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Ohio Wesleyan University Paleontology Specimens (Arctos)
Josh
Pletcher
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Student Curator
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
19706320027
jrpletch@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
Lisa
Tabak
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Curatorial Director
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
1-740-368-3887
lmtabak@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
Josh
Pletcher
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Student Curator
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
19706320027
jrpletch@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
Lisa
Tabak
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Curatorial Director
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
1-740-368-3887
lmtabak@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
Dustin
Reichard
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Assistant Professor of Zoology
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
1-740-368-2890
dgreicha@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
curator
David
Bloom
VertNet
Vertnet Coordinator
dbloom@vertnet.org
http://www.vertnet.org
programmer
Dusty
McDonald
Arctos
Arctos Database Programmer
dustymc@gmail.com
http://arctos.database.museum
programmer
2025-10-15
eng
Ohio Wesleyan University is home to an extensive collection of fossils covering a wide range of geologic periods and taxa. Particularly well represented are Devonian invertebrate and fish fossils from the Olentangy Shale, Columbus Limestone, and Delaware Limestone of central Ohio. In addition, the university also houses a large collection of fossil plants from Mazon Creek, Illinois, a set of Ward’s fossil casts, purchased in 1869, and other fossils from the Burgess Shale, Green River Formation, and Achanarras Quarry. The fossil collection also includes specimens collected by Ferdinand V. Hayden during his 1871 expedition to Yellowstone and others by geologist James Hall.
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Specimen
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
Specimen
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
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Fish and invertebrate fossils from local Columbus and Delaware Limestone, fish fossils from Solnhofen, Green River, and the Old Red Sandstone of northern Scotland, invertebrates from the Burgess Shale, New York, and Indiana, and plant fossils from Mazon Creek. Collections include those from Reuben P. Mann from Ohio, James Hall from New York and Indiana, William Kepler from Ohio, and Ferdinand V. Hayden's 1871 expedition to Yellowstone.
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Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Hemichordata, Plantae, Protozoa
kingdom
Animalia
kingdom
Plantae
kingdom
Protozoa
phylum
Annelida
phylum
Arthropoda
phylum
Bryozoa
phylum
Brachiopoda
phylum
Chordata
phylum
Cnidaria
phylum
Echinodermata
phylum
Mollusca
phylum
Hemichordata
Fossils of Ohio and elsewhere
monthly
Josh
Pletcher
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Student Curator
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
19706320027
jrpletch@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
Lisa
Tabak
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History
Curatorial Director
90 S Henry St, SCSC 166
Delaware
Ohio
43015
US
1-740-368-3887
lmtabak@owu.edu
https://www.owu.edu/academics/natural-history-museum/
2021-12-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
dataset
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History Paleontology Collection
OWU
https://arctos.database.museum/collection/OWU:ES
Ohio Wesleyan University Paleontology Specimens
1856-Present
Cambrian-Quaternary
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