VIT-Paleonthotheca (The Natural History Museum of Alava)

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo; Javier Sáenz; Rafael López Del Valle; Jesús Alonso Ramírez; Marta Infante Sánchez

doi:10.15470/scoumt

VIT-Paleonthotheca (The Natural History Museum of Alava)

Citation

Corral Arroyo J C, Sáenz J, López Del Valle R, Alonso Ramírez J, Infante Sánchez M (2023). VIT-Paleonthotheca (The Natural History Museum of Alava). Version 1.4. Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natura Zientzien Museoa). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/scoumt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava has a Palaeontology collection of approximately 17 000 fossils from various important fossil sites, primarily in the Basque-Cantabrian region (northern Spain). The following materials are represented in the collection: Early Cretaceous amber biota from Moraza and Peñacerrada (Treviño and Álava), the Late Cretaceous terrestrial and marine vertebrates from Laño y Albaina (Treviño), marine invertebrates and vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous of Álava, vertebrates from the Eocene lacustrine deposit of Zambrana (Álava) and Miocene plant and arthropod fossils from Izarra (Álava). The collection, which is fully curated and computer catalogued, is divided into the following four subcollections: fossil invertebrates (comprise 53 %), vertebrates (27 %), bioinclusions in amber (18.5 %) and fossil plants (1.5 %). The museum notably has many unique fossil specimens, including more than 300 primary types. The collection is curated by geologists Jose Carmelo Corral and Rafael López Del Valle.

Sampling Description

Method steps

This dataset contains basic information of about 11 046 records. The taxa of the fossil specimens have been identified to at least the genus level.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The collection is primarily from Spain with a focus on the autonomous communities of the Basque Country and Castile and León, and to a lesser extent Aragón, Navarra and Cantabria. There are also specimens from Russia, Morocco, France, The United States of America and Belgium.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo
originator
position: PhD, Research scientist and curator of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: corral.arroyo@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

Javier Sáenz
originator
position: Independent
Independent
Vitoria-Gasteiz
ES

Rafael López Del Valle
originator
position: Geology department
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: +34945181924

Jesús Alonso Ramírez
originator
position: Director
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: mcna@araba.eus
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

Marta Infante Sánchez
originator
position: Departamento Botánica
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: +34945181924
email: bazzania.vit@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo
metadata author
position: PhD, Research scientist and curator of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: corral.arroyo@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo
author
position: PhD, Research scientist and curator of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: corral.arroyo@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo
content provider
position: PhD, Research scientist and curator of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: corral.arroyo@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

Rafael López Del Valle
content provider
position: Geology department
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: 945 181924
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

Javier Sáenz
content provider
position: Independent
Independent
Vitoria-Gasteiz
ES

Jesús Alonso Ramírez
custodian steward
position: Director
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: mcna@araba.eus
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

José Carmelo Corral Arroyo
administrative point of contact
position: PhD, Research scientist and curator of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: + 34 945 181924
email: corral.arroyo@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/

Marta Infante Sánchez
administrative point of contact
position: Departamento Botánica
Museo de Ciencias naturales de Álava / Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
Siervas de Jesús 24
Vitoria-Gasteiz
E-01001
Álava / Araba
ES
Telephone: +34945181924
email: bazzania.vit@gmail.com
homepage: https://naturazientzienmuseoa.eus/es/