Conservation, Curation, and Website Development for the Karl Hirsch Fossil Eggshell Collection at the University of Colorado Museum

科罗拉多大学博物馆卡尔赫希蛋壳化石收藏的保护、管理和网站开发

• 批准号: 0646420
• 负责人: Karen Chin
• 金额: $ 23.31万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0646420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conservation; Curation; Website; Development; Karl

A grant has been awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder under the direction of Dr. Karen Chin to provide for long-term care and preservation of a fossil eggshell collection that is worldwide in scope and includes fossil eggshells from a diverse set of animals, including birds, dinosaurs, turtles, and other reptiles. Several thousand photographs, negatives, and associate research notes will be put into archival materials and secure housings. Many of these photographs are of specially preserved microscopic sections. An electronic catalogue of the materials will be assembled and placed online, where remote researchers will have access to the data. Fossil eggshells are less well-known than body fossils, but they have the potential to provide insights on ancient reproductive habits, phylogeny and evolution of egg-laying organisms, environmental conditions in the remote past, and other aspects of paleontology. These specimens come from six continents (over 35 countries), and range in age from Jurassic (approximately 200 million years ago) to the Pleistocene (approximately 12,000 years before the present). Images and information will be linked to the Paleontology Portal website, which will make them accessible to teachers and educators. Graduate and undergraduate students will participate in photo conservation and web site development. The graduate student will also work with two middle school teachers to develop middle school standards based exercises on eggs and fossil eggshells.

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校在Karen Chin博士的指导下获得了一笔赠款，用于长期护理和保存全球范围内的蛋壳化石收藏，其中包括来自各种动物的蛋壳化石，包括鸟类、恐龙、海龟和其他爬行动物。数千张照片、底片和相关研究笔记将被放入档案材料和安全外壳中。这些照片中有许多是特别保存下来的显微切片。这些材料的电子目录将被汇编并放在网上，远程研究人员将可以在那里访问数据。蛋壳化石没有身体化石那么广为人知，但它们有可能为人们提供关于古代生殖习性、产卵生物的系统发育和进化、遥远过去的环境条件以及古生物学其他方面的见解。这些标本来自六大洲(超过35个国家)，年代范围从侏罗纪(约2亿年前)到更新世(约12000年前)。图像和信息将链接到古生物学门户网站，这将使教师和教育工作者能够访问它们。研究生和本科生将参与照片保护和网站开发。这位研究生还将与两名中学教师合作，制定基于鸡蛋和蛋壳化石练习的中学标准。