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A new study of a tiny Triassic fossil reptile that was first discovered over 100 years ago in Scotland has revealed what the ancestors of pterosaurs could have looked like.

Since mid-September, a new logo has been in use at the Chair of Mineralogy. Read more...

a dpa press release by FAU Applied Geol. sparked several press appearances in Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ and BR24.

The Applied Sedimentology Group at the GeoZentrum NordBayern (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Geocosm LLC. are happy to host the 3rd School on the Diagenesis of Silicilastic Sediments in Erlangen. Motivated geoscientists from both University and Industry from all over the world will attend the course.  ...

We are thrilled to welcoming 12 international students in Erlangen. Our 3-week workshop aims to introduce graduate students to a range of analytical methods that are foundational to or at the cutting edge of paleobiological research. Topics, taught by rotating expert instructors, will include probab...

Finally! After a break of two and a half years, the Flügel Courses are finally taking place again! Participants are coming from all over the world - and we are happy to welcome them here in Erlangen at our institute.

Dear female students, junior researchers and junior professors of the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Sciences From now until 23 October 2022 resp. 06 November 2022, you can apply for admission to a new round of the FAU career mentoring programme ARIADNETechNat: ARIADNETechNat mast...

Professor Chandrajith, Environmental Chemist from Sri Lanka, was awarded the prestigious Georg Foster Award and works since March 2022 for one year at GeoZentrum Nordbayern in the Applied Geology / Hydrogeology working group Professor Rohana Chandrajith is an expert environmental geochemist, main...

The Annual Meeting of The Palaeontological Association 2021 ended again with the Palaeovision Fossil Contest. This is an online, interactive, international competition to decide the Annual Meeting’s favourite fossil for this year. The Paleontology Team (FAU) successfully completed a video about bele...

We are excited to share the Diversity Dynamics and Crisis in Paleontology speaker series with you all! "Thank you" to the fantastic speakers and to the organisers of the speaker series Nussaibah Raja-Schoob (Erlangen) and Emma Dunne (Birmingham) as well as Jansen Smith (Erlangen). Here’s our YouTu...