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Palaeozoological Collections (PZ), Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Holston K, Skovsted C (2022). Palaeozoological Collections (PZ), Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM). Version 26.785. Swedish Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zffolj accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-18.

Description

This dataset represents the physical and digital holdings of fossil animals at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. The collection includes more than one million items, including many type specimens. The main part of the collection consists of material from Sweden, mainly invertebrates from the lower Palaeozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian), including extensive collections from the Silurian of Gotland. The collection also includes rich faunas, both invertebrates and vertebrates, from the Mesozoic of Scania. The non-Scandinavian invertebrate material also includes particularly important collections of microfossils from the early Cambrian, fossil seep faunas and material from the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The vertebrate collections include one of the world’s richest collections of Devonian fish, with a focus on Spitzbergen, Greenland, and Germany. There are also important holdings of South American Pleistocene mammals.

Taxonomic Coverages

All Metazoa with a fossil record (Phyla: Chordata; Echinodermata; Hemichordata; Arthropoda; Brachiopoda; Bryozoa; Mollusca; Annelida; Cnidaria; Porifera (Calcarea; Hexactinellida; Demospongea; Archaeocyatha; etc.) as well as organisms of uncertain biological affinity (Conodonts, Radiodontans; Hyoliths, Tentaculites; Lobopodians; Mobergellans, Chancelloriids and so called Small Shelly Fossils) in addition to trace fossils and fossil protozoans (Foraminifera, Radiolaria etc.).
  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

All continents and countries. All geological periods. Focus on early Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of Sweden and northern Europe with the world's largest collection of fossils from Gotland, and further from the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kevin Holston
originator
position: Curator
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: kevin.holston@nrm.se
Christian Skovsted
metadata author
position: Curator
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: christian.skovsted@nrm.se
Anders Telenius
administrative point of contact
position: Node Manager
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: anders.telenius@nrm.se
Manash Shah
administrative point of contact
position: Database Developer
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: manash.shah@nrm.se
Veronika Johansson
administrative point of contact
position: Data manager
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: veronika.johansson@nrm.se
Kevin Holston
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: kevin.holston@nrm.se
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