UCMP Vertebrate Collection

Patricia Holroyd1, Laura Russell2, David Bloom2, John Wieczorek3

1 University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, 94720-4780, Berkeley, United States; 2 VertNet, ; 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, 

Corresponding author(s): Patricia Holroyd (pholroyd@berkeley.edu)

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Resource Citation

University of California Museum of Paleontology

Abstract

The UCMP collection includes vertebrate fossils from the Devonian to the Recent and from localities around the globe. Currently, more than 218,000 vertebrate specimen records from more than 11,300 localities around the globe are online. Live views of data, additional data fields not served in GBIF, and links to images and archival resources are available at http://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

General description

Additional information: This resource provides access to data in the University of California Museum of Paleontology collections. We update taxonomy and check specimen identifications and associated information, but outdated names, mistaken identifications, and erroneous localities inevitably occur. We urge investigators to verify all data by direct examination of the specimens, and we appreciate notification of discrepancies (ucmp_data@uclink.berkeley.edu). Investigators are strongly encouraged to personally verify data before using it as a basis for publication.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The University of California vertebrate collection includes fossils and recent skeletal specimens as well as cast replicas of representatives of extant and extinct fishes, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals.
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Agnatha, Amphibia, Aves, Osteichthyes, Chondrichthyes, Mammalia, Reptilia, Placodermi
Common names: jawless fish, amphibians, birds, bony fish, cartilaginous fish, mammals, reptiles, armored fishes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: UCMP is reputed to have the largest paleontological collection of any university museum in the world. The vertebrate collection includes fossils and recent skeletal specimens as well as cast replicas of specimens from all continents and 72 countries.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive UCMP Vertebrate Collection
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/iptstrays/archive.do?r=ucmp_vertpaleo
Publication date of data: 2018-07-12
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Live UCMP collections interface
Character encoding: not stated
Format name: web portal
Distribution: http://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-05-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset