Field Museum of Natural History (Geology) Fossil Invertebrates Collection
Citation
Webbink K, Mayer P (2019). Field Museum of Natural History (Geology) Fossil Invertebrates Collection. Version 1.7. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cjabhe accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The Field Museum’s fossil invertebrate collection started with the purchase of the Ward's Natural Science Establishment collection displayed during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The collection grew steadily over the years with the work of A.W. Slocom, S. K. Roy, E. S. Richardson and other Field Museum geologists plus numerous donations from other museums, universities, and the general public. In 1965 the Field Museum acquired the University of Chicago’s Walker Museum fossil invertebrates, which more than doubled the total number of specimens in the collection. Today there are an estimated 2 million specimens divided into ~320,000 specimen lots. The majority of the collection is arranged systematically divided by geologic periods. The remaining collection is organized stratigraphically.Taxonomic Coverages
There are 15 fossil invertebrate phyla represented in the Field Museum's collections.
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Poriferarank: phylum
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Cnidariarank: phylum
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Bryozoarank: phylum
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Brachiopodarank: phylum
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Molluscarank: phylum
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Arthropodarank: phylum
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Exhinodermatarank: phylum
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Nemertearank: phylum
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Nematodarank: phylum
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Priapulidarank: phylum
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Echiurarank: phylum
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Annelidarank: phylum
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Onychophorarank: phylum
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Chaetognatharank: phylum
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Hemichordatarank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Kate Webbinkoriginator
position: Information System Specialist
Field Museum of Natural History
email: kwebbink@fieldmuseum.org
Paul Mayer
metadata author
position: Collections Manager of Fossil Invertebrates
Field Museum of Natural History
email: pmayer@fieldmuseum.org
Paul Mayer
user
position: Collections Manager of Fossil Invertebrates
Field Museum of Natural History
email: pmayer@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/staff/profile/91
Scott Lidgard
curator
position: Associate Curator
Field Museum of Natural History
email: slidgard@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/staff/profile/101
Laura Russell
programmer
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email: larussell@vertnet.org
Kate Webbink
point of contact
position: Information Systems Specialist
Field Museum
email: kwebbink@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/staff/profile/986
Sharon Grant
administrative point of contact
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org