EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERE ON THE BASE OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS OF TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY
The Paleontological Museum of Tomsk State University contains rich collections of the fossil animals and plants aged from the beginning of the Phanerozoic till the present time. These collections are helpful in assuming the stages of the biosphere evolution from the primitive invertebrates to the giant representatives of the mammoths fauna. Specimens of diverse plants are displayed in the museum, beginning with the primary representatives of the higher vascular vegetation Rhyniophytes, then to pteridophytes, cordaites, and to gymnosperms and angiosperms.