A view of one part of
the Paleontology collection in the Smithsonian Institution's National Musuem of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East Wing.
This holotype specimen — the single physical example of a species — is part of the Burke Museum's vertebrate
paleontology collection.
Fossils in the Burke's vertebrate
paleontology collection are stored by locality.
See more fossils in the Vertebrate
Paleontology collection or learn more about the Vertebrate
Paleontology Collection study grant.
To celebrate National Fossil Day, here are some specimens from CAS / PNNM's
paleontology collection.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences» invertebrate
paleontology collection contains approximately 56,000 + specimens (11,000 + lots).
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences» vertebrate
paleontology collection contains approximately 63,000 specimens.
Seemingly small details like these can produce ripples throughout
paleontology collections, because they can help researchers properly classify fossils that had seemed to be walking contradictions.
The research project was carried out as part of an international scientific collaboration that is helping create and study
paleontology collections in Morocco with the aim of conserving the country's rich fossil heritage.
Thanks to the Burke Vertebrate
Paleontology Collections Grant, I was able to measure and describe an exciting specimen excavated during last year's UWBM field season.
When the localities are also organized chronologically, as they are in the Burke vertebrate
paleontology collections, I can trace how those communities changed over time.
Jade examines an oviraptorosaur metatarsal (foot bone) as part of her work with the Vertebrate
Paleontology Collections Grant.
This interval is well represented in the Burke Museum vertebrate
paleontology collections, including a rich sample from the time just after that rapid warming event.
Not exact matches
In fact, their taxonomic analysis displaces it from its alleged perch on the phylogenetic tree: «The Haarlem specimen is not a member of the Archaeopteryx clade,» says Rauhut, a paleontologist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at LMU who is also affiliated with the Bavarian State
Collections for
Paleontology and Geology in Munich.
The lead author is Ronald S. Tykoski, Ph.D., the Perot Museum's Director of
Paleontology Lab, and the co-author is Anthony R. Fiorillo, Ph.D., the Perot Museum's Chief Curator and Vice President of Research and
Collections.
Eleven authors contributed to the manuscript that is scheduled to be published in Nature: Dr. Steve Holen, director of research at the Center for American Paleolithic Research; Dr. Tom Deméré, curator of
paleontology and director of PaleoServices at the San Diego Natural History Museum; Dr. Daniel Fisher, professor of paleontology and director and curator of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan; Dr. Richard Fullagar, professorial research fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr. James Paces, research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey; Kathleen Maule Holen, administrative director at the Center for American Paleolithic Research; Dr. Jared Beeton, professor of physical geography at Adams State University; Dr. Adam Rountrey, collection manager in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan; George T. Jefferson, district staff paleo
paleontology and director of PaleoServices at the San Diego Natural History Museum; Dr. Daniel Fisher, professor of
paleontology and director and curator of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan; Dr. Richard Fullagar, professorial research fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr. James Paces, research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey; Kathleen Maule Holen, administrative director at the Center for American Paleolithic Research; Dr. Jared Beeton, professor of physical geography at Adams State University; Dr. Adam Rountrey, collection manager in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan; George T. Jefferson, district staff paleo
paleontology and director and curator of the Museum of
Paleontology at the University of Michigan; Dr. Richard Fullagar, professorial research fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr. James Paces, research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey; Kathleen Maule Holen, administrative director at the Center for American Paleolithic Research; Dr. Jared Beeton, professor of physical geography at Adams State University; Dr. Adam Rountrey, collection manager in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan; George T. Jefferson, district staff paleo
Paleontology at the University of Michigan; Dr. Richard Fullagar, professorial research fellow at the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr. James Paces, research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey; Kathleen Maule Holen, administrative director at the Center for American Paleolithic Research; Dr. Jared Beeton, professor of physical geography at Adams State University; Dr. Adam Rountrey,
collection manager in the Museum of
Paleontology at the University of Michigan; George T. Jefferson, district staff paleo
Paleontology at the University of Michigan; George T. Jefferson, district staff paleontologist at
The evidence we found at this site indicates that some hominin species was living in North America 115,000 years earlier than previously thought,» said Judy Gradwohl, president and CEO of the San Diego Natural History Museum, whose
paleontology team discovered the fossils, managed the excavation, and incorporated the specimens into the Museum's research
collection.
The teeth came from a fossil - rich area called Cabin Fork in Wyoming and are part of a substantial
collection at the University of Florida built in part by study co-author Jonathan Bloch, an associate curator of vertebrate
paleontology there.
The latest find was made there in 2010, and this new specimen has now been analyzed by a team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Oliver Rauhut, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences who is also affiliated with the Bavarian State
Collections for
Paleontology and Geology in Munich.
The nearby
Paleontology Gallery makes the most of one of the museum's strongest
collections.
Since then, they have been stored in the
collections of the «Centro de Investigaciones Paleontológicas» in Villa Leyva and the «University of California Museum of
Paleontology.»
At the Museum of the Rockies we house one of the largest dinosaur
collections in the country, and maintain two laboratories, one for the study of cellular and molecular
paleontology, and the other for 3 - D imaging utilizing data from CT and 3 - D scanners.
The National Museum of Scotland (also known as the Royal Museum) is a collaboration of works tracing Britain's historical past from early
paleontology fossil
collections, dating from the beginnings of man, to modern day agricultural activities with hand's on learning experience.