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How (and How Not) to Survey a Systematic Invertebrate Paleontology Collection for Locality Data. Paul Mayer Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager Field Museum of Natural History. The Problem. The Problem. Methods. Results. Results. Results. Field Museum of Natural History - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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How (and How Not) to Survey
a Systematic Invertebrate Paleontology Collection for
Locality Data
Paul MayerInvertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager
Field Museum of Natural History
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Sweden
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Austria
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BrazilEngland
Poland
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RussiaAlbertaCzech
Belgium
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France
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Germany
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Results
Brachiopods VS Trilobites
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Brachiopods
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Paleobotany13%
Vertebrate Paleontology
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Physical Geology
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Invertebrate Paleontology
61%
Field Museum of Natural HistoryDepartment of Geology Collections
Collection Survey and Map
• I Started January, 2008 • Third week asked for statistics on
size and volume of collection.• My main goal is to learn what is in
the collections.
Field Museum Geology Department Collection Size
Lots Specimens
2006 322,707 IP
1996 320,923 IP
1992 319,267 IP
1991 398,027 IP and PP
1989 397,257 IP and PP
1976 All of Geology 1,681,700
1964Walker Collection
added
additional 725,000
1946 All of Geology 407,430
Lots Specimens Lots Specimens Lots Specimens Lots Specimen272,538 1,702,000 47,717 298,000 18,500 320,000 2,000,000
TotalsSystematic Stratigraphic Types
White, R. D. and W. D. Allmon. 2000. Guidelines for the Management and Curation of Invertebrate Fossil Collection. The Paleontological Society Special Publication v. 10, p. 3, table 2.
2000 Paleontological Society Survey
150 cabinets sampled
Lots Specimens
Cataloged 29,536 100,642
Uncataloged 24,199 226,023
Totals 53,735 326,665
Estimates 195,595 1,189,060
8 people, April 2001 to October 2002
2001 - 2002 Collection Manager Survey
Collection #of cabinetsVolume incubic feet
Types 29 548.15Precambrian 0.5 9.45Cambrian 10.5 198.47Ordovician 60 1,134.11Silurian 70 1,323.13Devonian 125 2,362.72Mississippian 78 1,474.34Mazon Creek 52 982.89Pennsylvanian 19 359.13Carboniferous 2 37.80Permian 3 56.71Triassic 2 37.80Jurassic 16 302.43Cretaceous 38 718.27Mesozoic 1 18.90Tertiary 40 756.07Total 546 10,320.38
A more complete survey• 546 cabinets
– Drawer by drawer (over 13,000 drawers)
• Four to five months• Opportunity to see collections
• Curation level• Size• Maps
# 2X2.5 2.5X4 4x5 5X8 8X10 10X16 16X20 TOTALS Level % Filled Notes
1 0.0% EMPTY
2 27 7 5 1 40 3.0 89.8% BRACHIOPODA: SPIRIFER M-P
3 0.0% EMPTY
4 42 11 2 55 3.0 93.8% BRACHIOPODA: SPIRIFER R-Z
5 0 0 3 3 3.0 15.6% BRACHIOPODA: SPIRIFER STRIATUS ENGLAND
6 31 4 2 37 3.0 61.2% BRACHIOPODA: SPIRIFERINA-SPIRIFERELLA
7 0.0% EMPTY
8 23 4 4 31 3.0 61.2% BRACHIOPODA: STROPHE SU
9 0.0% EMPTY
10 12 6 1 19 3.0 36.5% BRACHIOPODA: SP-STROPHA
11 23 7 2 32 3.0 58.6% BRACHIOPODA: STROPHOMENA A-I
12 27 12 1 40 3.0 71.6% BRACHIOPODA: STROPHOMENA M-W + SP
13 14 6 5 25 3.0 59.9% BRACHIOPODA: SV-SZ
14 28 6 2 36 3.0 62.5% BRACHIOPODA: T
15 40 6 1 47 3.0 72.9% BRACHIOPODA: U - Z
161718 0.0% EMPTY
19 22 7 4 2 35 2.7 88.5% BRACHIOPODA: POSSIBLE TYPES
20 0.0% EMPTY
21 16 7 6 3 32 3.0 101.6% BRACHIOPODA: CASTS
22 0.0% EMPTY
23 17 12 4 3 36 3.0 105.5% BRACHIOPODA: CASTS
24 0.0% EMPTY
25 40 9 1 1 51 3.0 91.1% BRACHIOPODA: CASTS
335 97 38 9 0 0 1 480 2.98 42.6% TOTALS
1 1 83.3% BRACHIOPODA: SILURIAN CHICAGO AREA NIAGRA GROUP STRICKLANDIA PYRIFORMIS
3.0
Cabinet 1516 TYPES SPIRIFER M-Z, AND MISC
0 0 0 0 0 0
Grade Description
0.0 No Data
1.0 Stratigraphic and .Locality Data
2.0 Sorted by Phylum
3.0 Cataloged and Identified
4.0 Digitized and on WWW
How to display data?
• Lots of data collected (546 pages)• Maps
– Displays lots of information– Allows for quick comparisons– Easy to see patterns– Record of the collection
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