VMNH SUP  Paleontology Vertebrates and Paleobotony

Lucy Treado

doi:10.15468/gmex2a

VMNH SUP Paleontology Vertebrates and Paleobotony

Citation

Treado L (2018). VMNH SUP Paleontology Vertebrates and Paleobotony. Virginia Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gmex2a accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

The collections at the Virginia Museum of Natural History continue to grow, in keeping with the mission and purposes of the Museum: "to interpret Virginia's natural heritage within a global context in ways that are relevant to all the citizens of the Commonwealth, . . . to preserve elements of natural history, to serve as a permanent repository for specimens, especially those of Virginia origin, and to make the natural history material and its data accessible to researchers and the public." The collections provide the basis for both in-house research and research that extends nationally and internationally. There are more than more than More than 5,000 items and 955 unprocessed lots in the Vertebrate Fossils collection.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Mecistotrachelos apeoros (holotype and paratype - only four specimens known) Agnosphitys cromhallensis (holotype and paratypes; all known specimens housed at VMNH)

Actinopterygii
rank: class
Amphibia
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Elasmobranchii
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Magnolipsida
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Reptilia
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Geographic Coverages

Virginia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Lucy Treado
originator
position: Paleontology Technician
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville
24112
VA
US
Telephone: +01 276-634-4141 Ext. 4402
email: Lucy.Treado@vmnh.virginia.gov
homepage: http://www.vmnh.net/

Lucy Treado
metadata author
position: Paleontology Technician
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville
24112
VA
US
Telephone: +01 276-634-4141 Ext. 4402
email: Lucy.Treado@vmnh.virginia.gov
homepage: http://www.vmnh.net/

Alex Hastings
curator
position: Assistant Curator of Paleontology
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville
24112
VA
US
Telephone: +01 276-634-4173
email: alexander.hastings@vmnh.virginia.gov
homepage: http://www.vmnh.net/

David Bloom
programmer
position: 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

Lucy Treado
administrative point of contact
position: Paleontology Technician
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville
24112
VA
US
Telephone: +01 276-634-4141 Ext. 4402
email: Lucy.Treado@vmnh.virginia.gov
homepage: http://www.vmnh.net/

Haley Cartmell
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville
24112
VA
US
Telephone: +01 276-634-4141 Ext. 4181
email: Haley.Cartmell@vmnh.virginia.gov
homepage: http://www.vmnh.net/