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Invertebrates fossils (National Museum of Natural Science)Type Collection Collection Identifier c0322 Description Invertebrate fossils are the most common fossils in Taiwan. The National Museum of Natural Science has budgeted for increasing its specimen collection every year since its founding. The bulk of the museum specimens are fossils from the Cenozoic layer in Taiwan, while other sources include mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia. Up to now, the museum has a collection of more than 13,500 invertebrate fossils, mainly consisting of: (1) Macrofossils- coelenterates (including existing ones), brachiopods, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms, graptolites, amounting to a total of approximately 11,000 items. (2) Microfossils- foraminifers, radiolarians, mussel shrimp, bryozoans, amounting to a total of approximately 2,500 items. In addition, the museum also holds sixty valuable Chengjiang biota fossil specimens, including algae, poriferans, priapulida, echinoderms, brachiopods, arthropods, cephalochorda, trace fossils and several animal and algae specimens of unknown classification. Although there is a limited number of specimens, but they hold significant roles in the early phases of species evolution. 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 Cengjiang Biota (National Museum of Natural Science); Vertebrate Fossils (National Museum of Natural Science); Microfossils (National Museum of Natural Science); Plant Fossil (National Museum of Natural Science)
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