Research and teaching in vertebrate paleontology at the University of Alberta are supported by the collections and facilities of the Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology (UALVP). Housed in the Biological Sciences Building, the Laboratory and its collections support undergraduate and graduate teaching in Biological Sciences, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Paleontology, as well as research by graduate and undergraduate students, academic staff, and visiting scientists.

Dr. Gao Keqin, a graduate of UALVP and an expert on fossil lizards, uses the collection