On average about 200 people visit the collections each year and about 2000 specimens are sent out on loan.
Requests for specimen images are increasing
especially since we began the NSF funded type imaging and conservation project in June 2007.
Research visitor Lindsey Leighton investigating brachiopods in the type collection.
Frequently used abbreviations: NPL Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory | TNSC Texas Natural Science Center | UTDGS Department of Geological Sciences | BEG Bureau of Economic Geology | VPL Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory | JSG Jackson School of Geosciences |
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