Occurrence

SDSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

Latest version published by South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory on 01 December 2023 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory
The SDSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection began in the late 19th century with collections of fossil fauna from the nearby White River Badlands and Western Interior Seaway exposures. Major collections include, but are not limited to, marine vertebrates and associated fauna from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, terrestrial vertebrates (including dinosaurs) from Jurassic and Cretaceous sites, extensive holdings from the White River Badlands of South Dakota and Nebraska (late Eocene to mid-Oligocene), and late Tertiary to Quaternary collections from the region, including mammoths and other Pleistocene vertebrates.

Data Records

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How to cite

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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Museum of Geology Vertebrate Paleontology Collection (SDSM)

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory. 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: 3144bbc8-9ebc-47fe-9f23-c575716eb357.  South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Gene Hess
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
57701 Rapid City
SD
US

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Sally Shelton
Associate Director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology
501 E. St. Joseph
57701 Rapid City
SD
US
+01 605.394.2487
http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Museum-of-Geology/MPRL/Collections/

Who filled in the metadata:

Sally Shelton
Associate Director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology
501 E. St. Joseph
57701 Rapid City
SD
US
+01 605.394.2487
http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Museum-of-Geology/MPRL/Collections/

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
Joanna McCaffrey
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
https://www.idigbio.org

Collection Data

Collection Name Vertebrate Paleontology
Parent Collection Identifier SDSM

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 3144bbc8-9ebc-47fe-9f23-c575716eb357
https://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=sdsm-vertpaleo