Occurrence

Paleobotany Division, Yale Peabody Museum

Latest version published by Yale University Peabody Museum on 29 March 2024 Yale University Peabody Museum
The Yale Peabody Museum’s paleobotany collection numbers over 150,000 specimens, with 4,200 of these type and illustrated specimens. The collection is worldwide in scope, with approximately 75% of the collection from North America and the other 25% from the Arctic, Australia, Central American, Europe, Israel, Pakistan, Lebanon, South America and the West Indies. Tracing its roots back to the early 19th century, this collection is one of the most historically significant in the United States. Included among its riches are plant fossils from the opening of the American West, from the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842 described by James Dwight Dana, Triassic and late Cretaceous floras from New York, New Jersey and southern New England; and the world’s largest assemblage of cycadeoids.
Publication date:
29 March 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 97,912 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)
    97912
  • Multimedia 
    16479

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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
http://www.peabody.yale.edu

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Shusheng Hu
Division of Paleobotany
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
06511 New Haven
CT
US
203-432-3790
http://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
http://www.peabody.yale.edu

Who else was associated with the resource:

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

Geographic Coverage

worldwide

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

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 9642d0e6-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
http://ipt.peabody.yale.edu/ipt/resource?r=ipt_pb