Go back in time
The visit continues on the palaeontology floor. No less than 2,000 fossils, including 316 complete skeletons, are on display. Sacabambaspis janvieri is 460 million years old! Explore the past from the Devonian period (370 million years ago) to the Quaternary period (10,000 years ago), from the oldest vertebrates to animals contemporary with l'Homme fossile. See a cast of a T. rex skull, Dippy, the 25-metre long diplodocus, Cynthiacetus, an ancestor of the whales...
In the balcony, more than 5,000 fossils present the different groups of invertebrates, palaeo-botany, and also the mechanisms of fossilization. Admire the traces left by insect wings, cephalopod tentacles, the petals of the first flowers, or the colour of a shrimp... Also enjoy the panoramic view.