CSBR: Natural History Collections: Curation, Digitization, Integration, and On-Line Access of Two Exceptional Invertebrate Fossil Research Collections

CSBR：自然历史馆藏：两个特殊无脊椎动物化石研究馆藏的管理、数字化、整合和在线访问

• 批准号: 1458151
• 负责人: Michal Kowalewski
• 金额: $ 18.46万
• 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: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-15 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458151&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Natural; History; Collections; Curation

This project seeks funding to salvage two unique collections and permanently house them in the Invertebrate Paleontology Division of the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH). These collections were no longer afforded adequate storage at their home institutions. The larger of the two is an exceptional, nationally unique inventory of fossil micro-mollusks. The second collection is composed of critical reference specimens used originally to develop a powerful technique for numerical age dating of fossils (the amino acid racemization method). Both collections will be used extensively in research, education, and training of a new generation of scientists. Diverse audiences will benefit directly from two new exhibits developed using these collections. Additionally, two identification guides will be produced and 1,500 specimen images will be made available through on-line portals and the FLMNH's image galleries. The project will involve hands-on training of undergraduate interns, result in newsletter articles and talks to local groups, and contribute important specimens to public exhibits at the FLMNH and elsewhere.This project seeks to curate, digitize, and publish data from two unique invertebrate fossil collections recently acquired by the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH). The first collection (~30,000 lots) was assembled by Lyle Campbell (University of South Carolina, Upstate) during 40 years of fieldwork in Cenozoic deposits of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. The collection is a nationally unique scientific resource representing a taxonomically diverse bio-inventory of micro-mollusks. The second collection (~3,000 lots) was assembled by John Wehmiller (University of Delaware) over the past 35 years during the development of amino acid racemization (AAR) dating methods. Both collections will be integrated into the Specify 6.6, a relational database that unifies all FLMNH paleontological and neontological specimen collections. The project will make two significant collections readily available to the global research community, thus providing a stimulus for research. The collection of numerous, rare, and undescribed species of micro-mollusks, severely underrepresented in FLMNH's holdings, will be of broad value to malacologists and paleontologists. This collection is particularly valuable for filling gaps in the fossil record (e.g., tropical Paleogene) and are uniquely suitable for quantitative macro-ecological studies (e.g., ecological niche modeling). The second collection contains key reference materials for geochronological studies needed to validate past research findings and assist Quaternary geochronologists with the development of new dating strategies. Upon completion, the project will result in novel high-quality data on spatial and temporal distribution of Cenozoic invertebrates. These records will be fully integrated into existing data networks (e.g., iDigBio, GBIF, PBDB, and Earth Cube).

该项目寻求资金来挽救两个独特的收藏，并永久将它们安置在佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）的无脊椎动物古生物学部。这些收藏不再为其内部机构提供足够的存储空间。这两者中的较大是化石微型粉丝的特殊，全国独特的库存。第二个集合由最初用于开发化石数值年代的强大技术的关键参考标本组成（氨基酸种族化方法）。 这两个收藏都将在新一代科学家的研究，教育和培训中广泛使用。不同的受众将直接从使用这些收藏的两个新展览中受益。此外，将生产两个识别指南，并通过在线门户和FLMNH的图像画廊提供1,500个标本图像。该项目将涉及对本科实习生的动手培训，导致新闻通讯的文章和与当地团体进行对话，并为FLMNH及其他地方的公开展览贡献重要标本。该项目旨在策划，数字化和发布来自Florida Museum of Natural Resistory（Flmnh）（Flmnh）的两个独特的无脊椎动物化石收藏品的数据。在弗吉尼亚州的新生代矿床，卡罗来纳州和乔治亚州的田间工作40年中，莱尔·坎贝尔（Lyle Campbell）（南卡罗来纳大学，北卡罗来纳大学）莱尔·坎贝尔（Lyle Campbell）组装​​了第一个收藏（约30,000批）。该系列是一种全国独特的科学资源，代表了微型虚拟的分类学多样化的生物居所。在过去的35年中，约翰·韦默勒（John Wehmiller）（特拉华大学）在氨基酸种族化（AAR）约会方法的发展中，第二个集合（约3,000批）是由约翰·韦米勒（John Wehmiller）组装的。这两个集合都将集成到指定6.6，这是一个关系数据库，该数据库统一了所有FLMNH古生物学和新的标本集合。该项目将使全球研究界很容易获得两个重要的收藏，从而为研究提供了刺激。在FLMNH的持有量中，众多，稀有和未描述的微型毛绒物种的收集对疟疾学家和古生物学家将具有广泛的价值。该集合对于填补化石记录中的空白（例如热带古近盖）特别有价值，并且非常适合定量宏观生态学研究（例如，生态利基建模）。第二个集合包含用于验证过去的研究发现所需的地年学研究的关键参考材料，并协助第四纪地质学家开发了新的约会策略。完成后，该项目将产生有关新生代无脊椎动物的空间和时间分布的新型高质量数据。这些记录将完全集成到现有数据网络（例如IDIGBIO，GBIF，PBDB和EARTH CIBE）中。