NCSM Paleobotany Collection

Ben Norton

doi:10.36102/dwc.6

NCSM Paleobotany Collection

Citation

Norton B (2019). NCSM Paleobotany Collection. Version 13.2. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.36102/dwc.6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Paleobotany Collection contains approximately 1600 specimens. Founded in the early 1900s, the collection consists of approximately 21% North Carolina material as well as material from 25 states and 13 countries representing 109 genera. The Paleobotany Collection includes an important fossil wood collection from Big Bend National Park in Texas, Triassic plants from North Carolina, and Pennsylvanian age plants from the famous Mazon Creek locality in Illinois and the Pottsville Formation of Alabama.

Taxonomic Coverages

Plantae
rank: kingdom
Aguijoxylon
rank: phylum
Angiosperms
rank: phylum
Chlorophyta
rank: phylum
Coniferophytes
rank: phylum
Cyanobacteria
rank: phylum
Cycadophyta
rank: phylum
Ginkgophyta
rank: phylum
Gymnospermopsida
rank: phylum
Gymnosperms
rank: phylum
Lycopsida
rank: phylum
Pteridophyta
rank: phylum
Pteridospermophyta
rank: phylum
Sphenophyta
rank: phylum
Lycophyta
rank: phylum
Pinopsida
rank: class
Ulvophyceae
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The Paleobotany Collection spans 13 countries across the globe.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC`
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

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

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Christian Kammerer
administrative point of contact
position: Research Curator, Paleontology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9939
email: christian.kammerer@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/christian-kammerer