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Mikael Fortelius
Department of Geology and Institute of Biotechnology
PO Box 64
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Mikael Fortelius is a palaeontologist with special interest
in plant-eating mammals of the last 25 million years. He has a long-standing
interest in how mammalian teeth work, grow, and evolve, and how understanding
teeth can help us understand the past, present, and future states of our world.
Mikael is Professor of Evolutionary Palaeontology in the Department of Geology
and Group Leader in the Institute of Biotechnology, both at the University of
Helsinki. Since 1992, he has been engaged in developing a database of
Neogene Old World
Mammals.
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