Mission

Our mission is to enhance education by serving as a center for research, teaching, and public outreach, in order to preserve the fossil heritage of Montana, the American West, as well as other regions of the world.

UMPC by the numbers

~40,000
specimens in the UMPC collection
300
peer-reviewed publications featuring UMPC specimens
167
holotypes - the namesake specimens for new species
20
different countries represented in collection

For more information, check out the UMPC brochure.