AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection

Bushra Hussaini1, Joanna McCaffrey2, Laura Russell3

1 AMNH, 200 Central Park West, 10024, New York City, United States; 2 iDigBio, Gainesville, United States; 3 iDigBio, 

Corresponding author(s): Bushra Hussaini (hussaini@amnh.org)

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Resource Citation

American Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Paleontology Collection (AMNH)

Abstract

The dataset contains taxonomic, geographic and stratigraphic data for 7000 specimen lots of Foraminifera and Ostracoda Microfossils housed at the American Museum of Natural History

Keywords: Specimen, Fossil Invertebrates, Micropaleontology, Protista, Foraminifera, Ostracoda, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Echinodermata, Cephalopoda, Arthropoda, Trilobita, Porifera, Nautiloidea, Ammonoidea, Echinoidea, Crinoidea, Brachiopoda, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Support for the AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection; Addressing a critical need to conserve and digitize the Microfossil Collection
Personnel: Neil Landman
Funding: National Science Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The Foraminifera and Ostracoda Microfossil collection at the American Museum of Natural History was established in 1935 and contains 7000 specimen lots keyed into seminal monographs on foraminifera and ostracoda.The collection is important because of its broad range, making it possible to study the diversity of these organisms and their distribution geographically, and over geologic time. The collection was at risk due to suboptimal storage and lack of databasing. Specimens were identified, rehoused, conserved and catalogued. Data associated with specimens are made available to the public and researchers via the online database, along with digital images of over 1,000 specimens and CT-scan images of 50 specimens.
The improvements to this collection will enhance its utility and accessibility for researchers and students. Correctly identified and curated specimens will be used in evolutionary studies and in research in which foraminifera are used to evaluate the impacts of present and past climate change on ecosystems.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=amnh-fi

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Fossil Invertebrates, Micropaleontology, Protista, Foraminifera, Ostracoda, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Echinodermata, Cephalopoda, Arthropoda, Trilobita, Porifera, Nautiloidea, Ammonoidea, Echinoidea, Crinoidea, Brachiopoda
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Foraminifera

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: AMNH
Collection name: Fossil Invertebrates
Collection identifier: urn:uuid:d7af5ec8-fad7-4db2-9026-a90e396b87df
Specimen preservation method: Other

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.idigbio.org/archive.do?r=amnh-fi
Publication date of data: 2017-12-07
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-04-21
Hierarchy level: Dataset