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American Museum of Natural History
AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Organization Team Managed
172 Media · 82 Specimens · Creator: Hopkins, Melanie, Hussaini, Bushra · Managed by: Melanie Hopkins, Bushra Hussaini, Hilary Ketchum

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) contains one of the largest Invertebrate Paleontology Collections in the world, estimated at 5.12 million specimens. It began in 1875 with the purchase of the James Hall collection and has grown steadily through donations and expeditionary field-work by curators including Otto Haas (Mesozoic Cephalopoda), Roger Batten (Carboniferous Gastropoda), Norman Newell (Paleozoic Bivalvia), Niles Eldredge (Devonian Trilobita), Neil Landman (Mesozoic Cephalopoda) and Melanie Hopkins (Paleozoic, Trilobita). The Hall collection contains important type and historical material, including Paleozoic brachiopods, nautiloids and sponges, as well as Cretaceous material from mid 19th century expeditions to the American West. In addition, the Foraminifera and Ostracoda Microfossil collection was established in 1935 and contains 7000 specimen lots keyed into seminal monographs on foraminifera and ostracoda. Many of the sites represented by these specimens are no longer accessible. The AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology collections serves a wide user base, providing material for numerous publications dealing with taxonomy and systematics of various invertebrate groups to students and professional researchers, as well as providing material to K-12 students and the general public via exhibition and educational activities.

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  ID Part Object Taxonomy Type Date Added Publication Status  
000445369 complete specimen AMNH:FI:45898 Gaudryina laevigata pyramidata Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445354 complete specimen AMNH:FI:45891 Planoglobulina acervulinoides Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445342 complete specimen AMNH:FI:19839 Pseudopolymorphina doanei Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445319 complete specimen AMNH:FI:19807 Epistomina flinti Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445303 complete specimen AMNH:FI:64318 Globorotalia menardii Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445286 complete specimen AMNH:FI:88788 Elphidium granti tubaraensis Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000445275 complete specimen AMNH:FI:90322 Bulimina fissura Mesh 2022-05-31 Restricted Download  
000444835 complete specimen AMNH:FI:64133 Robulus terryi Mesh 2022-05-27 Restricted Download  
000444823 complete specimen AMNH:FI:90335 Bigenerina nodosaria Mesh 2022-05-27 Restricted Download  
000444811 complete specimen AMNH:FI:64118 Reophax parsonsensis Mesh 2022-05-27 Restricted Download  
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