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LACM Vertebrate Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Mertz W, Ludt W, Clardy T, Robson S, Suh Y H, Camacho N (2024). LACM Vertebrate Collection. Version 18.15. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/77rmwd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-12.

Description

The Collection includes the Fish, Herpetology, Bird and Mammal Collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. They are worldwide collections with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Modern Chordata
  1. Aves
    rank: class
  2. Mammalia
    rank: class
  3. Amphibia
    rank: class
  4. Reptilia
    rank: class
  5. Osteichthyes
    rank: superclass
  6. Chondrichthyes
    rank: superclass

Geographic Coverages

A worldwide collection with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William Mertz
originator
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3374
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
William Ludt
originator
position: Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wludt@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-9699
Todd Clardy
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: tclardy@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8789
Shannen Robson
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-5432
Young Ha Suh
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ysuh@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-5127
Neftali Camacho
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/
William Mertz
metadata author
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3374
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Kimball Garrett
point of contact
position: Collection Manager - Birds
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: 213-763-3368
email: kgarrett@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments-and-programs/ornithology
Neftali Camacho
point of contact
position: Collections Manager - Herpetology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3371
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments/herpetology
Shannen Robson
point of contact
position: Collections Manager - Mammalogy
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3400
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments-and-programs/mammalogy-nhm
William Mertz
administrative point of contact
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3374
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
Neftali Camacho
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/
Todd Clardy
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: tclardy@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8789
William Ludt
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wludt@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-9699
Young Ha Suh
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ysuh@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-5127
Shannen Robson
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-5432
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