UNM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos)

Corinne Myers

doi:10.15468/s7se8x

UNM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Myers C (2024). UNM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos). Version 1.87. University of New Mexico Paleontology Collections (UNMP). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s7se8x accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.

Description

The University of New Mexico Earth Science Collections includes a variety of paleobiological, rock, and mineral specimens. The paleobiology collection (UNMP) includes over 25,000 specimens, primarily of marine invertebrate and terrestrial plant fossils. The collection spans the entire Phanerozoic Eon and the geographic scope is global, with an emphasis on specimens from New Mexico and the surrounding region. Many of these regional specimens are not well represented in other academic or national museum collections. Flora and fauna from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Cretaceous Periods are particularly well represented. The collection also includes more than 50 type specimens of Pennsylvanian and Early Cretaceous mollusks, and Pennsylvanian insects. Preservation of specimens is primarily as body or trace fossils. The petrologic and mineral collections consist of over 20,000 specimens spanning from the Proterozoic to Modern and containing notable specimens from the Southwest region and globally. These collections include unique petrologic collections from the Harding Pegmatite Mine, NM and Chuar Group from the Grand Canyon region. Preservation of specimens is primarily as hand samples, thin sections, and rock/mineral powders. In addition to research collections, both the paleobiology and rock/mineral divisions maintain a broad teaching collection spanning all major animal phyla, and major rock and mineral groups.

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Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

The UNM paleobiology collections are taxonomically broad and span all major animal phyla. Particular strengths include Paleozoic (~ 50% of specimens) and Mesozoic (~ 20%) mollusks (especially bivalves), arthropods, and brachiopods. The collection is also taxonomically diverse in flora from Carboniferous lagerstätten in North America.

Porifera
common name: Sponges rank: phylum
Cnidaria
common name: Coral rank: phylum
Bryozoa
common name: Bryozoans rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
common name: Brachiopods, Lampshells rank: phylum
Mollusca
common name: Ammonites, Nautilus, Bivalves, Snails rank: phylum
Annelida
common name: Polychaetes rank: phylum
Arthropoda
common name: Trilobites, Euryterids, Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans rank: phylum
Echinodermata
common name: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins rank: phylum
Hemichordata
common name: Graptolites rank: phylum
Animalia
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

The UNM Earth Science collections are global in geographic scope. The paleobiology collections are particularly strong in regional collections flora and fauna from the Cretaceous and Carboniferous deposits in the southwestern US.

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Contacts

Corinne Myers
originator
position: Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-4204
email: cemyers@unm.edu
homepage: http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty-and-staff/meyers/

Corinne Myers
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-4204
email: cemyers@unm.edu
homepage: http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty-and-staff/meyers/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hAmV7WYAAAAJ

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Corinne Myers
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-4204
email: cemyers@unm.edu
homepage: http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty-and-staff/meyers/