In 2022, the paleontology and geology collections (over 13,000 specimens) at the University of Puget Sound were cataloged, computerized, and imaged by Whitney Worrell, now a PhD candidate at the University of Wyoming. The collections were included in Puget Sound Museum of Natural History (PSM) collections as the new director, Dr. Kena Fox-Dobbs, took the lead in May 2023. A summary of holdings (as of Aug 2023) includes:
Paleontology
Plants 6,975
Invertebrates 3,307
Vertebrates 419
Trace 94
Total 10,795
Geology
Rocks 1,586
Minerals 1,303
Total 2,889
Through 2023-24, the collections are available through shared Google Drives (contact gshugart@pugetsound.edu) as we work to validate and complete records and upload them to an Arctos data portal. The paleo records will then be accessible on iDigBio and GBIF.
