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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Mots-clé

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

Contacts

Personne ayant créé cette ressource:

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

Personne pouvant répondre aux questions sur la ressource:

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

Personne ayant renseigné les métadonnées:

Consuelo Sendino

Autres personnes associées à la ressource:

Créateur
Consuelo Sendino
Natural History Museum, London
Cromwell Road
SW75BD London
GB
Couverture géographique

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

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [-90, -180], Nord Est [90, 180]
Couverture taxonomique

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.

Phylum  Porifera (sponges)
Subclass  Lithistida (lithistids)
Order  Tetralithistida (tetralithistids),  Monalithistida (monalithistids),  Megalithistida (megalithistids),  Orchocladina (orchocladinids),  Spirosclerophorida (spirosclerophorids)
Couverture temporelle
Date de début / Date de fin 1816-01-01 / 2000-08-02
Données sur le projet

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

Titre Digitisation of the Lithistida Collection
Identifiant NHM Department Investment Funds bid number 490
Financement NHM Department Investment Funds
Description du domaine d'étude / de recherche Fossil lithistids (sponges)

Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:

Fournisseur de Contenu
Andrew Tucker
Méthodes d'échantillonnage

Locating and organising specimens in the Porifera Collection

Etendue de l'étude NHM Fossil Lithistida Collection
Contrôle qualité Quality control and assurance procedures were implemented at all project stages to avoid errors and repeating them.

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  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
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