Ohio Wesleyan University Paleontology Specimens (Arctos)

Josh Pletcher; Lisa Tabak

doi:10.15468/gt4maj

Ohio Wesleyan University Paleontology Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Pletcher J, Tabak L (2024). Ohio Wesleyan University Paleontology Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.41. Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gt4maj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

Ohio Wesleyan University is home to an extensive collection of fossils covering a wide range of geologic periods and taxa. Particularly well represented are Devonian invertebrate and fish fossils from the Olentangy Shale, Columbus Limestone, and Delaware Limestone of central Ohio. In addition, the university also houses a large collection of fossil plants from Mazon Creek, Illinois, a set of Ward’s fossil casts, purchased in 1869, and other fossils from the Burgess Shale, Green River Formation, and Achanarras Quarry. The fossil collection also includes specimens collected by Ferdinand V. Hayden during his 1871 expedition to Yellowstone and others by geologist James Hall.

Purpose

Fossils of Ohio and elsewhere

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Hemichordata, Plantae, Protozoa

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Plantae
rank: kingdom
Protozoa
rank: kingdom
Annelida
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
rank: phylum
Chordata
rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum
Mollusca
rank: phylum
Hemichordata
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Fish and invertebrate fossils from local Columbus and Delaware Limestone, fish fossils from Solnhofen, Green River, and the Old Red Sandstone of northern Scotland, invertebrates from the Burgess Shale, New York, and Indiana, and plant fossils from Mazon Creek. Collections include those from Reuben P. Mann from Ohio, James Hall from New York and Indiana, William Kepler from Ohio, and Ferdinand V. Hayden's 1871 expedition to Yellowstone.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Josh Pletcher
originator
position: Student Curator
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 19706320027
email: jrpletch@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

Lisa Tabak
originator
position: Curatorial Director
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 1-740-368-3887
email: lmtabak@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

Josh Pletcher
metadata author
position: Student Curator
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 19706320027
email: jrpletch@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

Lisa Tabak
metadata author
position: Curatorial Director
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 1-740-368-3887
email: lmtabak@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

Dustin Reichard
curator
position: Assistant Professor of Zoology
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 1-740-368-2890
email: dgreicha@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

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

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

Dusty McDonald
programmer
position: Arctos Database Programmer
Arctos
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Josh Pletcher
administrative point of contact
position: Student Curator
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 19706320027
email: jrpletch@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/

Lisa Tabak
administrative point of contact
position: Curatorial Director
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
43015
Ohio
US
Telephone: 1-740-368-3887
email: lmtabak@owu.edu
homepage: https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/