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Generous Donor Donates 30-Million-Year-Old Frog Fossil to Museum

Summary by Omroep Brabant
Thanks to a generous donor, the Oertijdmuseum in Boxtel has acquired a remarkable addition: a rare frog fossil dating back some 30 million years. "It is a gem in our collection," says director René Fraaije. The fossil was discovered forty years ago in a quarry near Manosque in southern France. That quarry is known for perfectly preserved plant fossils, but frogs had not been found there before. The discoverer is the Dutch fossil collector Hans S…
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Thanks to a generous donor, the Oertijdmuseum in Boxtel has acquired a remarkable addition: a rare frog fossil dating back some 30 million years. "It is a gem in our collection," says director René Fraaije. The fossil was discovered forty years ago in a quarry near Manosque in southern France. That quarry is known for perfectly preserved plant fossils, but frogs had not been found there before. The discoverer is the Dutch fossil collector Hans S…

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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