Research Collections

Holdings

Category	Number of Specimens	% of Specimens
Brachiopods	403,000	38.41
Pelecypods	160,000	15.25
Gastropods	76,000	7.24
Cephalopods	66,850	6.37
Paleozoic Stratigraphic	61,450	5.86
Trilobites	46,000	4.38
Kummel Collection	28,000	2.67
Crinoids	27,300	2.60
Paleozoic Antrozoans	23,800	2.27
Echinoids (Recent)	23,700	2.26
Miscellaneous	23,525	2.24
Bryozoans/Chaetetids	22,000	2.10
Gould Collection	22,000	2.10
Echinoids (Fossil)	11,810	1.13
Graptolites	11,250 slabs	1.07
Type Specimens	10,000	0.95
Ophiuroids (Recent)	8,712	0.83
Asteroids (Recent)	7,340	0.70
Misc. Artrropods	7,000	0.67
Post Paleozoic Antrozoans	4,500	0.43
Poriferans	3,450	0.33
Trace Fossils	2,100	0.20
Foraminifera	2,000 samples	0.19
Conularids	1,575	0.15
Scaphopods	1,450	0.14
Solnhofen	1,200	0.11
Burgess Shale	1,100	0.10
Stromatoporids	1,054	0.10
Recent Crinoids	1,000	0.10
Small Conical Shells	815	0.08
Archeocyatrids	800	0.08
Display Echinoderms	630	0.06
Receptaculitids	438	0.04
Hyolitrids	400	0.04
Ophiuroids (Fossil)	170	0.02
Asteroids (Fossil)	135	0.01
Total	1,062,554*

*Estimate of collection holdings as of 2003.

We now estimate that we have approximately 2 million specimens, including just over 9,000 type specimens.

Type Specimen Holdings

Primary Types	Total = 3626
Holotypes	1254
Paratypes	1272
Syntypes	996
Lectotypes	63
Paralectotypes	27
Neotypes	7
Genoholotypes	7

Secondary Types	Total = 5301
Hypotypes	4325
Figured	429
Mentioned	534
Measured	8
Topotypes	2
Cotypes	3

Plastotypes	Total = 94
Plastoholotypes	21
Plastoparatypes	3
Plastosyntypes	2
Plastohypotypes	15
Plastotypes	53