NCSM Invertebrate Paleontology Collection

Ben Norton

doi:10.36102/dwc.4

NCSM Invertebrate Paleontology Collection

Citation

Norton B (2019). NCSM Invertebrate Paleontology Collection. Version 12.1. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.36102/dwc.4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Invertebrate Paleontology Collection contains approximately 56,000+ specimens (11,000+ lots). Founded in the late 1800s, the collection consists of approximately 80% North Carolina material, although 40 states, 39 countries, and more than 1400 species are represented. The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection currently contains 17 holotype and 54 paratype specimens, a representative North Carolina and Southeast regional collection of Cenozoic and Mesozoic molluscan, echinoderm and crustacean fossils, along with a small but significant collection of Ediacaran body and trace fossils from south-central North Carolina. The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection houses individual specimens, slabs containing multiple specimens, microfossils, matrix samples, and all supporting legacy data.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Annelida
rank: phylum
Archaeocyatha
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
rank: phylum
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Coelenterata
rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum
Graptolithina
rank: phylum
Hemichordata
rank: phylum
Mollusca
rank: phylum
Petalonamae
rank: phylum
Porifera
rank: phylum
Protista
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Coverage spans 36 countries across the globe

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
US
email: larussell@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

Christian Kammerer
administrative point of contact
position: Research Curator, Paleontology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9939
email: christian.kammerer@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/christian-kammerer