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Please enter contact information for the institution or department housing the collection:

(For consistency please do not use all upper-case letters)

Institution:

(see notes)

Institution Web Site:

(Example: http://www.website.edu/)

Institution Type:

Department or Division:

(see notes)

Department or Division Web Site:

(Example: http://www.website.edu/)

Number and Street:

City:

State or Province:

Country:

Postal Code:

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:


(Please separate multiple e-mail addresses with a comma)

Please enter contact information for the person in charge and any additional staff members:

Person In Charge

Primary Contact Person

Title:

First Name:

Middle Initial:

Family Name:

Position:

E-mail:

Other Professional Staff Member

Primary Contact Person

Title:

First Name:

Middle Initial:

Family Name:

Position:

E-mail:

Other Professional Staff Member

Primary Contact Person

Title:

First Name:

Middle Initial:

Family Name:

Position:

E-mail:

Additional Staff Members:
(Comma Delimited)

Please describe the collection:

Year Founded:

Collection Acronym:

Estimated Number of Specimens:

(see notes)

Estimated Number of Lots:

(see notes)

General Emphasis:

(see notes)

Primary Emphasis:

Invertebrate Fossils and Microfossils

Vertebrate Fossils

Paleobotany

Trace Fossils

Biostratigraphy

Paleoecology

Paleobiology

Regional Paleontology

Named Collections
in your Possession:
(comma delimited)

(see notes)

Named Collections Web Site:

(see notes)

(Example: http://www.website.edu/)

Please list taxa and eras represented by significant collections:

Prokaryotes and Protoctista

Prokaryotes:

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Acritarchs:

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Chitinozoa:

.

Paleozoic

.

.

Dinoflagellates:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Tintinnids and Calpionellids:

.

.

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Thecamebians:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Foraminiferida:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Calcareous Nannofossils:

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Benthic Calcareous Algae:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Other Calcareous Microfossils:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Radiolaria:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Diatoms:

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Other Siliceous Microfossils:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Other Protoctists:

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Invertebrate Fossils

Porifera:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Cnidaria:

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Bryozoa:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Brachiopoda:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Mollusca:

.

.

.

.

     Gastropoda:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Bivalvia:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Cephalopoda:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Other Mollusca:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Arthropoda:

     Trilobita:

.

Paleozoic

.

.

     Ostracoda:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Other Crustacea:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Insecta:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Other Arthropoda:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Echinodermata:

     Crinozoa:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Blastozoa:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

     Asterozoa:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Homalozoa:

Paleozoic

     Echinozoa:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

     Other Echinodermata:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Chordata and Hemichordata

Fishes:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Amphibians:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Reptiles:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Mammals:

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Graptolithina:

.

Paleozoic

.

.

Conodonta:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Fossil Plants

Bryophytes:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Pteridophytes:

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Gymnosperms:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Angiosperms:

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Palynomorphs:

.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Ichnofossils

Trace Fossils:

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Please describe the curation, usage, and cataloging of the collection:

Curation:

(see notes)

Usage:

% Exhibit

% Research

% Teaching

% Available for Exchange

Type Catalog:

Type Catalog Description:

(see notes)

On-line Catalog Sites:

(Example: http://www.website.edu/)

Percent of Collection Cataloged:

%

Percent of Collection Cataloged into Electronic Database:

%

Percent of Type Collection Cataloged:

%

Percent of Type Collection Cataloged into Electronic Database:

%

Database Management System:

(see notes)

Please describe any in-house publications, lending policies and additional features of the collection:

In-House Publications

(see notes)

Lending Policies
and Services:

(see notes)

Public Education:

(see notes)

Lost and Found:

(see notes)

Additional Notes:

(see notes)

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