Description
The SDNHM paleontology collections include over 153,000 numbered species lots. These lots vary in size from single specimens (e.g., an isolated mammal tooth) to suites of specimens (e.g., 300 shells of a particular species of marine snail), and represent over 1.5 million specimens. The specimens have been recovered from over 5,500 recorded collecting localities, primarily from southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico. There are 574 primary and 730 secondary types
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 142,363 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
SDNHM Paleontology Collection
Rights
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8674480c-ebdc-42cf-8d42-c3762fe137d8. San Diego Natural History Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Global distribution with emphasis on southern California and northern Baja Mexico.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Class | Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | Cretaceous |
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| Formation Period | Paleogene |
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| Formation Period | Neogene |
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| Formation Period | Quaternary |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 8674480c-ebdc-42cf-8d42-c3762fe137d8 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=sdnhm_paleo |