Description
The Vertebrate Paleobiology collections concentrate on Southwestern Pleistocene fossils, primarily from New Mexican cave faunas, although small numbers of other fossils are held. This catalogue includes specimens for which the UTEP Biodiversity Collections (UTEP-BC) acts as repository, both permanent and temporary. The UTEP-BC currently is repository for large numbers of specimens from lands of the Bureau of Land Management and sites under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. The primary focus is upon late Pleistocene Southwestern faunas, although there are some Holocene archaeological holdings and some Tertiary material as well. This emphasis primarily reflects the research interests of the curator, Arthur H. Harris, who has maintained and added to the collections since their initial organization in 1965.
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 23,357 records.
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.
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:
Mayfield-Meyer T, Zhuang V (2024). UTEP Fossils (Arctos). Version 1.88. University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=utep_es&v=1.88
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections. 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: dab57200-c600-4f26-b657-cf217443034e. University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Collection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
- 500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
- +01 214-693-9269
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Manager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
- 500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
- +01 915-747-5479
- Point Of Contact
- Curator, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
- 500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #217
- +01 915-747-6895
- Point Of Contact
- Arctos Database Programmer
Geographic Coverage
The Vertebrate Paleobiology collections concentrate on Southwestern Pleistocene fossils, primarily from New Mexican cave faunas, although small numbers of other fossils are held.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [28.15, -118.125], North East [48.922, -95.449] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | The primary focus is upon late Pleistocene Southwestern faunas, although there are some Holocene archaeological holdings and some Tertiary material as well. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections - Paleobiology |
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| Collection Identifier | UTEP:ES |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UTEP |
| Specimen preservation methods | No treatment |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Data set was created through the work of University of Texas at El Paso faculty and students and is created to support future research. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | dab57200-c600-4f26-b657-cf217443034e |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=utep_es |