New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Paleontology specimens (Arctos)

Nicole Volden

doi:10.15468/8v8h5d

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Paleontology specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Volden N (2024). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Paleontology specimens (Arctos). Version 1.54. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8v8h5d accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science paleontology collection contains over 80,000 cataloged Items. The strengths of the collection include the fauna and flora of the Kinney Brick Pennsylvanian Lagerstätten, Permian trackways and traces, Triassic tetrapods, Late Cretaceous invertebrates and reptiles, Paleocene mammals and reptiles, and Neogene mammals.

Purpose

The paleontology collection preserves and interprets the distinctive natural and scientific heritage of paleontology in New Mexico and is held for research, exhibits and programs designed to ignite a passion for lifelong learning.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/

Taxonomic Coverages

Any fossil taxa, the largest portion of our collections are vetebrates.

Eukaryota
rank: domain
Chordata
rank: phylum
Plantae
rank: kingdom
Animalia
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Primarily New Mexico and the Southwestern United States.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Nicole Volden
originator
position: Geosciences Collection Manager
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque
87104
New Mexico
US
email: nicole.volden@state.nm.us
homepage: http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/

Nicole Volden
metadata author
position: Geosciences Collection Manager
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque
87104
New Mexico
US
email: nicole.volden@state.nm.us
homepage: http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/

Dave Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
Telephone: 510-859-7773
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

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

Nicole Volden
administrative point of contact
position: Geosciences Collection Manager
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque
87104
New Mexico
US
email: nicole.volden@state.nm.us
homepage: http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/