Paleobotany Division, Yale Peabody Museum
Citation
Gall L (2017). Paleobotany Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hpasyo accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-18.Description
The Yale Peabody Museum’s paleobotany collection numbers over 150,000 specimens, with 4,200 of these type and illustrated specimens. The collection is worldwide in scope, with approximately 75% of the collection from North America and the other 25% from the Arctic, Australia, Central American, Europe, Israel, Pakistan, Lebanon, South America and the West Indies. Tracing its roots back to the early 19th century, this collection is one of the most historically significant in the United States. Included among its riches are plant fossils from the opening of the American West, from the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842 described by James Dwight Dana, Triassic and late Cretaceous floras from New York, New Jersey and southern New England; and the world’s largest assemblage of cycadeoids.Taxonomic Coverages
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worldwide
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Contacts
Larry Galloriginator
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
metadata author
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
user
position: Head, Computter Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Shusheng Hu
administrative point of contact
position: Division of Paleobotany
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-3790
email: shusheng.hu@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu