FOSSIL SPONGE COLLECTIONS


R.S. Bassler's Nevada & Tennessee Fossil Coll.
Reported:
Located: USNM
Dr. G.A. Cooper's Permian Brachiopod Coll. from West Texas
Reported: R. Finks' earlier papers on the silicified sponge fauna are based on this collection. It is an extensive collection of several thousand specimens the majority of which remain unidentified.
Located: USNM
G.J. Hinde's Fossil Coll.
Reported: Catalogue - 1883 Monograph - l887, 1888, 1893
Located: BMNH - types and figured specimens
Mantell's Coll., south of England (Chalk)
Located: BMNH
J. Phillip's Fossil Coll.
Located: BMNH - some types
A. Schrammen's Fossil Coll., Jurassic and Cretaceous
Located: American Museum of Natural History, New York. Catalogue published by O'Connell, 1919 BMNH
Toulmin-Smith Coll., south of England (Chalk)
Located: BMNH
K.A. Zittel's Fossil Coll.
Located: "some of the collection is in the Paleontologisches Institut, München." [Sherborn 1940]
Burgess Shale fauna from British Columbia (Middle Cambrian)
Reported: Walcott in the early 1900's
Located: USNM (comprises original collection of c. 2,000 specimens including the primary types)
Lower Cretaceous Fossils
Located: University Museum, Oxford
Palaeozoic & Mesozoic Fossils
Located: BMNH
Yorkshire Chalk Fossils
Located: The Yorkshire Museum, UK; Scarborough Museum, UK

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