Today the university holds one of the most important paleontological and anthropological collections in South America.

The Museum's paleontological collection includes type specimens and fossil finds new to science.

While not its sole focus, the museum is primarily known for its paleontological collections.

The paleontological collections harbored by the Museum have more than 6,000 species, and the mineralogical collections more than 1,000 samples.

It was founded in 1990 and has one of the largest paleontological collections in country.

It is responsible for the national botanical, zoological, geological and paleontological collections consisting of samples from around the world.

For the paleontological collection, the construction of a new exhibition building began in 1981 and was finished in 1985.

His paleontological collection and scientific archive remain at Naturalis in Leiden.

The holotype is in the paleontological collection at Tübingen University, Germany.

The collection is split into three sections: the archaeological collection, the ethnographic collection and the paleontological collection.