Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Infobox University
name = Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
native_name = Палеонтологический институт РАН
established = 1930
city = Moscow
country = Russia
website = http://www.paleo.ru/The Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; _ru. Палеонтологический институт РАН) in Moscow is among the world's largest paleontological institutes. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other countries.
Museum
The Museum of Paleontology named after Yuri Alexandrovich 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.
List of notable staff of the Paleontological Institute
* Ivan Efremov
* Alexey Bystrow
* Boris Sokolov
* Kirill Eskov
External links
*en icon & ru icon [http://palaeoentomolog.ru/ Laboratory of Arthropods]
*en icon [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/pin/pin.html Paleontological Institute pages] at the University of California Museum of Paleontology website
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