New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Paleontology specimens (Arctos)

Occurrence
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Description

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science paleontology collection contains over 80,000 cataloged Items. The strengths of the collection include the fauna and flora of the Kinney Brick Pennsylvanian Lagerstätten, Permian trackways and traces, Triassic tetrapods, Late Cretaceous invertebrates and reptiles, Paleocene mammals and reptiles, and Neogene mammals.

Data Records

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1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
86286
Multimedia 
4114

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How to cite

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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Paleontology Collection

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3774eeec-8a91-45d0-b3d5-a3903cfc220d.  New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Nicole Volden
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  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Geosciences Collection Manager
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
  • 1801 Mountain Road NW
87104 Albuquerque
New Mexico
US
Dave Bloom
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VertNet
  • 510-859-7773
John Wieczorek
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Geographic Coverage

Primarily New Mexico and the Southwestern United States.

Bounding Coordinates South West [25.562, -120.234], North East [42.033, -92.725]

Taxonomic Coverage

Any fossil taxa, the largest portion of our collections are vetebrates.

Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae, Animalia
Phylum Chordata

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period Ediacaran to Pleistocene

Collection Data

Collection Name New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) Paleontology specimens
Collection Identifier NMMNH:Paleo
Parent Collection Identifier NMMNH
Specimen preservation methods

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/

Purpose

The paleontology collection preserves and interprets the distinctive natural and scientific heritage of paleontology in New Mexico and is held for research, exhibits and programs designed to ignite a passion for lifelong learning.

Alternative Identifiers 3774eeec-8a91-45d0-b3d5-a3903cfc220d
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=nmmnh_paleo