Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i.
Medium-sized research center which main purpose is to gain, interpret and integrate the knowledge of the Earth System.
Laboratory of Paleobiology and Paleoecology
The aim of the Laboratory of Paleobiology and Paleoecology is to gather information on geological past of the Earth with special reference to paleoecology and the dynamics of the origin, development and deterioration of biological communities. Paleobiological applications – evolution science and biostratigraphy are also studied.
Taxonomy is an indispensable tool in obtaining relevant results but not a self-contained purpose of the research. A special attention is given to the fossil record of the Czech Republic, Variscan Europe, and the region of the Alps and Carpathians, with respect to the needs of, and mutual co-operation with, other laboratories of the Institute.
The Laboratory also renders long-term stays of foreign scientists. Its results achieved are fully compatible with those of analogous scientific teams elsewhere in Europe. Institute membres participate in various international scientific projects (e.g., IGCP).
deputy head of the laboratoryscientist
- RNDr. Radek MikulášCSc.
senior scientist
- Dr. Petr Storch, DSc.
scientist
- Jiří Bek
- RNDr. Ladislav Slavík, CSc.
- RNDr. Jaroslav Zajíc, CSc.
- RNDr. Jiří Žítt, CSc.
head of departmentscientist
- RNDr. Marcela Svobodová, CSc.
postgraduate student
- Mgr. Jan Wagner
research assistant
postgraduate
- RNDr. Stanislav Čermák, Ph.D.
- RNDr. Jiřina Dašková, Ph.D.
- Mgr. Tomáš Přikryl, Ph.D.
technician
- Dynamics of the Upper Ordovician climax-stage faunal assemblages before global crisis controlled by climatic changes: a record from the Králův Dvůr Formation of the Barrandian area , GA AV , Petr Storch
- Feeding strategies in Cambrian to Middle Ordovician of the Teplá-Barrandian region , GACR , Radek Mikuláš
- Integrated late Silurian (Ludlow-Přídolí) stratigraphy of the Prague Synform , GACR , Ladislav Slavík
- Small mammals at time of the middle Pliocene faunal turnover: aspects of faunal and phenotypic rearrangements in Central Europe , GACR , Jan Wagner
- The Silurian Sedgwickii Event: Carbon isotope excursion, graptolite mass extinction, sedimentary rekord , GACR , Petr Storch
- Paleoecology, Paleogeography, Stratigraphy and Climatic Changes of the Upper Stephanian (Gzhelian) of the Central and Western Bohemian Basins. , GA AV , Jaroslav Zajíc
- Cretaceous fossil flowers and inflorescences bearing pollen in situ. , GA AV , Jiřina Dašková
- Reproductive organs and their spores from the Carboniferous coal basis of the North America , GA AV , Jiří Bek