nhm_fossil_lithistids
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This dataset presents the NHM Fossil Lithistida Collection in the Natural History Museum, London. This collection started to be built with the first fossil sponges from the Cretaceous of Wiltshire, collected by William Smith in 1816 and 1818 for the first geological map of England. The latest specimen to enter in the collection was collected from the Permo-Carboniferous of Norway by Angela Milner, a researcher at the Museum. Although they are mostly from the Cretaceous of England, lithistids are represented from the Cambrian to Cenozoic of England. This makes this collection key for studying this group.

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Checklist Fossil Lithistida Collection Stratigraphic range Geographic range Taxonomic identification Natural History Museum Specimen donor Publication Type status; Inventorythematic

Contactos

¿Quién creó el recurso?:

Andrew Tucker
Assistant Curator
Natural History Museum, London
Cromwell Road
SW75BD London
GB

¿Quién puede resolver dudas acerca del recurso?:

Consuelo Sendino
Senior Curator
Natural History Museum (United Kingdom)
Cromwell Road
SW75BD London
GB

¿Quién documentó los metadatos?:

Consuelo Sendino

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Originador
Consuelo Sendino
Natural History Museum, London
Cromwell Road
SW75BD London
GB
Cobertura Geográfica

Most of the Collection comes from the UK (61%), mainly from England. Regarding continents most come from Europe and North America.

Coordenadas límite Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [-90, -180], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [90, 180]
Cobertura Taxonómica

This collection includes 406 taxa, of which there are 338 species and 15 varieties that are distributed mainly between tetralithistids, monalithistids, megalithistids, orchocladinids and spirosclerophorids. Tetralithistids are the most common, 44% of the collection, with representation in Central Europe, Ukraine, India, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and mainly in UK-England. The next most common are the monalithistids (32%) with representation in Central Europe and UK-England as well. In lesser proportion megalithistids (12%) represented in Central Europe, Libya, UK-England and USA. Orchocladids (8%) have been collected in Europe, UK and USA. Finally, the spirosclerophorids (1%) have been found in Europe and UK-Wales. 4% of the collection has not been possible to include in an order.

Filo  Porifera (sponges)
Subclase  Lithistida (lithistids)
Orden  Tetralithistida (tetralithistids),  Monalithistida (monalithistids),  Megalithistida (megalithistids),  Orchocladina (orchocladinids),  Spirosclerophorida (spirosclerophorids)
Cobertura Temporal
Fecha Inicial / Fecha Final 1816-01-01 / 2000-08-02
Datos del Proyecto

Digitise and curate more than 5000 specimens, making the Lithistida Collection ready for research projects.

Título Digitisation of the Lithistida Collection
Identificador NHM Department Investment Funds bid number 490
Fuentes de Financiación NHM Department Investment Funds
Descripción del Área de Estudio Fossil lithistids (sponges)

Personas asociadas al proyecto:

Proveedor de Contenido
Andrew Tucker
Métodos de Muestreo

Locating and organising specimens in the Porifera Collection

Área de Estudio NHM Fossil Lithistida Collection
Control de Calidad Quality control and assurance procedures were implemented at all project stages to avoid errors and repeating them.

Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:

  1. Digitisation of the collection data Reorganisation of the specimens Curation: changing the specimen trays by acid free one and use of plastazote Data cleansing: standardize data
Metadatos Adicionales