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KUBI Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

Specimen Records: 100,475
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-04-23

The vertebrate paleontology program at the University of Kansas has, for over a century, sustained a national and international reputation. The reputation of the collection has been based more on intensive use than on sheer size. We now hold over 150,000 cataloged specimens (>75,000 are available in digital format) and around 400 publications related to our collections have been published in the last 35 years. Research strengths include: Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes, Paleozoic tetrapods, Mesozoic marine vertebrates, Cenozoic small mammals and Natural Trap Cave fauna.

Contacts

Name Andrew Bentley
RoleBioinformatics Manager
Emailm896s904@ku.edu
Name Megan Sims
RoleCollection Manager
Emailm896s904@ku.edu
Name K Christopher Beard
RoleSenior Curator
Emailchris.beard@ku.edu
Name David Burnham
RolePreparator
Emaildinosaur@ku.edu
Name Megan Sims
RoleCollection Manager
Emailm896s904@ku.edu
Name Chris Beard
RoleCurator
Emailchris.beard@ku.edu
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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52.414
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52.414
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52.414
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52.414
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52.414
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52.414
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51.978
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50.903
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24.247
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9.948
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4.261
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2.168
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0.003
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0.001