UAM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos)

Patrick Druckenmiller

doi:10.15468/4n2ev3

UAM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Druckenmiller P (2025). UAM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos). Version 31.100. University of Alaska Museum of the North. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4n2ev3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

Description

The University of Alaska Museum of the North Earth Sciences collection (UAMES) focuses on Alaskan fossils. It contains more than 65,000 specimens in two sub-collections: paleontology and geology (not databased yet). The paleontology collection houses both vertebrate and invertebrate specimens, ranging from Cambrian archaeocyathids to Quaternary mammals. Significantly, it is the largest collection of polar dinosaurs in the world with 10,000 specimens, primarily from the North Slope of Alaska. It also comprises a diverse assortment of Alaskan Quaternary mammals, including a large portion of the material collected throughout Alaska by Otto W. Geist between the late 1920s and the 1960s. The collection also contains a variety of paleobotanical specimens and a large collection of invertebrates (both micro- and macrofossils). It is home to 39 holotypes and 409 paratypes, most of which are invertebrates. The collection is growing through active research projects in different regions of Alaska and collaboration with state and federal agencies.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The UAM Earth Sciences Collection has especially strong coverage of Late Cretaceous Dinosauria and Quaternary Mammalia. General coverage includes Mammalia, Reptilia, Pinopsida, Archaeocyatha, Bivalvia, Anthozoa, Cephalopoda, Trilobita, Gastropoda, Aves, Insecta, Graptolithina, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Crinoidea, Ichnites, Granuloreticulosea, Magnoliopsida, Chondrichthyes, Conodonta, Echinoidea, Polychaeta, Osteichthyes, Scaphopoda, Radiolaria

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Geographic coverage of the UAM Earth Sciences Collection is primarily North America, with a focus on Cambrian to Quaternary, Alaska

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Patrick Druckenmiller
originator
position: Curator of Earth Sciences
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6954
email: psdruckenmiller@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/earth/staff/

Patrick Druckenmiller
metadata author
position: Curator of Earth Sciences
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6954
email: psdruckenmiller@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/earth/staff/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Julie Rousseau
administrative point of contact
position: Earth Sciences Collection Manager
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6946
email: jirousseau@alaska.edu

Patrick Druckenmiller
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Earth Sciences
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6954
email: psdruckenmiller@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/earth/staff/