Paleontological Museum in Lisowice

The Paleontological Museum in Lisowice documents paleontological discoveries made by Prof. Jerzy Dzik, Prof. Tomasz Sulej, and Dr. Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki from the village of Lipie Śląskie near the city of Lubliniec. The discoveries of vertebrate animals were made in an open-pit clay mine at a local brickyard. In layers belonging to the Upper Triassic, the remains of an archosaur, named the Wawel dragon by researchers, a dinosaur ancestor, a dicynodont classified as a separate order of dicynodonts Lisowicia bojani, plaviosaurs, lungfish, and freshwater sharks were found. This discovery was a global sensation, and the paleontological research was supported by the international edition of National Geographic magazine and presented in the journals Science and Nature. In addition to the rich occurrences of fossils, the former mine in Lipie Śląskie is known for the occurrence of a jewelry variety of jet coal, as well as pyrite, which forms clusters of cubes here. Numerous specimens found during paleontological and geological research in Lipie Śląskie are presented at the exhibition in the local Museum, which also presents the geological structure of the Lubliniec area.