Occurrence

LACM Dinosaur Institute

Latest version published by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on 31 August 2023 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Dinosaur Institute (DI) houses the museum's collection of Mesozoic tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates), dating from 250 million years ago to 65.5 million years ago. This collection includes fossils of dinosaurs spanning the Mesozoic Era, as well as fossils of other tetrapods that lived alongside the dinosaurs, such as flying and marine reptiles, crocodiles, turtles, amphibians, and early mammals.
Publication date:
31 August 2023
License:
CC0 1.0

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 98 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.

  • Occurrence (core)
    98
  • Multimedia 
    298

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Versions

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Rights

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

William Mertz
Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US
Maureen Walsh
Collection Manager; Dinosaur Institute
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US

Who can answer questions about the resource:

William Mertz
Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US

Who filled in the metadata:

William Mertz
Database Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
90007 Los Angeles
CA
US

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Cat Chapman

Geographic Coverage

United States of America

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers c238aded-a4a8-4d3f-9cd7-ca39240daa56
https://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=lacm-dinos