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University of California Museum of Paleontology

About University of California Museum of Paleontology

The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) is a paleontology museum located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

The museum is within the Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB), designed by George W. Kelham and completed in 1930. Its collections are primarily intended for research and are, thus, not accessible to the public. A limited number of fossils from the collection is on display in the VLSB. Although located on the Berkeley campus, the museum is the primary locality for storing fossils collected statewide. The original fossils, around which the current collection has grown, were those gathered as part of the California Geological Survey from 1860 to 1867.

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Natural history museum
Founded
1921
Director
Charles R. Marshall

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  1. University of California Museum of Paleontology, California01CaliforniaUC Bill · Public domain
  2. Moreno Formation fossil log UCMP02Moreno Formation fossil log UCMPBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Moreno formation petrified angiosperm woods UCMP03Moreno formation petrified angiosperm woods UCMPBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Partial Tyrannosaurus tooth UCMP04Partial Tyrannosaurus tooth UCMPBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Edmontosaurus annectens skull UCMP front05Edmontosaurus annectens skull UCMP frontBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Edmontosaurus annectens skull UCMP side06Edmontosaurus annectens skull UCMP sideBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0

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