Online Resources
A wide range of collections data are now available online through several sources. Our collections databases, 3D datasets, archival records, and raw data are reposited in a number of web resources, more information about each is listed below.Contact Matthew Brown to contribute data, or for questions related to any of the following resources. |
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Collections CatalogSearch the TXVP fossil collections database. In the left pane, click on the “+” symbol to expand the Advanced options. From this expanded menu, you can search our Specify database by any number of fields, i.e., catalog number, genus or species name, county, state, or country. Search fields are case sensitive. Search the TXVP osteology collections database of approximately 17,000 modern skeletal objects. In the left pane, click on the “+” symbol to expand the Advanced options. From this expanded menu, you can search our Specify database by any number of fields, i.e., catalog number, genus or species name, county, state, or country. Search fields are case sensitive. |
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Digital ObjectsOur primary digital repository is hosted at MorphoSource. As a condition of scanning, we require that all raw data for three dimensional models (e.g., CT and laser surface scans, photogrammetric models) generated from our specimens be archived here. From the “Browse” menu, search for “Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections.” To contribute data, contact Matthew Brown. |
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| Several hundred fossils from our collections have been scanned at The High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at The University of Texas at Austin (UTCT) and are available for viewing at Digimorph. |  |
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Digital DocumentsAs documents from our archives are digitized, they are reposited at ScholarWorks. The first series of material to be uploaded is the Quarterly and Annual Reports of the 1939-1941 statewide paleontologic-mineralogic survey. Electronic copies of University of Texas theses and dissertations can also be accessed through ScholarWorks here. |
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ArchivesFinding Aids for the extensive archives of Texas paleontology history are searchable through Texas Archival Resources Online and are updated as more finding aids are completed. Currently, records related to our collections (e.g., Bureau of Economic Geology and Texas Memorial Museum archives held in the Briscoe Center for American History) can be searched for through TARO. |
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Data RepositoryComing soon- The Texas Data Repository is a platform for publishing and archiving datasets (and other data products) created by faculty, staff, and students at Texas higher education institutions. As TXVP collection datasets are deposited, they will be available here. |
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