Dr. Diego Biston Vaz , Senior Curator of Fishes at the NHMUK , London visited the Foundation in early January.

We are pleased to announce a collaboration with Mr. Antonios Isidoros Avrithis, a Masters Student at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlander-Nuremburg.

Mr. Denis Theda, Curator at Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold, is researching a Pterosaur skull in the Foundation collection. 

Lauer Foundation is excited to announce the publication of the research paper: Reproductive biology and anatomy of ammonites, published in Scientific Reports.

Dr. Diego Biston Vaz , Senior Curator of Fishes at the NHMUK , London visited the Foundation in early January.

Dr. Hone has published on the third new Pterosaur from the Schaudiberg quarry in Mühlheim, Germany in the Lauer Foundation Collection.

The Lauer Foundation is proud to sponsor the excellent open access, no fee journal, Palaeontologia Electronica with a three year commitment.

Recently, the Foundation provided financial assistance to travel to Japan to facilitate the Micro CT of specimen that while one half was at the Field Musuem the other half was located in Japan.

Our UK shark colleagues visited the Foundation for two weeks in early September to continue work on several projects.

A collaboration between the Lauer Foundation, Dr. Victoria McCoy, Dr. Russell Bicknell, Mr. Dave Douglass and Mr. Andrew Young has resulted in the Publication of a new research paper titled: Mazon Creek Bromalites evidence a specialized, Xiphosurid-rich diet for Pennsylvanian predators.

The Lauer Foundation summer intern, Leiana Santoro is working hard on projects.

The Lauer Foundation is excited to be involved with research projects with Dr. Victoria McCoy and Andrew Young.

Several researchers gathered at the Lauer Foundation to start a collaboration researching the scorpions and arachnids of the Mazon Creek lagerstätte.

Dr. Calvin So visited the Lauer Foundation to examine three specimens for his project on amphibamiforms from the Mazon Creek lagerstätte.

In early June two French fossil shark researchers visited the Lauer Foundation to examine and document Cretaceous shark specimens from Lebanon.

Our good friend, Dr. Dave Hone from Queen Mary’s University, has published a research paper on two Pterosaur specimens in the Foundation collection.

Dr. Andy Heckert from Appalachian State University has helped the Lauer Foundation by introducing us to  one of his current students.

Dr, Jérémy Anquetin from the Jurassica Museum in Switzerland along with his student Gaël  Spicher visited the Lauer Foundation from April 1 thru the 5th.

A new shipment of important Jurassic and Permian fossils arrived on March 31.

Researchers Skye McDavid and Henry Thomas visited the Lauer Foundation in early March 2025.