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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  
000445716 sectioned half 2 AMNH:FI:97614 Hopkinsina magnifica Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445712 sectioned half 1 AMNH:FI:97614 Hopkinsina magnifica Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445708 complete specimen AMNH:FI:97614 Hopkinsina magnifica Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445704 complete specimen AMNH:FI:97614 Hopkinsina magnifica Video 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445697 sectioned half 2 AMNH:FI:19954 Anomalina mantaensis Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445693 sectioned half 1 AMNH:FI:19954 Anomalina mantaensis Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445689 complete specimen AMNH:FI:19954 Anomalina mantaensis Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445685 complete specimen AMNH:FI:19954 Anomalina mantaensis Video 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445673 sectioned half 1 AMNH:FI:95221 Nummulites ortholucasi var. robustus Mesh 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
000445669 sectioned half 1 AMNH:FI:95221 Nummulites ortholucasi var. robustus Video 2022-06-02 Restricted Download  
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