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Canadian Museum of Nature Palynology Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Rufolo S, Shepherd K, Currie M, Blades R (2025). Canadian Museum of Nature Palynology Collection. Version 1.45. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wwlmir accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-22.

Description

Our Fossil Pollen Collection consists of 72 070 fossil pollen and spore specimens and modern reference specimens in about 14 570 lots. It is one of the few palynology collections in Canada.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Scott Rufolo
originator
position: Curator, Palaeobiology
Canadian Museum of Nature
email: srufolo@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/scott-rufolo/
Kieran Shepherd
originator
position: Curator, Palaeobiology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Margaret Currie
originator
position: Collection Technician
Canadian Museum of Nature
Rob Blades
metadata author
position: Digital Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: rblades@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/rob-blades/
Scott Rufolo
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Palaeobiology
Canadian Museum of Nature
email: srufolo@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/scott-rufolo/
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