Non-vertebrate Paleontology, Jackson School Museum of Earth History, University of Texas at Austin

Occurrence Specimen
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Description

Records of specimens ranging in age from the Precambrian to the recent (Holocene) with strong Paleozoic, Cretaceous and Paleogene/Neogene components. Taxonomic emphasis includes, echinoderms, brachiopods, molluscs, corals and sponges. Geographic spread is global with about 60% of the collection deriving from Texas. Substantial holdings come from Mexico, Europe and Australia.

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 183,112 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)
183112
ResourceRelationship 
99347

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Non-vertebrate Paleontology, Jackson School Museum of Earth History, University of Texas at Austin

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Jackson School Museum of Earth History, University of Texas at Austin. 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: 1f2cfb6f-c91b-498e-80f3-8eeeec688292.  The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Jackson School Museum of Earth History, University of Texas at Austin publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

invertebrate; paleontology; historic collections; fossil marine invertebrates; paleobotanical; fossil terrestrial invertebrates; rocks and minerals; type specimens; Specimen; Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Lisa Boucher
  • Originator
  • Curator
The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory
  • 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 122, Code R8500
78758 Austin
Texas
US
  • 512-232-6169
Liath Appleton
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Collections
  • 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 122, Code R8500
78758 Austin
Texas
US
  • 512-471-9698
Tomislav Urban
  • Programmer
  • Senior Software Developer
TACC
  • 10100 Burnet Rd.
78758 Austin
TX
US

Geographic Coverage

United States, Texas, Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, Australia.

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

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period All Time

Project Data

No Description available

Title NSF BRC 1057396 Open Access: Conservation, Digitization and interoperability of the Historic Non-vertebrate Collections of the Texas Natural Science Center
Design Description Contuation and expansion of the work accomplished in 2010, under the grant # NSF BRC 0646468, Conservation, Digitization, and Georeferencing of the Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Type and Figured Collection of the Texas Natural Science Center at the University of Texas.

The personnel involved in the project:

Ann Molineux
  • Point Of Contact

Additional Metadata

While every effort is made to provide accurate information, use of these databases is entirely at your own risk. The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy or currency of the information in the databases or its suitability for any particular purpose. Where the use of this data is critical to scientific investigation, scholarly publication, or policy decisions, the user is responsible for verifying identities and provenance against specimens and other primary data sources.

Alternative Identifiers 1f2cfb6f-c91b-498e-80f3-8eeeec688292
https://ipt.tacc.utexas.edu/resource?r=npl