also from widespread locations around the world, such as the Arctic in the north and Antarctica in the south. Databasing of the collections is one of the main projects at the department and some of the information is available on the internet. Read more about our collections.
Loans from the collections
The collections are accessible for Swedish and foreign researchers by visit or loan. Contact Vivi Vajda (plant fossils) or Lars Werdelin (animal fossils) for more information.
Interested in Palaeontology?
Read here about a master's course at Stockholm University, which is taught by the researchers at our department.
Contacts
Head of Department
Secretariat
Collections Palaeobotany
Vivi Vajda & Stephen McLoughlin
Collections Palaeozoology
Vivi Vajda & Lars Werdelin
Staff Directory
Staff at the Department of Palaeobiology
Mailing Address
Box 500 07
104 05 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting Address
Svante Arrhenius väg 9
114 18 Stockholm
Sweden
Telephone
46-8-51 95 40 00
Fax
46-8-51 95 42 21