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LACM Invertebrate Paleontology

Dataset homepage

Citation

Hendy A, Walker L, Mertz W (2020). LACM Invertebrate Paleontology. Version 1.9. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6nxzen accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-19.

Description

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's Invertebrate Paleontology collection (LACMIP) is the fifth largest of its kind in the country, with an estimated 6-7 million specimens. These collections span the Phanerozoic and represent the world’s largest collection of Cretaceous-Cenozoic mollusks from the Pacific Rim. The collection has grown through a century of research by NHM staff, but has also brought together important former collections from the California Institute of Technology, California State University Northridge, University of California Los Angeles, and University of Southern California.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Arthropoda
    common name: arthropods rank: phylum
  2. Mollusca
    common name: molluscs rank: phylum
  3. Echinodermata
    common name: echinoderms rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The LACMIP collection has a global scope, with the most coverage in North America and Europe. Approximately 72% of collecting localities are in the United States, and the majority are from California.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Austin Hendy
originator
position: Collection Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ahendy@nhm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9818-1158
Lindsay Walker
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: lwalker@nhm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2162-6593
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
Lindsay Walker
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: lwalker@nhm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2162-6593
Austin Hendy
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ahendy@nhm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9818-1158
Lindsay Walker
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: lwalker@nhm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2162-6593
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
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