University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Fish specimens (Arctos)

Elizabeth Wommack

doi:10.15468/e6xad9

University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Fish specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Wommack E (2022). University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Fish specimens (Arctos). Version 1.29. University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e6xad9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-01-27.

Description

The UWYMV Fish Collection houses mainly historic specimens from the early to mid-1900s, with the majority of specimens collected from the state of Wyoming. The collection has recently begun to take in modern specimens, including genetic and digital samples.

Purpose

The mission of the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates is to document and understand regional and global biodiversity through the acquisition and investigation of collections made by museum faculty, staff, and students to advance academic knowledge and public appreciation of the natural world

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Taxonomic coverage for the UWYMV fish collection is historically focused on Nearctic families

Actinopterygii
rank: class
Elasmobranchii
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The UWYMV fish collection has global coverage, but the majority of historic holdings are from Wyoming and the western and central United States

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Elizabeth Wommack
originator
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: 3077666227
email: ewommack@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Elizabeth Wommack
metadata author
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: 3077666227
email: ewommack@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Dusty McDonald
administrative point of contact
position: programmer
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Matthew Carling
curator
position: curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
WY
US
Telephone: 307-766-6169
email: mcarling@uwyo.edu
homepage: https://carlinglab.com/

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

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

Elizabeth Wommack
administrative point of contact
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: 3077666227
email: ewommack@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Matthew Carling
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
WY
US
Telephone: (307) 766-6169
email: mcarling@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://www.uwyo.edu/carlinglab