Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Fossil Specimens (Arctos)

Colleen Filipek; Karly Tumminello

doi:10.15468/qhxr95

Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Fossil Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Filipek C, Tumminello K (2023). Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Fossil Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.18. Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qhxr95 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-28.

Description

The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum is a small natural history museum located on the second floor of the Michael and Kay Birck Hall of Science at Benedictine University. The museum represents the work of Fr. Hilary Jurica, O.S.B. and his brother, Fr. Edmund Jurica, O.S.B. who collected specimens for their students to use during their almost 100 combined years of teaching at Benedictine University. In the early 1970's, the Museum was placed in the hands of Fr. Theodore Suchy, O.S.B. who turned their collection of specimens into a thriving nature museum. Fr. Ted continued collecting and the collection grew to over 10,000 specimens, ranging from a tiny aphid to a whale skeleton. Many of the fossils held in the Paleontological collection at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum were originally brought in as a teaching collection and the bulk of the fossils were collected by Fr. Hilary. This research collection is intended to help with the study of fossils, fossilization, and the historic timeline of life on Earth. The fossils stretch back to the Quartenary period, but the majority are from the Paleozoic period.

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Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

Any fossil taxa. The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum does not have a specific focus, we house many different fossils under the Kingdoms of Animalia and Plantae.

Eukarya
rank: domain
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Plantae
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

The fossils held at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum have been collected from around the world. They began as a teaching collection, so the majority of the fossils were collected in the United States, specifically the Midwestern Region. The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum houses a large collection of Mazon Creek fossils in addition to general fossils from around the globe.

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Contacts

Colleen Filipek
originator
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Karly Tumminello
originator
position: Director/Curator
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 229, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
Telephone: 630-829-6531
email: ktumminello@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Colleen Filipek
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

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
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Colleen Filipek
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Karly Tumminello
administrative point of contact
position: Director/Curator
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 229, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
Telephone: 630-829-6531
email: ktumminello@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/