Coelodus cf. saturnus Heckel, teeth of a pycnodont fish, Upper Cretaceous, island of Hvar
In his collecting, Gorjanović-Kramberger had great assistance from loyal Croatian naturalists who were also responsible for the preservation of several of these precious fossils. The best known among them were Grgur Bučić and Ivan Krstitelj Novak.
In the 1970s, Jakov Radovčić joined the museum as a new curator, who would continue Kramberger’s research of fossil fish. Upon returning from graduate studies in the USA, he studied the Cretaceous fossil fish and published several significant papers on his findings (O starosti i nalazima fosilnih riba u kredi Jadranskog pojasa, 1971 [On the age and findings of fossil fish in the Cretaceous Adriatic belt]; Some new Upper Cretaceous Teleosts from Yugoslavia with special reference to localities, geology and palaeoenvironment, 1975; Diversification and dispersal of teleostean fishes, 1975, etc.).
In the 1970s, Jakov Radovčić joined the museum as a new curator, who would continue Kramberger’s research of fossil fish. Upon returning from graduate studies in the USA, he studied the Cretaceous fossil fish and published several significant papers on his findings (O starosti i nalazima fosilnih riba u kredi Jadranskog pojasa, 1971 [On the age and findings of fossil fish in the Cretaceous Adriatic belt]; Some new Upper Cretaceous Teleosts from Yugoslavia with special reference to localities, geology and palaeoenvironment, 1975; Diversification and dispersal of teleostean fishes, 1975, etc.).
Platy limestones inland of Primošten
The museum fossil collection was thus expanded to include specimens from other localities than the island of Hvar. Platy limestones were added from other localities in Croatia, such as inland of Primošten, and several other localities from central Dalmatia, such as the island of Korčula.
Armigatus dalmaticus (Murray et al., 2016), Upper Cretaceous, island of Korčula
Armigatus dalmaticus (Murray et al., 2016), Upper Cretaceous, island of Korčula
