LACM Dinosaur Institute
Citation
Mertz W, Walsh M (2023). LACM Dinosaur Institute. Version 1.1. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yapjek accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
The Dinosaur Institute (DI) houses the museum's collection of Mesozoic tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates), dating from 250 million years ago to 65.5 million years ago. This collection includes fossils of dinosaurs spanning the Mesozoic Era, as well as fossils of other tetrapods that lived alongside the dinosaurs, such as flying and marine reptiles, crocodiles, turtles, amphibians, and early mammals.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
United States of America
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
William Mertzoriginator
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
Maureen Walsh
originator
position: Collection Manager; Dinosaur Institute
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: mwalsh@nhm.org
William Mertz
metadata author
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
Cat Chapman
user
email: cac469@nau.edu
William Mertz
administrative point of contact
position: Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org