Florida Museum of Natural History

The FLMNH vertebrate fossil collections feature rich samples of all classes, mainly from the Cenozoic Era. More than 90% of the collections come from about 1000 marine and non-marine sites in Florida; other contributing regions are the Caribbean Basin and the South American Andes. Included are about 400,000 specimens, of which more than 240,000 are catalogued and 225,000 are currently on a searchable computer database. Holotypes number about 200 specimens. The FLMNH vertebrate fossil collections include the former Florida Geological Survey Collection and the UF Department of Zoology Fossil Bird Collection (assembled by the late Professor Pierce Brodkorb). Each of these collections is maintained in a separate catalog, under the acronyms UF/FGS and UF/PB, respectively. The FLMNH collections provide the most complete basis available for study of Cenozoic vertebrate paleontology in the southeastern United States and the Caribbean Basin. Biogeographically these collections record critical episodes in the history of ancient Florida over the past 50 million years.

For further information, or to arrange for a visit to the collection, contact one of us:

• Dr. Bruce J. MacFadden
  Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
  Professor of Geology, Latin American
  Studies and Zoology
  bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu

• Dr. Jonathan Bloch
  Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
  Assistant Professor of Geology and Zoology
  jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu

• Dr. S. David Webb
  Emeritus Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
  Emeritus Professor of Geology and Zoology
  webb@flmnh.ufl.edu

• Dr. Richard Hulbert
  Collections Manager, Primary person to contact regarding discovery and identification of vertebrate fossils.
  Coordinator, Program of Vertebrate Paleontology (Florida Fossil Permits)
  rhulbert@flmnh.ufl.edu

• Jane Mason
  Senior Preparator
  jmason@flmnh.ufl.edu

• Art Poyer
  Collections Scientist
  apoyer@flmnh.ufl.edu

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