NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records
Citation
Orrell T (2020). NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records. Version 1.36. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7m0fvd accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-18.Description
Public records from the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data cover accessioned specimens representing fossil invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants from all over the world and include more than 139,000 paleobiological type specimen records.Additional info
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Animaliacommon name: Animals rank: kingdom
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Plantaecommon name: Plants rank: kingdom
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Protoctistacommon name: Protists rank: kingdom
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Bacteriacommon name: Bacteria
Geographic Coverages
Global collections, National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Thomas Orrelloriginator
position: NMNH Informatics
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
Washington
20013-7012
DC
US
Telephone: 202-633-2151
email: orrellt@si.edu
homepage: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-3028
Thomas Orrell
metadata author
position: NMNH Informatics
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
Washington
20013-7012
DC
US
Telephone: 202-633-2151
email: orrellt@si.edu
homepage: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-3028
Holly Little
point of contact
position: Collections Management
Department of Paleobiology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 121
Washington
20013-7012
DC
US
Telephone: 202-633-5340
email: littleh@si.edu
homepage: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/paleo/
Thomas Orrell
administrative point of contact
position: NMNH Informatics
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
Washington
20013-7012
DC
US
Telephone: 202-633-2151
email: orrellt@si.edu
homepage: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-3028