X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research


Eunotosaurus

They are now housed in the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research in Johannesburg and the National Museum, Bloemfontein.

Kitchingnathus

It is known from the holotype BP/1/1187, skull and partial postcranium, which was first assigned to the more derived Procolophon trigoniceps.

Pedeticosaurus

Paleontologists C. E. Gow and James Kitching of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research referred a second skeleton to Pedeticosaurus in 1988.

Teratophon

It is known from the holotype BP/1/4299, a nearly complete skull.

Theledectes

It is known from the holotype BP/1/4585, a skull.

Thelephon

It is known from the holotype BP/1/3512, a partial skull lacking the snout and anterior third of the mandible.

Thelerpeton

It is known from the holotype BP/1/4538, a nearly complete skull.


Campuses of the University of the Witwatersrand

The Origins Centre, a museum that houses archaeological exhibits relating to the evolution of humans, as well as the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research are also located on East Campus.


see also