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Researcher Martin Ebert from the Jura Museum Visits the Lauer Foundation
Martin Ebert, a researcher from the Jura Museum in Eichstätt, Germany, visited the Foundation to examine and study the fossil fish...
Apr 22, 20231 min read


Fossil Shark from Lebanon Lands in Lauer Foundation Collection
A complete fossil shark from the Cretaceous of Lebanon has landed. Roy Nohra, a quarry owner in Lebanon, offered the shark to the...
Apr 14, 20231 min read


Lauer Foundation Presents Fossil Program at the Grassy Water School in West Palm Beach, FL
On April 14, 2023 the Lauer Foundation presented a fossil program to Mrs. Vincent’s gifted second grade class plus two additional second...
Apr 13, 20231 min read


The Lauer Foundation Announces the Creation of a Research Associate Program
The Lauer Foundation has created a Research Associate Program. Research Associates are individuals who have a long-term collaboration...
Mar 28, 20231 min read


New Project with the SNSB, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
Victor Beccari from the SNSB, Munich, Germany approached the Foundation to work on a specimen of Oenosaurus from the Schaudiberg quarry...
Mar 22, 20231 min read


New Research Paper with Lead Author, Dr. Chris Duffin Now Published
Our Research Paper "Hybodus hauffianus Fraas, 1895 from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of Dormettingen, SW Germany” Was published today...
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Lauer Foundation Returns to Sandburg School
We returned to Sandburg Elementary School in North Wheaton to participate in their Multicultural event. Normally we would present our...
Feb 23, 20231 min read


Dr. Arjan Mann Visits the Lauer Foundation to Review Mazon Creek Material
On February 15, 2023 Dr. Arjan Mann, Post Doc at the Smithsonian, flew to Chicago to visit the Lauer Foundation. Arjan is interested in...
Feb 15, 20231 min read


Lauer Foundation Announces New Research Paper
The Lauer Foundation announces a new research paper: Chimaeroid egg cases from the Late Jurassic of the Solnhofen area (S Germany) Our...
Nov 30, 20221 min read


IPC 6 Field Trip to See Thai Dinosaurs
Bruce and Rene joined David and Alison Ward to participate in the week long post conference field trip in Thailand. This area of...
Nov 12, 20221 min read


Lauer Foundation Presents Poster at the IPC 6 Conference in Khon Kaen Thailand
Bruce and Rene traveled to Khon Kaen Thailand to present a poster on our "Triassic micro-vertebrate site in New Mexico" at the IPC 6...
Nov 11, 20221 min read


Lauer Foundation Hosts Researchers from the Natural History Museum - UK
The Lauer Foundation hosted four researchers from the NHM-UK for two weeks, September 5-19 2022. Dr David Ward, Alison Ward, Dr. Chris...
Sep 19, 20221 min read


First Lauer Foundation Intern
The Lauer Foundation acquired unsorted micro vertebrate matrix from the classic late Triassic site Holwell Quarries, Somerset, UK. Some...
May 15, 20221 min read


WE ARE BACK!
After two long years, we presented our first in-person program on April 12, 2022 to Sandburg Elementary School’s Multicultural Diversity...
Apr 11, 20221 min read


Appalachian State & Virginia Tech Visit Homestead-Garita Creek Site
In March 2022, the Lauer Foundation visited the Homestead-Garita Creek site in Northeast New Mexico. We met Dr. Andrew Heckert and his...
Apr 1, 20221 min read


Lauer Foundation Presents 1st Virtual Educational Outreach Program
On March 25, 2022, the Lauer Foundation presented our first virtual Educational Outreach Program for Mrs. Vincent’s gifted second grade...
Mar 25, 20221 min read


Homestead-Garita Creek Site Update
Dr. Andrew Heckert and his students at Appalachian State University have been busy this 2021-2022 academic year. Dr. Heckert and eleven...
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Modified Outreach Program for Aurora Christian School
The Foundation created a custom Paleontology Outreach Program for the Aurora Christian School in Aurora, Illinois. Due to Covid, The...
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Jura Museum Exhibition Extended Until May 1, 2022
The Lauer Foundation is pleased to share the news that the special exhibition at the Jura Museum has been extended until May 1, 2022. ...
Nov 15, 20211 min read


Lauer Foundation Co-authors 2021 SVP Poster
Bruce and Rene Lauer were co-authors along with Dr. Chris Duffin, Evgeny Popov and David Ward on a poster for the 2021 Virtual Society of...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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