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Collection Strengths
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than 60% of the Section's collections are from the United States.
Of the remainder, 38% were collected from Western Europe, and about
2% are from elsewhere. Twenty-five percent of the Section's U.S.
collections are from Pennsylvania. An additional 35% are from Ohio,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Montana. Over the last 20 years the
Section's collections have been the focus of some 30 Ph.D. dissertations
and over 35 Master's theses. Aside from our North American visitors,
many foreign visitors have come from the U.K., Germany, France,
Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Russia, China, Thailand, Japan, and
Australia.
Taxonomic collection strengths from the United States
late Paleozoic trilobites from North America
Carboniferous reef faunas
Upper Devonian Glass Sponges from western New York
Lower Carboniferous brachiopods of the central and western U.S.
Carboniferous gastropods of the Appalachian Basin
Carboniferous, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic decapod crustaceans
Cambrian trilobites of the Appalachian Basin
Devonian/Silurian scolecodonts
Pennsylvanian age insects from the Appalachian Basin
Florissant/Green River insects
Upper Devonian Alfred Shale invertebrates of Western New York
Lower Carboniferous Gilmore City (Hodges Quarry) invertebrates
(especially gastropods)
Taxonomic collection strengths from Europe
Jurassic invertebrates (insects, decapods, shrimp, ammonites,
cuttlefish, crinoids, etc.) from the Solnhofen Limestone from Bavaria,
Germany
Mesozoic European ammonoid cephalopods
Additional taxonomic assets
Echinoderms from the Hunsruck Slate (Lower Devonian) of Germany
Middle Silurian crinoids (Dudley)
Shrimp and other invertebrates from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Upper
Mississippian) of Montana
Cenozoic mollusks from Western Europe
Eocene Monte Bolca decapods
Strengths of the Section of Invertebrate Paleontology
No. 2 in U.S.— Lower Carboniferous brachiopods of the central
and western U.S.
No. 1 in U.S.— Jurassic Solnhofen invertebrate fossils from
Bavaria, Germany
No. 1 in U.S.— Late Paleozoic trilobites from North America
No. 1 in U.S.— Carboniferous reef faunas
No. 1 in U.S.— Upper Devonian Glass Sponges from western
New York
Top 5 in U.S.— Carboniferous gastropods of Appalachian Basin
Top 5 in U.S.— Mesozoic European ammonoid cephalopods
Top 5 in U.S.— Carboniferous, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic decapod
crustaceans
Top 5 in U.S.— Cambrian trilobites of the Appalachian Basin
All inquiries pertaining to the IP collection should be addressed
to:
Albert D. Kollar
Collection Manager, Invertebrate Paleontology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 622-5513 or kollara@CarnegieMNH.org
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