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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The Smithsonian NMNH Department of Paleobiology is pleased to announce that the care of the USGS Core Research Center Denver fossil collection has been transferred to the Smithsonian
NMNH National Fossil Collection. The USGS Denver fossil collection represents over 100 years of USGS Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch research. The transfer of custody from Denver to the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD is underway and
will be completed in late 2020.</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p>
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Primary collections include:</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Lower Paleozoic trilobites and graptolites</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Upper Paleozoic brachiopods</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Upper Cretaceous ammonites and inoceramids</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Triassic and Jurassic ammonites</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Cenozoic Non-marine molluscs</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrates</p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol"><span style="margin: 0px">·<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span>Paleozoic fusulinids</p>
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In addition to the 1.2 million fossils, the collection includes a vast amount of metadata consisting of locality and taxonomic cards, ledgers, supplementary identification reports, field notes and maps. The Smithsonian and the USGS are partnering to convert
this analog data into digital data, georeference the fossil localities, and prepare searchable databases for each fossil collection. Learn more about the collections coming to NMNH here:<span> </span><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nggdp/core-research-center/paleontology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nggdp/core-research-center/paleontology</a></p>
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Due to the volume of this acquisition, the Smithsonian NMNH Department of Paleobiology will have a reduced capacity to host all research visitors through 2020. We expect that<span> </span><b>staff will not be able to accommodate every visit request and researchers
may be asked to adjust the timing of their visit and/or visit duration</b>. To submit a research visit request, please see here:<span> </span><a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/paleobiology/collections-access" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/paleobiology/collections-access</a><span> </span>We
thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation. Please send questions about the USGS transfer to Kathy Hollis at hollisk@si.edu</p>
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<b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Avenir Book"">Kathy Hollis</span></b></p>
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