KUBI Paleobotany Collection
Citation
Bentley A (2019). KUBI Paleobotany Collection. Version 1.11. University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6skwfo accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-03-21.Description
The paleobotany collections, including several “orphaned” collections, is comprised of compression, impression, petrified, and permineralized specimens from Precambrian to Pleistocene stratigraphic horizons and from various localities around the world. The focus of the collection is currently on Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic fossils from Antarctica (Antarctic Collection), the largest collection of Antarctic fossil plants in the world. Additional material includes Pennsylvanian, Permian, and Cretaceous compression-impression specimens from several localities in eastern and central Kansas and coal balls from the Midcontinent, USA. The Division of Paleobotany was instituted in 1995 when Edith L. Taylor and Thomas N. Taylor moved to the University of Kansas, bringing their extensive collection of fossil plants with them. The Taylor Collection and the Baxter Collection of mostly Kansas coal balls formed the core of the KU Paleobotany collection, but we have acquired other so-called orphaned collections, including portions of the collections of Ted Delevoryas (Triassic of North Carolina; Jurassic of Mexico), Lawrence C. Matten (Devonian of Ireland), Gar W. Rothwell (early seed plants) and Gene Mapes (Pennsylvanian of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas).Taxonomic Coverages
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Andrew Bentleyoriginator
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: 7858643863
email: abentley@ku.edu
Andrew Bentley
metadata author
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence
66045
KS
Telephone: 7858643863
email: abentley@ku.edu
Andy Bentley
user
email: abentley@ku.edu
Rudolph Serbet
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: 7858643410
email: serbet@ku.edu