May 12, 2022
Knuthenborg Safaripark og Geomuseum Faxe in partnership
Knuthenborg Safari Park has just opened an exhibition featuring the world’s most well-preserved Allosaurus, and next week, another world premiere will arrive—a previously unknown dinosaur. These can be seen at the Knuthenborg Natural History Collection, which also holds Europe’s largest collection of fossils from the Permian period.
In the coming months and years, more dinosaurs will arrive. Within a few years, Lolland will have one of Europe’s most complete collections of real dinosaurs and fossils from the Permian period.
To ensure top-notch research, two institutions have entered a research partnership.
Together, they now cover a broad scope in evolutionary history, spanning from the Permian period, through the dinosaur era, and finally, a period of Denmark's evolutionary history after the dinosaurs.
“This is an incredibly important partnership when viewed through the lens of evolution. We will be researching and presenting evolution from the Earth’s ancient history right up to the present day—a span of over 300 million years,” says paleontologist Jesper Milàn, one of Denmark’s leading dinosaur experts who has written a Ph.D. on dinosaur footprints.
Geomuseum Faxe has extensive experience and expertise in dinosaur research both in Denmark and internationally. Additionally, through the Faxe Limestone Quarry, the museum specializes in Denmark’s earliest history. The agreement grants Jesper Milàn access to research Knuthenborg Safari Park’s fossils and gives him responsibility for determining which other researchers will be allowed to study Knuthenborg’s skeletons.
A Strong Partnership
The Safari Park on Lolland and the museum on Zealand have set a shared goal: to become a robust center for paleontological research and education, with a special focus on mass extinctions and evolution.
“There are great benefits in exchanging knowledge this way. Not only do we ensure that the fossils contribute to as much scientific value as possible, but the exhibition will also make the public curious and more knowledgeable about the mass extinctions and evolution that have taken place over millions of years before our time,” says Christoffer Knuth, owner and director of Knuthenborg Safari Park.
Knuthenborg Safari Park also has a close collaboration with Associate Professor Mark Loewen from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah and Resident Research Associate at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
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