TalTech fossil collections

Geological and paleontological collections housed at the Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology (formerly an institute of the Estonian Academy of Sciences) are the largest of their kind in Estonia. The particular strength of the collection lies in Ordovician and Silurian invertebrates and Devonian fish fossils of the Baltica paleocontinent. Most of the ca 300000 specimens are collected since the mid 20th century, few collections date back to 1850s.