In 2024, the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology (UMMP) made a significant leap in accessibility by publishing its invertebrate fossil records through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Now, over 20,000 of the museum’s 85,000 cataloged invertebrate specimens can be explored online, allowing researchers worldwide to examine much of UMMP’s internationally renowned collection. The invertebrate collection includes Paleozoic fossils from the Michigan Basin, Mesozoic mollusks from the Western Interior Seaway, and Neogene mollusks from the southeastern United States. Since its launch less than a month ago, nearly 200 downloads have been recorded. This follows the 2020 release of UMMP’s vertebrate collection on GBIF.
Find the collection here.
