NMNH Paleobiology (vertebrates)

Thomas Orrell1, Tom Hollowell2, Chris Tuccinardi3, Linda Ward4, Patricia Gentili-Poole5, Jeff Williams6, Kenneth Tighe7, Brian Schmidt8, Craig Ludwig9, Cheryl Bright4

1 National Museum of National History, Smithsonian Institution, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 136, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 2 Informatics Branch, NMNH, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 136, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 3 Department of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 166, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 4 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 5 Department of Entomology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 165, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 6 Division of Fishes, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 7 Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 8 Division of Birds, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 116, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 9 Division of Mammals, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 108, 20013-7012, Washington, United States

Corresponding author(s): Thomas Orrell (orrellt@si.edu), Tom Hollowell (hollowellt@si.edu)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Abstract

See original description at http://collections.mnh.si.edu/ipt/resource.do?r=nmnhdwca. Public records of specimens accessioned at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Paleobiology (vertebrates only).

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

General description

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Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/iptstrays/resource?r=nmnh_vert_paleo

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves, Amphibians, Mammalia, Reptilia, Actinopterygii, Agnatha, Amphibia ichnites, Ascidia, Chondrichthyes, Conodonta, Ichnites, Ichnites (reptilia), Ichnites amphibia, Ichnites xiphosura, Osteichthyes, Pelycosauria, Placodermi, Therapsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global collections held by the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Formation period: 19th Century to Present

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive NMNH Paleobiology (vertebrates)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/iptstrays/archive.do?r=nmnh_vert_paleo
Publication date of data: 2018-07-12
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-10-25
Hierarchy level: Dataset