Documentation tool
Build a Fossil Collection Record
Capture the information that stays with a specimen after the seller page, memory, or original box disappears.
Minimum useful record
- Accession number
- Claimed identification and anatomical element
- Locality, formation, and geologic age
- Dimensions and matrix dimensions
- Collector, seller, date, invoice, and legal source
- Preparation, stabilization, repair, restoration, and mount
- Photographs of specimen, labels, and packaging