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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceTennessee
County/ParishDecatur
LocalityBlue Mound Glade, 4.0 Miles East, 4.6 Miles South Of Courthouse At Decaturville
Institution CodeKu
Collection CodeKumip
Catalog Number325317
Collected ByMoore, Raymond C.

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KUBI Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
http://biodiversity.ku.edu/invertebrate-paleontology/collections

The University of Kansas invertebrate paleontology collection is ranked among the top 10 largest fossil invertebrate collections in the country and has over 850,000 fossil invertebrate and microfossil specimens from all over the world, including more than 8,200 type or figured specimens. These specimens have been used for research by paleontologists for over 120 years. The collection has taxonomic strengths in Cambrian trilobites from Antarctica and the Great Basin, United States; Upper Paleozoic invertebrates of the mid-continent; Cambrian soft-bodied faunas from Utah; Mesozoic cephalopods from the mid-continent. Research access to the collections is arranged on a case-by-case basis.

Contacts

Name Andrew Bentley
RoleBioinformatics Manager
Emailabentley@ku.edu
Name Natalia López Carranza
RoleCollection Manager
Emailnlopezc@ku.edu
Name Bruce Lieberman
RoleCurator
Emailblieber@ku.edu
Name Natalia Lopez-Carranza
RoleCollection Manager
Emailnlopezc@ku.edu
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Taxonomy
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Scientific NameMeristinameristina
KingdomAnimaliaanimalia
PhylumBrachiopodabrachiopoda
ClassRhynchonellatarhynchonellata
OrderAthyrididaAthyridida
FamilyMeristellidaemeristellidae
GenusMeristinameristina
Taxon Rankgenus Interpreted
Specimen
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Catalog Number325317325317
Institution CodeKUku
Collection CodeKUMIPkumip
Occurrence ID26404382-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e26404382-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e
Dataset NameUniversity of Kansas Biodiversity Institute invertebrate paleontology collectionUniversity of Kansas Biodiversity Institute invertebrate paleontology collection
Basis of RecordFossilSpecimenfossilspecimen
Collection Event
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Collected ByMoore, Raymond C.moore, raymond c.
Locality
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
CountryUnited States of Americaunited states Interpreted
State / ProvinceTennesseetennessee
CountyDecaturdecatur
Higher GeographyUnited States of America, Tennessee, DecaturUnited States of America, Tennessee, Decatur
ContinentNorth and Central Americanorth america Interpreted
LocalityBlue mound Glade, 4.0 miles East, 4.6 miles South of Courthouse at Decaturvilleblue mound glade, 4.0 miles east, 4.6 miles south of courthouse at decaturville
Paleo Context
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
MemberBob Limestonebob limestone
FormationBrownsport Formationbrownsport formation
Earliest Period Or Lowest SystemSiluriansilurian
Other
FieldOriginalInterpreted What does this mean?
Modified2014-09-22 10:25:512014-09-22 10:25:51
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dcterms:licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_UShttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US
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