Occurrence

Vertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum

Latest version published by Yale University Peabody Museum on 19 April 2024 Yale University Peabody Museum
The Division of Vertebrate Paleontology houses one of the most important vertebrate fossil collections in North America, totaling over 70,000 cataloged specimens. Staff and students of the Division undertake research in vertebrate systematics, evolution, and paleobiology. The Division supports field collecting programs in the Triassic of Arizona and Utah and across the K/T boundary in Montana and North Dakota.
Publication date:
19 April 2024
License:
CC0 1.0

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 79,749 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)
    79749
  • Multimedia 
    29399

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Versions

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Rights

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Larry Gall
Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
06511 New Haven
CT
US
203-432-9892
htttp://www.peabody.yale.edu

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Vanessa Rhue
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
06511 New Haven
CT
US
203-432-3748
htttp://www.peabody.yale.edu

Who filled in the metadata:

Larry Gall
Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
06511 New Haven
CT
US
203-432-9892
htttp://www.peabody.yale.edu

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Larry Gall
Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
06511 New Haven
CT
US
203-432-9892
htttp://www.peabody.yale.edu

Geographic Coverage

worldwide

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

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 9643f840-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
http://ipt.peabody.yale.edu/ipt/resource?r=ipt_vp