Middle Devonian fossils

Material from the Bokkeveld Group includes bivalves, brachiopods, crynoids, trilobites and sponges

Trace Fossil Collection

There are some 300 trace fossils, which are mainly arthropod trackways from the Lower Ecca varved shales (Early Permian).

Cretaceous Fossil Collection

This collection comprises several thousand ammonite specimens. These are mostly keeled, although there are also some good examples of heteromorphs with anomalously coiled shells. The Van Hoepen type specimens are on permanent loan from the National Museum in Bloemfontein.

Cretaceous to Recent Micro Fossil Collection

There are over 1000 specimens of marine and fresh-water Ostracoda, Crustacea and Foraminifera.

Pleistocene Fossils

These collections include fossil and sub-fossil terrestrial, marine and freshwater vertebrates and invertebrates representing approximately the last two million years. This period also covers much of the development of early human ancestors. The collections provide environmental and ecological contexts for faunal evolution and biodiversity as well as the development of human behaviour. These observations also contribute to our knowledge of long-term environmental change and understanding of modern issues such as global warming.

Taphonomy Collection

The collection includes comparative assemblages of marine molluscs from modern contexts.