Curation and Integration of Orphaned Collections of Fossil Invertebrates: Florida Museum of Natural History

无脊椎动物化石孤儿收藏的管理和整合：佛罗里达自然历史博物馆

• 批准号: 9509178
• 负责人: Douglas Jones
• 金额: $ 21.14万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-15 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9509178&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curation; Integration; Orphaned; Collections; Fossil

The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) at the University of Florida (UF) recently acquired three, significant, orphaned collections of invertebrate fossils. Each collection is composed primarily of specimens from the Cenozoic of Florida and the southeastern U.S. and each represents a unique, scientific research resource. The Invertebrate Paleontology (IP) Division at the museum will execute a three-year project to curate these orphaned collections and integrate them into its Systematic, Type, and Stratigraphic collections, as appropriate. the ultimate goal of this project is to preserve the specimens and associated information within each of these valuable research collections and to make them available to the scientific community. Each collection presents distinct strengths and challenges. The collections include: (1) Florida Geological Survey Collection. In 1993 the Florida Geological Survey (FGS) in Tallahassee officially transferred its collection of fossil invertebrates to the FLMNH for permanent care and conservation. The FGS Collections large ( 13,000 catalogued and ca. 5,000 uncatalogued lots), represents most of the stratigraphic units in the state, and contains over 178 primary types as well as many figured, referred, and voucher specimens. (2) Hunter-Banks Collection. This large collection was made during 1960-1978 by Muriel E. Hunter and the Lake Joseph E. Banks while employed by the Coastal Petroleum Company of Tallahassee, FL. It consists of fossil invertebrates from Florida (85%), the southeastern U.S. (10%), and form abroad ( 5%). The vast majority of the specimen lots (ca. 22,200) were stratigraphically collected, including many sites which are no longer accessible. (3) Victor Zullo Collection. Shortly after his untimely death in July 1993, the fossil barnacle collection of Dr. Victor Zullo was transferred to the FLMNH from the University of North Caroline, Wilmington. This vital collection (ca. 1,000 lots) consists primarily of balanomorph barlacles which Zullo was researching. The collection is accompanied by 10 manuscripts in various stages of completion which are being distributed to appropriate workers for completion. The collection will contain many primary and secondary type specimens which result from this systematic research.

佛罗里达大学佛罗里达大学（UF）（UF）的佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）最近收购了三个重要的，孤儿的无脊椎动物化石。 每个集合主要由来自佛罗里达州和美国东南部的新生代的标本组成，每个都代表了独特的科学研究资源。 博物馆的无脊椎动物古生物学（IP）部门将执行一个为期三年的项目，以策划这些孤立的收藏，并将其纳入其系统，类型和地层集合中。 该项目的最终目标是保留这些有价值的研究集合中的每个标本和相关信息，并将其提供给科学界。 每个集合都呈现出不同的优势和挑战。 这些收藏包括：（1）佛罗里达地质调查局收集。 1993年，塔拉哈西（Talhahassee）的佛罗里达地质调查局（FGS）正式将其化石无脊椎动物收集到FLMNH以进行永久护理和保护。 FGS收集大型（13,000个已分类和5,000个未经战役的批次）代表该州的大多数地层单元，并且包含178多种主要类型以及许多构想，引用和代金券标本。 （2）Hunter-Banks系列。 这个大型收藏是在1960 - 1978年间由穆里尔·E·亨特（Muriel E. 它由来自佛罗里达州的化石无脊椎动物（85％），美国东南部（10％）和国外形成（5％）。 绝大多数标本批次（约22,200块）都是在地层收集的，其中包括许多不再可访问的地点。 （3）Victor Zullo Collection。 1993年7月，他过早去世后不久，维克多·祖洛（Victor Zullo）博士的化石藤壶系列被从威尔明顿北卡罗琳大学转移到FLMNH。 这个重要的收藏（约1,000批）主要由Zullo研究的Balanomorph Barlacles组成。 该集合伴随着10个完成阶段的10个手稿，这些手稿正在分配给适当的工人完成。 该系列将包含许多系统研究产生的主要和次要标本。