The Lauer Foundation has one of five specimens of Bavariscyllium tischlingeri, and one of two figured. The shark is named after our good friend Dr. Helmut Tischlinger.

We made the annual trip to the Tucson International fossil show. We met up with our UK shark team members, David and Alison Ward and visited with many of our friends and associates.

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

The Lauer Foundation has collaborated with Michael Wachtler from Italy on a study of plants from the Solnhofen Archipelago.

The Lauer Foundation continues our research collaboration with the Victoria McCoy lab

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

The Lauer Foundation attended the 2025 Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Birmingham, England.

The 2025 meeting of SVP in Birmingham Englandv was a very significant meeting for the Lauer Foundation.

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.

The Lauer foundation is excited to announce a new collaboration with Dr. Erin Maxwell, Stuttgart and Dr. Giovanni Serafini to study a complete ichthyosaur from the Painten Quarry, Painten Germany. 

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.

Lauer Foundation is happy to announce a new project with J.P. Hodnett relating to a fish from the Kinney Quarry in New Mexico.

Bruce and Rene presented a basic geology and Paleontology presentation to over 200 students at Edison Middle School in Wheaton, Illinois.

In October the Lauer Foundation had the opportunity to visit Waygate Technologies outside of Cincinnati, Ohio.

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.