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Field Museum of Natural History Fossil Pteridophyte Collection (FMNH-PALEOBOTANY)

The Paleobotany Collection spans 3.8 billion years of history but has its major strengths in the Late Paleozoic and Cretaceous-Paleogene.

Contacts: Fabiany Herrera, fherrera@fieldmuseum.org

Homepage: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/research/area/focus-fossil-plants

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 22 December 2022

IPT / DwC-A Source:

Import DwC-A from FMNH IPT

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

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Field Museum of Natural History Fossil Pteridophyte Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 9b66be69-e839-46a9-add5-b0ad7294d57d) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-12-06).

Collection Statistics

5,562 specimen records
0 georeferenced
2,423 (44%) with images (9,114 total images)
10 (0.18%) identified to species
20 families
6 genera
6 species
6 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Field Museum of Natural History Fossil Pteridophyte Collection (FMNH-PALEOBOTANY) The Paleobotany Collection spans 3.8 billion years of history but has its major strengths in the Late Paleozoic and Cretaceous-Paleogene. Contacts: Fabiany Herrera, fherrera@fieldmuseum.org Homepage: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/research/area/focus-fossil-plants Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 22 December 2022 IPT / DwC-A Source: Import DwC-A from FMNH IPT Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) Cite this collection: Field Museum of Natural History Fossil Pteridophyte Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 9b66be69-e839-46a9-add5-b0ad7294d57d) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-12-06). Collection Statistics 5,562 specimen records 0 georeferenced 2,423 (44%) with images (9,114 total images) 10 (0.18%) identified to species 20 families 6 genera 6 species 6 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
The PCC, and this data portal, were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program, grant numbers 1802504, 1802352, 1802134, 1802033, 1802270, 1802255, 1802239, 1802446, 1802305. The pteridoportal taxonomic thesaurus is based on the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, generously provided by Michael Hassler.