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

Citation

“Colorado Fossil Inventory Proposal,” Data-at-Risk Inventory, accessed May 19, 2013, http://www.ibiblio.org/data-at-risk/items/show/85.