CSBR: Natural History Collections: Equipment for The Field Museum's Fossil Mammal Collection Range for the Accommodation of Nonmammalian Synapsids and the Turnbull Collection

CSBR：自然历史收藏：菲尔德博物馆化石哺乳动物收藏范围的设备，用于容纳非哺乳动物合弓动物和特恩布尔收藏

• 批准号: 1203530
• 负责人: Kenneth Angielczyk
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Collections; Equipment

The Field Museum of Natural History's fossil mammal collection is an invaluable resource for paleontological, paleoecological, and evolutionary research. Two components of this collection require urgent attention. Several thousand specimens collected by W. D. Turnbull during his nearly 70 year career have never been accessioned; many of the specimens, which can elucidate the early histories of modern mammal groups against the backdrop of a rapidly warming climate, have never been unpacked. The non-mammalian synapsid collection was built by iconic paleontologists and continues to provide key information about the earliest ancestors of mammals. Yet this collection is stored in overcrowded facilities with no room for anticipated expansion.Specimens from these collections will be packaged in archival storage materials and housed in new cabinets and shelving that take advantage of existing infrastructure in the fossil mammal collection space (funded by a previous grant). Uncataloged specimens will be accessioned and cataloged. Collections data for all Field Museum fossil vertebrates will be made available online. These steps will increase the utility and accessibility of the specimens to the research community, while guaranteeing their long-term preservation for future generations. A postdoctoral researcher and two undergraduates will be trained in collections management and curation during the grant; a third undergraduate will produce podcasts describing the work and its rationale.

菲尔德自然历史博物馆的哺乳动物化石收藏是古生物学、古生态学和进化研究的宝贵资源。这一系列文件中有两个组成部分迫切需要注意。W. D.特恩布尔在他近70年的职业生涯中从未被加入;许多标本，可以阐明现代哺乳动物群体的早期历史，在气候迅速变暖的背景下，从未被打开过。非哺乳动物的突触体集合是由标志性的古生物学家建立的，并继续提供有关哺乳动物最早祖先的关键信息。这些标本将被包装在档案存储材料中，并被安置在新的橱柜和架子上，这些橱柜和架子将充分利用哺乳动物化石收集空间的现有基础设施（由先前的拨款资助）。未编入目录的标本将被收录和编目。所有菲尔德博物馆脊椎动物化石的收集数据将在网上提供。这些步骤将增加标本对研究界的实用性和可获得性，同时保证为子孙后代长期保存标本。一名博士后研究员和两名本科生将在资助期间接受馆藏管理和策展方面的培训;第三名本科生将制作播客，描述这项工作及其原理。