SDSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
Citation
Hess G, Shelton S (2023). SDSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Version 1.15. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/lbzs3v accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The SDSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection began in the late 19th century with collections of fossil fauna from the nearby White River Badlands and Western Interior Seaway exposures. Major collections include, but are not limited to, marine vertebrates and associated fauna from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, terrestrial vertebrates (including dinosaurs) from Jurassic and Cretaceous sites, extensive holdings from the White River Badlands of South Dakota and Nebraska (late Eocene to mid-Oligocene), and late Tertiary to Quaternary collections from the region, including mammoths and other Pleistocene vertebrates.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Gene Hessoriginator
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City
57701
SD
US
email: Gene.Hess@sdsmt.edu
Sally Shelton
metadata author
position: Associate Director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology
501 E. St. Joseph
Rapid City
57701
SD
US
Telephone: +01 605.394.2487
email: Sally.Shelton@sdsmt.edu
homepage: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Museum-of-Geology/MPRL/Collections/
Joanna McCaffrey
programmer
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
iDigBio
email: jmccaffrey@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: https://www.idigbio.org
Sally Shelton
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Director
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology
501 E. St. Joseph
Rapid City
57701
SD
US
Telephone: +01 605.394.2487
email: Sally.Shelton@sdsmt.edu
homepage: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Museum-of-Geology/MPRL/Collections/