LACM Vertebrate Collection

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on Apr 26, 2024 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publication date:
26 April 2024
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

The Collection includes the Fish, Herpetology, Bird and Mammal Collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. They are worldwide collections with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Data Records

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7a25f7aa-03fb-4322-aaeb-66719e1a9527.  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Specimen; Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

William Mertz
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd.
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
  • +01 213 763 3374
William Ludt
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
Todd Clardy
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
Shannen Robson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
Young Ha Suh
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
Neftali Camacho
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
Kimball Garrett
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collection Manager - Birds
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd.
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
  • 213-763-3368
Neftali Camacho
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager - Herpetology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd.
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
  • +01 213 763 3371
Shannen Robson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager - Mammalogy
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Blvd.
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
  • +01 213 763 3400

Geographic Coverage

A worldwide collection with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Modern Chordata

Superclass Osteichthyes, Chondrichthyes
Class Aves, Mammalia, Amphibia, Reptilia

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1790-01-01 / 2021-08-31

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Alternative Identifiers 7a25f7aa-03fb-4322-aaeb-66719e1a9527
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=lacm_verts