Head of the Laboratory

Dr. Mir Amir Salahi
Faculty Member of the Biology Department
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Phone Number: 041-37279839 Extension: 507
Email: salahi.amir.33@gmail.com

  • Established

    The Paleontology Laboratory of the Faculty of Basic Sciences at the University of Maragheh was established in 1403 (2024/2025) with the assistance of the then Honorable Director of Laboratory Affairs, Dr. Ahmad Aghaei, and the then Honorable Dean of the Faculty of Basic Sciences, Dr. Parisa Fathi Rezaei.

  • Objectives

    In the aforementioned laboratory, various tasks are carried out, such as preparing fossil samples, photography, research, and conducting laboratory sessions for geology classes. Furthermore, highly valuable specimens are on public display in the laboratory's fossil exhibition.

    These specimens cover various aspects, ranging from mineral samples from Iranian mines including malachite, azurite, pyrite, manganese, turquoise, agate, etc., to some sedimentological samples such as traces of nodules and concretions. Finally, the fossil specimens in this exhibition include bivalves, gastropods, ammonites, trilobites, shark teeth, plant fossils, echinoderms, trace fossils, foraminifera, some evidence of bioerosion, stromatolites, and more. These were sampled over various years from different locations across Iran, such as the sedimentary basins of Kopeh Dagh in the northeast, Zagros in the south and southwest, Tabas, Kerman, Alborz, etc.

    The age distribution of the fossil specimens in this exhibition ranges from 400 million years ago to 10 million years ago.


Photos from the Paleontology and Fossil Exhibition