What is a herbarium? AÂ herbarium (Latin: hortus siccus) is a collection of plant samples preserved for long-term study, usually in the form of dried and pressed plants mounted on paper. The dried and mounted plant samples are generally referred to as herbarium specimens. Other materials in the herb
British Museum of Natural History 5.2 US Washington, D.C.
Mixson’s Bone Bed University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV009 Location About 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of Williston, Levy County, Florida; 29.41° N, 82.43° W. Age Late Miocene Epoch; early Hemphillian (Hemphillian 1) land mammal age About 8 to 9 million years old (estim
are housed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington
The following 160+ individuals studied or worked in herpetology in the Florida Museum Division of Herpetology, in the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, in the Department of Zoology, in the College of Medicine, or in the College of Veterinary Medicine, for an extended period. (Ad
Department of State, Washington, DC. Post, Marina (B.S. 200?)
University of Florida plant biologist Pamela Soltis has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee investigating the value and future of biological collections. Soltis, a distinguished professor and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, will
The committee, which holds its first meeting today in Washington, D.C., will identify
The largest climate change in central North America since the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a temperature drop of nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit, is documented within the fossilized teeth of horses and other plant-eating mammals, a new study reveals. The overwhelming majority of pr
change of this magnitude occurred today, Florida would have weather similar to Washington
Ciconia maltha Quick Facts Common Names: Asphalt stork or La Brea stork A relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 4 feet (1.5 m) and a wingspan up to 9 feet (3 m) across. While many large mammals became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene in North America, Ciconia ma
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. Bickart, K. J. 1990.
Despite the COVID pandemic, the research staff and graduate students at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity were able to write up past research and to conduct other meaningful scientific exchanges of information. This unusual time in history, resulted in some very cool studies fin
of genome size.” Zoom recording Speaker: Arnaud Martin, Institution: George Washington
Primary Type Specimens in the Vertebrate Paleontology Collection Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia Complete reference citations can be found here. Chondrichthyes Eoplinthicus yazooensis Cappetta, H., and G. Stringer. 2002. Tertiary Research 21
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):315-319, figs. 1-2.
Pandion lovensis Quick Facts Common Name: Love Site osprey Although ospreys are commonly seen today around bodies of fresh water, their fossils are very rare. This extinct species is only known from a total of eight specimens. Its talons and hind limbs are not as well adapted for catching
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):314-320.
The rare Solomon Island Frogmouth was once considered a subspecies of the widespread Marbled Frogmouth. Comparing this specimen’s skin, skeleton and genetics with other frogmouths proved it was a new genus, Rigidipenna – a rare scientific achievement. Summary Solomon Island Frogmouth (Rigidipenn
1998 the Florida Museum of Natural History and colleagues at the University of Washington
