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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceKansas
County/ParishWyandotte
Locality0.5 Mi W Of Bonner Springs, Nw Cor, Sec 31, T11s, R23e
Latitude39.054303
Longitude-94.904443
Institution CodeKu
Collection CodeKumip
Catalog Number300850
Collected ByNewell, Norman D.

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KU Museum of Invertebrate Paleontology
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 Julien Kimmig
RoleCollection Manager
Emailjkimmig@ku.edu
Name Julien Kimmig
RoleCollection Manager
Emailjkimmig@ku.edu
Name Laura Russell
RoleVertNet Programmer
Emaillarussell@ku.edu
Name Bruce Lieberman
RoleCurator
Emailblieber@ku.edu
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Taxonomy
Scientific NamePromytilus annosus senex
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassBivalvia
OrderMytiloida
FamilyMytilidae
GenusPromytilus
Specific Epithetannosus
Specimen
Catalog Number300850
Institution CodeKU
Collection CodeKUMIP
Occurrence IDa091a6a3-2d12-470e-be22-0068be5ca14d
Dataset NameUniversity of Kansas Biodiversity Institute invertebrate paleontology collection
Basis of RecordFossilSpecimen
Type of ResourcePhysicalObject
Associated Mediahttp://biimages.biodiversity.ku.edu/static/InvertebratePaleontology/originals/sp66141631056841779659.att.jpg
Collection Event
Collected ByNewell, Norman D.
Locality
CountryUnited States
State / ProvinceKansas
CountyWyandotte
Higher GeographyUnited States, Kansas, Wyandotte
ContinentNorth America
Locality0.5 mi W of Bonner Springs, NW Cor, Sec 31, T11S, R23E
Decimal Latitude39.054303
Decimal Longitude-94.904443
Georeference ProtocolGeoreferencing Quick Reference Guide Version 2012-10-02
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters570.0000000000
Geodetic DatumWGS84
Georeference RemarksGeoreferenced using TRS, standard TRS error.
Georeferenced ByFarrell, Una C
Georeferenced Date2013-03-18
Paleo Context
BedBonner Springs coquina
Geological Context GroupKansas City Group
FormationBonner Springs Shale Formation
Earliest Period Or Lowest SystemPennsylvanian
Earliest Epoch Or Lowest SeriesUpper Pennsylvanian
Earliest Age Or Lowest StageMissourian
Other
Languageen
Modified2014-09-22 10:25:46.0
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dcterms:accessRightshttp://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms
dcterms:licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US
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