scholarly journals Selection of a lectotype for Brachycrus laticeps mooki Schultz and Falkenbach (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Merycoidodontidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (3) ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
BRYN J. MADER
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Catalog Number ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Specimen Number

In 1968 Schultz and Falkenbach described a new oreodont subspecies, Brachycrus laticeps mooki, from a locality 11 km (7 miles) southeast of Fort Logan, Meagher County, Montana. As a holotype for this new taxon, Schultz and Falkenbach (1968:369) designated both American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) specimen number 21321 (a skull) and AMNH 21322 (a left ramus). Although the citation of two separate catalog numbers as a holotype is highly unusual, Schultz and Falkenbach believed that the specimens cataloged under both numbers represent only a single individual. The use of the term ‘holotype’ was appropriate, therefore, although it would have been more common practice to place elements believed to represent a single individual under a single catalog number. Schultz and Falkenbach did not give a justification for their opinion that AMNH 21321 and AMNH 21322 represent the same individual, although they stated this belief in two publications (1941 and 1968). 

Clarification of the name-bearing type for “Mesohippus” validus Osborn (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)

1993 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1088-1090
Author(s):  
Bryn J. Mader
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Catalog Number ◽  
A New Species

In 1904 Osborn named a new species of Mesohippus, M. validus, based on a specimen consisting of a skull, jaws, and portions of the limbs. Osborn identified this specimen as American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) catalog number 680 and provided a brief description, some measurements, and an illustration.

Practising taxonomy: Joel Asaph Allen and species-making (W. T. Stearn Prize 2017)

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-212
Author(s):  
Aaron Van Neste
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Public Displays ◽  
Specimen Collection ◽  
As Species ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Theoretical Issues

This article uses Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921), naturalist and curator at New York's American Museum of Natural History (1885–1921), and the naturalists, collectors and other actors in his orbit to explore how taxonomists handled the concept of species during the field's acceptance and incorporation of evolutionary theory. The work of taxonomy can be characterized as “species-making”, the practice of defining and demarcating of species through examining collections of specimens. Allen occupied a liminal space between what could be called the theoreticians and the technicians of systematics. As the curator of major collecting and research enterprises in the United States, Allen was intimately involved in the practical details of specimen collection, including conducting and arranging field expeditions, describing bird skins and other specimen collections, arranging public displays, and securing patronage. At the same time, he published widely on theoretical issues such as zoological nomenclature and the definition of subspecies, expanded the study of biogeography, and helped professionalize zoology. This essay aims to illustrate how the multifarious threads of specimen collecting, taxonomy and professionalization interweave within the life of a single individual to present one facet of the nineteenth-century natural history: the normal taxonomist.

Animal taxa named for Rollo H. Beck

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Fellers
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
South America ◽  
Southern California ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
California Academy ◽  
Vertebrate Zoology ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Rollo Howard Beck (1870–1950) was a professional bird collector who spent most of his career on expeditions to the Channel Islands off southern California, the Galápagos Islands, South America, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. Some of the expeditions lasted as long as ten years during which time he and his wife, Ida, were often working in primitive conditions on sailing vessels or camps set up on shore. Throughout these expeditions, Beck collected specimens for the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley (California), the American Museum of Natural History, and the Walter Rothschild Museum at Tring, England. Beck was one of the premier collectors of his time and his contributions were recognized by having 17 taxa named becki in his honor. Of these taxa, Beck collected 15 of the type specimens.

Bringing the Real World of Science to Children: A Partnership of the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G Picciano ◽  
Robert V. Steiner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Every child has a right to an education. In the United States, the issue is not necessarily about access to a school but access to a quality education. With strict compulsory education laws, more than 50 million students enrolled in primary and secondary schools, and billions of dollars spent annually on public and private education, American children surely have access to buildings and classrooms. However, because of a complex and competitive system of shared policymaking among national, state, and local governments, not all schools are created equal nor are equal education opportunities available for the poor, minorities, and underprivileged. One manifestation of this inequity is the lack of qualified teachers in many urban and rural schools to teach certain subjects such as science, mathematics, and technology. The purpose of this article is to describe a partnership model between two major institutions (The American Museum of Natural History and The City University of New York) and the program designed to improve the way teachers are trained and children are taught and introduced to the world of science. These two institutions have partnered on various projects over the years to expand educational opportunity especially in the teaching of science. One of the more successful projects is Seminars on Science (SoS), an online teacher education and professional development program, that connects teachers across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and provides them with powerful classroom resources. This article provides the institutional perspectives, the challenges and the strategies that fostered this partnership.

A New Species of Catallagia Rothschild from Arizona (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae: Neopsyllinae)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 768-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Holland
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Research Station ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
A New Species

In 1957 James R. Beer, Edwin F. Cook and Robert G. Schwab, of the University of Minnesota, conducted an investigation of mammals and their ectoparasites in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The area studied included varied habitats in the general vicinity of the Southwestern Research Station of the American Museum of Natural History at Portal. An account of this investigation has now been published (Beer et al., 1959).

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