Description
This collection is composed primarily of shallow marine invertebrate fossils collected from Ohio and adjacent states. A key strength is the Jack Kallmeyer collection, which includes over 8000 specimens from the Late Ordovician of the greater Cincinnati region.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,412 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ohio University Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ohio University, Invertebrate Paleontology Collection. 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: 3c001217-eea8-4f59-8b28-885699f8cd6c. Ohio University, Invertebrate Paleontology Collection publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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- Principal Investigator
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Geographic Coverage
The majority of the specimens in the OU Invertebrate Paleontology Collection are from Ohio and adjacent states, which a heavy geographic concentration in the Cincinnati, Ohio region.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Taxonomic focus is on Paleozoic shallow marine invertebrates
| Phylum | Brachiopoda, Cnidaria, Echinodermata |
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| Class | Cephalopoda, Gatropoda (Snails), Trilobita (Trilobites), Bivalvia (Clams), Crinoidea, Porifera (Sponges), Edrioasteroidea |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | Ordovician |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | PaleoNiches Project |
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| Funding | NSF ADBC Program |
| Study Area Description | Late Ordovician marine invertebrate fossils of the Cincinnati, Ohio Region |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Sampling Methods
Field collections made by avocational paleontologists over 30 field seasons. Specimens were collected from surface float, in situ methods, and sieving of collected mud.
| Study Extent | Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, USA within the Ordovician outcrop belt |
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| Quality Control | Specimens were identified to species and georeferenced by Ohio University personnel based on detailed field notes by the avocational collector. |
Method step description:
- Specimens were identified to species using field guides (Fossils of Ohio, Cincinnati Fossils) and primary literature by undergraduate students. Identifications were verified by MS student Hannah Brame. Georeferencing followed iDigBio best practices by Brame and undergraduate students. Data were entered into a Specify Database for management by MS students Brame, Jennifer Bauer, and Adriane Lam with assistance of undergraduate employees.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Ohio University Invertebrate Paleontology Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | OUIP |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
| Specimen preservation methods | No treatment |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Data set was developed to catalog collections within the Ohio University Invertebrate Paleontology Collection, to provide that data to the public, and for use within the Digital Atlas of Ordovician Life website (www.ordovicianatlas.org) |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 3c001217-eea8-4f59-8b28-885699f8cd6c |
| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ouip_invertpaleo |