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Type Specimens at McWane Science Center
McWane Science Center houses numerous zoological and paleontological type specimens. Among McWane’s type specimens includes fishes, invertebrates, birds, marine reptiles, ichnofossils, insects, and dinosaurs.
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Type Specimens Housed at McWane Science Center
Sharks And Rays
Trace Fossils
| MSC 8206 (UCM 364) – Nanopus reidiae Haubold et al., 2005; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Paratype |
| MSC 8224 (UCM 311) – Nanopus reidiae Haubold et al., 2005; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Paratype |
| MSC 9042 – Kouphichnium aspodon Aldrich, 1930/King et. al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Lectoparatype |
| MSC 9433 – Kouphichnium aspodon Aldrich, 1930/King et al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Lectoparatype |
| MSC 38454 – Kouphichnium aspodon Aldrich, 1930/King et al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Lectoparatype |
| MSC 38456 – Kouphichnium aspodon Aldrich, 1930/King et al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Lectoparatype |
| MSC 9324 – Kouphichnium minkinensis King et al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Paratype |
| MSC 13952.1 – Kouphichnium atkinsoni King et al., 2019; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Lectoparatype |
Birds
| ACC 92.35 – Halimornis thompsoni Chiappe et al. 2002; Mooreville Chalk (lower Campanian), Greene County, AL – Holotype |
Dinosaurs
| MSC 7949 – Eotrachodon orientalis Prieto-Márquez et al. 2016; Mooreville Chalk (upper Santonian), Montgomery County, AL – Holotype; LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C3B524BE-F8C5-49A1-982F-1FDE1FC7A43B |
| MSC 6670 – Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al., 2005; Demopolis Chalk (upper Campanian), Montgomery County, AL – Holotype |
Insects
| MSC 9334 – Camptodiapha atkinsoni Beckemeyer and Engel, 2011; Pottsville Formation (lower Pennsylvanian), Walker County, AL – Holotype |
Turtles
| MSC 35984 – Asmodochelys parhami Gentry et al., 2019; “Muldrow” Member of the Demopolis Chalk, Wilcox County, AL – Holotype; LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EFADE61D-7F5E-4074-8B5F-D0AC7D470E4F |
| MSC 40935 – Asmodochelys parhami Gentry et al., 2019; Bluffport Marl Member of the Demopolis Chalk, Sumter County, AL – Paratype; LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EFADE61D-7F5E-4074-8B5F-D0AC7D470E4F |
Bony Fishes
| MSC 43416 – Centropristis priaboniana Nolf and Stringer, 2003; Tullos Member (upper Eocene), Caldwell Parish, LA – Paratype |
