NCSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

Ben Norton

doi:10.15468/yksryn

NCSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

Citation

Norton B (2016). NCSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yksryn accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-12-09.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Vertebrate Paleontology collections contain approximately 63,000 specimens. Founded in the early 1900s, this collection consists of approximately 89% North Carolina material, although 31 states, 21 countries, and more than 405 genera are represented. The Vertebrate Paleontology Collection contains eight holotypes and twelve paratypes. The type collections include several different fish and sharks and one bird specimen. The most published on specimens in this collection are an Acrocanthosaurus atokensis which has been used in numerous phylogenetic studies of therapods and a Thescelosaurus specimen. Significant holding include Late Triassic collections from North Carolina and Arizona, marine Cenozoic collections from North Carolina, and Cretaceous collections from North Carolina, Montana and Utah.

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Chordata
rank: phylum
Amphibia
rank: class
Aves
rank: class
Chondrichthyes
rank: class
Mammalia
rank: class
Osteichthyes
rank: class
Reptile
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class
Tetrapod
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The Vertebrate Paleontology Collection contains specimens from 18 countries across the globe.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head, Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Head, Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@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

Vince Schneider
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Paleontology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9939
email: vince.schneider@naturalsciences.org