Alabama Museum of Natural History Paleontology specimens (Arctos)
Citation
Prondzinski M B, Klompmaker A (2023). Alabama Museum of Natural History Paleontology specimens (Arctos). Version 1.11. Alabama Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fk6348 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-03.Description
The first fossil entries in the University of Alabama's Paleo collection were fossil nuts from Madison County, Alabama, reported by William MacMillan in 1831. Since then, the ALMNH Paleo Collections have expanded to include hundreds of thousands of Vertebrates, Invertebrates and Botanical specimens.Additional info
http://www.vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Highlights of the fossil collections include one of the largest collections of mosasaurs in the world; abundant shark, fish, and turtle fossils, primarily from the Late Cretaceous; important collections of Pennsylvanian footprints and plants; extensive collections of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic invertebrate fossils, mostly mollusks.
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Animaliacommon name: Animals rank: kingdom
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Plantaecommon name: Plants rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Geographically, most specimens (>85%) originate from Alabama and the University-owned Harrell Station. The remaining fossils come from other states (mainly Florida), and foreign countries. Highlights of the fossil collections include: One of the largest collections of mosasaurs in the world; abundant shark, fish, and turtle fossils, primarily from the Late Cretaceous; important collections of Pennsylvanian footprints and plants, and extensive collections of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic invertebrate fossils, mostly mollusks, from Alabama and from Florida.
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Contacts
Mary Beth Prondzinskioriginator
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabama, Box 870340
Tuscaloosa
35487
Alabama
US
Telephone: 205-348-5625
email: mbprondzinski@ua.edu
homepage: https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/
Adiel Klompmaker
metadata author
position: Curator of Paleontology
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabama, 313 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, Box 870340
Tuscaloosa
35487
Alabama
US
Telephone: 205-348-7425
email: aaklompmaker@ua.edu
homepage: https://collections.museums.ua.edu/paleontology-collection/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
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John Abbott
administrative point of contact
position: Chief Curator & Director of Museum Research and Collections
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabama, 357 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, Box 870340
Tuscaloosa
35487
Alabama
US
Telephone: 205-348-0534
email: jabbott1@ua.edu
homepage: https://collections.museums.ua.edu/
Mary Beth Prondzinski
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabama, Box 870340
Tuscaloosa
35487
Alabama
US
Telephone: 205-348-5625
email: mbprondzinski@ua.edu
homepage: https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/
Adiel Klompmaker
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Paleontology
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabama, 313 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, Box 870340
Tuscaloosa
35487
Alabama
US
Telephone: 205-348-7425
email: aaklompmaker@ua.edu
homepage: https://collections.museums.ua.edu/paleontology-collection/