Occurrence dataset Registered October 13, 2016
NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records (USNM)
Orrell T • Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship • Informatics Office
Description
Public records from the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data cover accessioned specimens representing fossil invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants from all over the world and include more than 139,000 paleobiological type specimen records.
Geographic scope
- Description
Global collections, National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution
- Bounding box
- Latitude
- From -90 to 90
- Longitude
- From -180 to 180
Temporal scope
- verbatim
- 19th Century - current
Taxonomic scope
- Coverage
- AnimaliaAnimalsPlantaePlantsProtoctistaProtists
BacteriaBacteria
Metrics
Additional info
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Contacts
- Organization
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Position
- Deputy Director, Research Informatics Program
- Address
- P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- User ID
- Organization
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Position
- IPT Administrator
- Address
- P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
- Roles
- Originator
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- Organization
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Position
- IPT Administrator
- Address
- P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
- Roles
- Metadata author
- Phone
- Organization
- Department of Paleobiology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
- Position
- Collections Management
- Address
- P.O. Box 37012, MRC 121
- Roles
- Point of contact
- Phone
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- October 13, 2016
- Metadata last modified
- August 02, 2025
- Publication date
- July 02, 2025
- Hosted by
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Installation
- NMNH IPT
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/7m0fvd
- Alternative identifiers
Citation
Orrell T, Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship, Informatics Office (2025). NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records (USNM). Version 1.96. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7m0fvd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-06.