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UW-Madison Integrated Specimen Portal

A Gateway to Biodiversity, Human, and Environmental Specimens from our Natural History Museums

University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum, Natural History (UWGM-Natural History)

The UW Geology Museum (UWGM) is the most popular science outreach venue on campus. Each year it attracts > 50,000 visitors including, and contains about 120,000 geological and paleontological specimens.
Home Page: http://geoscience.wisc.edu/museum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 July 2020
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 5,840 occurrence
  • 414 (7%) georeferenced
  • 150 families
  • 10 genera
  • 0 species
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Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acipenseridae (1)
  • Acrotretidae (2)
  • Aegeridae (1)
  • Aglaspididae (2)
  • Allosauridae (2)
  • Amaltheidae (4)
  • Amiidae (1)
  • Ankylosauridae (2)
  • Arcticidae (1)
  • Arietitidae (2)
  • Asaphidae (2)
  • Aspidoceritidae (3)
  • Asteraceae (1)
  • Asteroceratidae (5)
  • Astraeospongiidae (1)
  • Athyrididae (3)
  • Avisauridae (1)
  • Basilosauridae (1)
  • Betulaceae (1)
  • Bibioniadae (5)
  • Bohemiellidae (1)
  • Caenagnathidae (9)
  • Calymenidae (9)
  • Calymenina (1)
  • Camarasauridae (1)
  • Campanilidae (1)
  • Caprifoliaceae (1)
  • Cardiniidae (1)
  • Ceratiocarididae (2)
  • Ceratopsidae (16)
  • Champsosauridae (2)
  • Chrysopidae (1)
  • Cimolichthyidae (2)
  • Comarocystitida (1)
  • Conulariidae (1)
  • Cupressaceae (1)
  • Cyrtinidae (2)
  • Dactylioceratidae (5)
  • Dalmanitidae (2)
  • Daphniphyllaceae (1)
  • Dikelocephaliidae (403)
  • Dinornithidae (2)
  • Diplodocidae (24)
  • Discinoidea (1)
  • Dromaeosauridae (36)
  • Ellimmchthyidae (1)
  • Enchodontidae (46)
  • Eoderoceratidae (2)
  • Eoorthidae (4)
  • Ericaceae (1)
  • Fabaceae (3)
  • Fagaceae (1)
  • Ginkgoaceae (1)
  • Gramineae (1)
  • Graphoceratidae (1)
  • Gryllidae (5)
  • Gryphaeidae (6)
  • Hadrosauridae (16)
  • Hamamelidaceae (1)
  • Hesperornithidae (2)
  • Hesperorthidea (1)
  • Hildoceratidae (3)
  • Hyaenodontidae (1)
  • Ichthyodectidae (90)
  • Illaenuridae (1)
  • Lamnidae (2)
  • Laqueidae (2)
  • Lauraceae (7)
  • Leguminosae (2)
  • Leptoceratopsidae (3)
  • Limoniidae (3)
  • Lingulidae (1)
  • Liparoceratidae (8)
  • Lobothyrididae (1)
  • Lytoceratidae (3)
  • Magnoliaceae (3)
  • Malletiidae (1)
  • Mammutidae (1)
  • Mecochiridae (1)
  • Megatheriidae (2)
  • Metoposauridae (6)
  • Monograptidae (6)
  • Mosasaur (1)
  • Mosasauridae (179)
  • Myricaceae (3)
  • Myriceae (1)
  • Myrtaceae (4)
  • Mytilidae (3)
  • Nautilidae (2)
  • Neoptera (1)
  • Neoretziidae (1)
  • Nodosauridae (1)
  • Obolidae (5)
  • Odobenidae (Walrus) (1)
  • Olenellidae (1)
  • Oncoceratidae (1)
  • Ornithomimidae (12)
  • Orthogonikleithridae (1)
  • Otodontidae (16)
  • Oviraptoridae (2)
  • Pachycephalosauridae (6)
  • Pachycormidae (11)
  • Pachyrhizodontidae (23)
  • Paleachinidae (1)
  • Pectinidae (1)
  • Penaeidae (1)
  • Pentameridae (1)
  • Pentremitidae (1)
  • Petranodon (2)
  • Phocidae (Earless Seal) (2)
  • Phocoenidae (3)
  • Platanaceae (5)
  • Platystrphiidae (1)
  • Plesiosauridae (6)
  • Plethodidae (3)
  • Protasteridae (1)
  • Pseudolingulidae (1)
  • Pteranodontidae (2)
  • Ptychodontidae (2)
  • Pugnacidae (1)
  • Pygopidae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (4)
  • Rhynchonellidae (3)
  • Rhynchospirinidae (1)
  • Sabiaceae (1)
  • Saccocomidae (1)
  • Salicaceae (5)
  • Saukiidae (276)
  • Saurodontidae (24)
  • Sauropoda (clade) (1)
  • Silesauridae (2)
  • Spiriferidae (2)
  • Spiriferinidae (1)
  • Stagodontidae (1)
  • Staphylinidae (3)
  • Staphylinoidae (2)
  • Stegosauridae (1)
  • Stringocephalidae (1)
  • Strophodontidae (1)
  • Subrianidae (1)
  • Syringothyrididae (2)
  • Taxocrinidae (1)
  • Terebratulidae (11)
  • Thescelosauridae (2)
  • Tipulidae (5)
  • Turbinidae (3)
  • Tyrannosauridae (57)
  • Ursidae (1)
  • Veranidae (1)
  • Zeilleriidae (1)