Description
The UCM Fossil Vertebrate Collection contains nearly a hundred thousand cataloged fossil vertebrate specimens. This collection is the culmination of over 100 years of collecting from around the world and contains fossils that range in age from the Devonian through the Quaternary Periods. Its strengths are in Cretaceous marine vertebrates and Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic fossil mammals from the Rocky Mountain 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 90,776 records.
2 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.
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:
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Fossil Vertebrate Collection. Individual catalog records should be cited by the catalog record URL: https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UCM:FossilVert:100000
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8ec78bf5-95c6-4848-8547-3ffbe087abde. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Vertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager
- 265 UCB
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-0181
- Point Of Contact
- Curator of Fossil Vertebrates
- 265 UCB
Geographic Coverage
Worldwide, strength in the Rocky Mountain region of North America.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Chordata, emphasis on marine vertebrates and mammals
| Phylum | Chordata (Chordate) |
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| Subphylum | Vertebrata (Vertebrates) |
| Class | Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish), Amphibia (Amphibians), Aves (Birds), Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish), Conodonta (Conodonts), Reptilia (Reptiles), Petromyzontida (Lampreys), Mammalia (Mammals), Placodermi (Placoderms), Pteraspidomorphi (Jawless Fish) |
Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | Devonian through Quaternary |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCM) Fossil Vertebrate Specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/UCM:FossilVert |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UCM |
Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | The purpose of this collection is to support the mission of the CUMNH and the research and educational aims of the Paleontology Section. The Paleontology Section primarily focuses on collecting and research efforts within the Rocky Mountain Region. In order to effectively study evolutionary relationships and aspects of paleobiology and paleoecology, this collection has extended or global coverage. Specimens in this collection are cared for using the most current museum curation standards to make sure they are available for research, teaching, exhibits, and community education and outreach for as long as possible. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 8ec78bf5-95c6-4848-8547-3ffbe087abde |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=ucm_fossilvert |