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Vertebrate Fossils (National Museum of Natural History)Type Collection Collection Identifier c0321 Description There are currently 4,500 fossils of vertebrates in the collection of the Museum of Natural History, collected from Taiwan, China and other places around the world. Specimens date from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras, and include classes Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Sauropsida, Aves and Mammalia. Fossils from Taiwan are mainly fossils of mammals found by fishermen these past two decades in the Penghu Trench. Others in the collection include valuable specimens from all around the world, such as Dicynodon from the Permian Period, Stenopterygius from the Jurassic Period, Brontotherium from the Oligocene Period, and Mammuthus primigenius from the Pleistocene Epoch. Language English;Chinese Access Rights Users can freely browse, access and download clearly marked material from this website according to regulations defined by intellectual property laws, for personal and non-commercial use only; citations must be clearly marked. The copying, dissemination, broadcasting and publishing of content from this website by commercial organizations is prohibited, except with written permission from this project and its individual writers. This website references the sources of all raw materials in accordance with intellectual property regulations; when citing such material, please place an inquiry to this project, or contact the property holders directly. Subject Geology Owner Museum of Natural Science Is Located At Museum of Natural Science Is Accessed Via Super-Collection Geology; fossils Associated collection Fossils (National Taiwan University); Fossils of Chengjiang organisms (Museum of Natural Science); Invertebrate fossils (Museum of Natural Science); Microorganism fossils(Museum of Natural Scienc
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