Foraminiferal primary types in the micropaleontological collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57756/2excs2
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Publication date: 23 Jul 2025
Publisher: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW)
Collections: Geology & Palaeontology
Resource type: Dataset
License: CC BY
CC BY 4.0 International
Tags: Foraminifera Historical inventory Natural history collection Naturhistorisches museum wien Palaeontological collections Type material
Chronology: Phanerozoic
Taxa: Foraminifera
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Abstract

Four sets of metadata on foraminiferal primary types (holotypes, lectotypes, neotypes, and syntypes) from the NHMW Collection. Data include original and currently valid Name, AphiaID, Inventory Number, Type Number, original and revision citation, Stratigraphic Age, and Location of origin. Included is a Reference List for literature cited in the datasets.

Publications

Weinmann, A.E. (in preparation): Two centuries of foraminiferal taxonomy: The primary type collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna. – Prepared for submission in Revue de Micropaléontologie, Special Issue “Micropaleontology collections: from history to curation”

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References_Foraminiferal_types_NHMW.rtf Reference list for original descriptions and revisions of foraminiferal type specimens from the NHMW collection (RTF format) Prepared with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 0.44 MB
Table-1_Foraminiferal_holotypes_NHMW.csv Metadata on Foraminiferal Holotypes from the NHMW Collection. Include Original and currently Valid Name, AphiaID, Inventory Number, Type Number, Original and Revision Citation, Stratigraphic Age, Location (CSV format) Prepared with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 0.07 MB
Table-2_Foraminiferal_lectotypes_NHMW.csv Metadata on Foraminiferal Lectotypes from the NHMW Collection. Include Original and currently Valid Name, AphiaID, Inventory Number, Type Number, Original and Revision Citation, Stratigraphic Age, Location (CSV format) Prepared with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 0.06 MB
Table-3_Foraminiferal_neotypes_NHMW.csv Metadata on Foraminiferal Neotypes from the NHMW Collection. Include Original and currently Valid Name, AphiaID, Inventory Number, Type Number, Original and Revision Citation, Stratigraphic Age, Location (CSV format) Prepared with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 0 MB
Table-4_Foraminiferal_syntypes_NHMW.csv Metadata on Foraminiferal Syntypes from the NHMW Collection. Include Original and currently Valid Name, AphiaID, Inventory Number, Type Number, Original and Revision Citation, Stratigraphic Age, Location (CSV format) Prepared with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 0.04 MB