Colorado Fossil Inventory Proposal
Title
Colorado Fossil Inventory Proposal
Research Area(s):
Geology
Description: Physical form of the data:
fossil specimens
Description: Content and context of data, if known:
Project impacts all federal, state, local land managers as well as researchers in academia. Our data serves as the best baseline resources for studies of climate change in organisms throughout history of life on earth.
Name of current data holder:
U.S. Geological Survey
Dates associated with data:
1857-2011
Size:
121 cases
Data condition:
fair
Risk level:
medium to high
Known access and restrictions:
none
Notes:
Deep inventory drawer-by-drawer of everything stated on the specimen labels
Contact information:
Kevin McKinney
About the Original Item
- Date Added
- March 19, 2012
- Item Type
- DARi Metadata Scheme Ver. 1.0
- Citation
- “Colorado Fossil Inventory Proposal,” Data-at-Risk Inventory, accessed May 25, 2013, http://ibiblio.org/data-at-risk/items/show/85.
- Associated Files
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