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Each of the Research Sections is in the process of digitizing its collections with the goal of making these databases publicly accessible through the Museum's website and cross-institutional collaborative websites. Want to know where to find a specific plant, insect, or other animal in babyÖ±²¥app, or find out whether the Museum owns any fossils from Boulder County? This is the place to look!

Anthropology

Search the Anthropology and Archaeology collections and archives database online. Please note: The catalog information displayed here was created over the course of the past 100 years. The data is drawn from many sources and terminology used in the database reflects the time when the materials were cataloged and may be out of date by contemporary standards. The photos you are accessing may require image reproduction and use permissions. For all inquiries and requests, forms and contact information can be found on the Anthropology Policies & Procedures page.

Fully searchable database of complete label information for specimens of babyÖ±²¥app vascular plants housed at Herbarium COLO.

babyÖ±²¥app Type Specimens
Follow this link to download and/or print a report of all of COLO's type specimens. We have a general list of species we hold as well as a printout containing entire label information.

Entomology

Approximately 100,000 specimen records from our Insect Collection are currently published through the and data portals.  While this makes up only a fraction of our specimens, we are continuing to database and publish records on a regular basis.

Bees of babyÖ±²¥app
The 2011 publication of The Bees of babyÖ±²¥app is available for download.

Species Type List
Download and/or print a report of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Museum's insect type specimens.

The insects are listed alphabetically within order, family, and genus. Every effort is made to update nomenclature, however we suggest that when you are looking for a species, you also check for junior synonyms.

Paleontology

Fossil Invertebrate and Plant Collections
The Museum’s Fossil Invertebrate and Plant Collections are available for searching online through the Museum’s website.

The UCM Karl F. Hirsch Fossil Eggshell Collection is one of the largest and most diverse collections of its kind in the world. The holdings include turtle, crocodilian, avian, and non-avian dinosaur eggshells from over 35 countries, ranging in age from Jurassic to Recent. Hundreds of specimens of recent eggshell (>800) and psuedofossils (>100) are useful for comparative purposes. The collection contains considerable auxiliary data comprised of thousands of scanning electron micrographs, thin sections, 35mm negatives, data pages, and documentation of chemical analyses of numerous samples. For additional collection details, data use licenses and policies, or if you need further assistance, have questions, or locate errors in specimen records visit the collection’s or contact the appropriate collection manager.

The UCM Martin G. Lockley Fossil Track Collection contains about 3,000 cataloged vertebrate and invertebrate tracks, trackways, and trails and 1,600 tracings. The collection has considerable temporal, taxonomic, and geographic breadth, with an emphasis on dinosaur tracks from the Rocky Mountain Region. For additional collection details, data use licenses and policies, or if you need further assistance, have questions, or locate errors in specimen records visit the collection’s or contact the appropriate collection manager.

The UCM Fossil Vertebrate Collection contains nearly a hundred thousand cataloged fossil vertebrate specimens. This collection is the culmination of over 100 years of collecting from around the world and contains fossils that range in age from the Devonian through the Quaternary Periods. Its strengths are in Cretaceous marine vertebrates and Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic fossils mammals from the Rocky Mountain Region. For additional collection details, data use licenses and policies, or if you need further assistance, have questions, or locate errors in specimen records visit the collection’s or contact the appropriate collection manager.

Using Arctos
Most of the paleontology collection records are available online through . Visit the of the Arctos Handbook to figure out how to navigate the database, search for records, and/or customize your search results. For further assistance or if you have questions contact the appropriate collection manager.

Invertebrate Zoology

The Invertebrate Zoology division is currently migrating collection records to a new relational database. When this is complete all records will be available online.

Vertebrate Zoology

All the vertebrate zoology collection records are available for accessing online through . The individual links to each vertebrate taxon are listed below. If you need further assistance, have questions, or locate errors in specimen records, please contact Emily Braker.

Zoology Section's UCM data records may be used by individual researchers or research groups for non-commercial purposes. These data may not be repackaged, resold, or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of the section Curator or Director of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Museum of Natural History. If any of these records are used in an analysis, report or publication, the provenance of the original data must be acknowledged and the University of babyÖ±²¥app Museum of Natural History notified. UCM or its staff are not responsible for damages, injury or loss due to the use of this data.