Collections
Materials include fossil invertebrates and plants, microfossils, rocks, minerals, meteorites and tektites, and the collection is estimated to contain about 4 million specimens. Inventory is ongoing by students, staff, and our volunteers who have been essential in our efforts to fully document and digitize all of the specimens housed across two buildings.
Type Collection
The collection of types and figured specimens is derived from published works of the later nineteenth century to the present day. Early Paleozoic and Mesozoic echinoderms, Mesozoic molluscs and Tertiary arthropods are well represented in this type collection.
Current inventory has reached over 8000 catalog records with over 18,000 specimens. This includes all designations of type and figured specimens. Previous estimates placed the type collection at around 22,000 specimens.