Name:
Nairobi National Museum Palaeontology Collection of Vertebrates
Name (fi):
Nairobin kansallismuseon paleontologiset kokoelmat - selkärankaiset
Unofficial abbreviation:
KNM
Type:
Specimens
Description:
This collection represents vertebrate fossil specimens mainly from the Rift Valley, spanning different geological time periods i.e. the Oligocene (33- 23 million years), the Miocene (25- 5 million years), (4- 2.5 million years) and the Pleistocene (2.5- 0.1 million years).
Description (fi):
Kokoelma sisältää fossiilisia selkärankaisnäytteitä pääasiassa Keniasta.
Taxonomic coverage:
Vertebrata
Notes:
This data needs additional curation. Currently, only the basic data has been uploaded.
Geographic coverage:
World
License for use:
Public Domain
Size (approx.):
15000
Person responsible:
Lintulaakso, Kari
Data quality:
1 star
Language:
english
Status of this metadata:
satisfactory – could be improved
Contact email:
kari.lintulaakso@helsinki.fi
Data quality description:
This data is managed and curated by the personnel of Nairobi National Museum Palaeontology Collection of Vertebrates and the Geology Team at the Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki.
Collection quality:
Professional / professionally curated
Institution code:
NMK
Bounding box latitude min (WGS84):
2.282954
Bounding box latitude max (WGS84):
4.327607
Bounding box longitude min (WGS84):
35.550628
Bounding box longitude max (WGS84):
36.433709