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A Robust Research Collection Over 2 million specimens in three distinct collections: vertebrates, invertebrates, and paleobotany

Academic and Research Opportunities The UMMP supports research initiatives and academic opportunities worldwide

Our Collection on Display The UMMP is a research museum and the collections are not open to the public. However, select specimens are on display in the U-M Natural History Museum.

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Meter-long saber-toothed anchovies roamed the seas around 50 million years ago

UMMP grad student Alessio Capobianco and colleagues discover extinct large-sized relatives of anchovies with a formidable set of fangs in their mouth

Nagesan Publishes Paper on Oldest Dinosaur Bones

Ramon Nagesan, Research Laboratory Specialist, publishes paper on the oldest dinosaur bones found from western Canada

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Recent News

Meter-long saber-toothed anchovies roamed the seas around 50 million years ago

Nagesan Publishes Paper on Oldest Dinosaur Bones

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