Lindow B (2024). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-05-01.

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection comprises some 18,000 specimens from the Cambrian period (541 million years ago) and until the Quaternary period (2.6 million years ago). They are predominantly agnathans (Agnatha, jawless fish), placoderms (Placodermi, armored fish), acanthodians (Acanthodii), elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii, sharks and rays), actinopterygians (Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish), dipnoids (Dipnoi, lung fish), and porolepiformes, osteolepiformes and coelacanths (lobe-finned fish). They mainly derive from deposits in North and East Greenland and Denmark.
The collection also houses the very important early tetrapod fossils (early four-legged vertebrates) from late Devonian deposits in East Greenland; late Triassic vertebrates from east Greenland (dinosaurs, phytosaurs, and mammals); and a large collection of ray-finned fish with some birds and turtles from the earliest Eocene marine diatomite deposits of the Limfjord area in Jutland, Denmark.
Den vertebratpalæontologiske samling omfatter lidt over 18.000 fossile stykker af forhistoriske hvirveldyr fra Kambrium (541 millioner år siden) og indtil Kvartær (2,6 millioner år siden). Det er fortrinsvis fossiler af kæbeløse fisk (Agnatha), panserfisk (Placodermi), ”piggede hajer” (Acanthodii), hajer og rokker (Elasmobranchii), strålefinnede fisk (Actinopterygii), lungefisk (Dipnoi), og kvastfinnede fisk (Porolepiformes, Osteolepiformes og Coelacanthiformes). Fossilerne stammer hovedsageligt fra aflejringer i Nord- og Østgrønland og Denmark.
Samlingen huser også de internationalt videnskabeligt vigtige tidlige “firbenede fisk” fra Sen Devon i Østgrønland; dinosaurer, skildpadder, phytosaurer og pattedyr fra Sen Trias i Østgrønland; og en stor samling af strålefinnede fisk og enkelte fugle og skildpadder fra de tidligt eocæne moleraflejringer i Limfjorden.

Catalogue Number	NHMD299619
Country	Greenland
Locality	Gerrothorax locality 2018, Lepidopteris Elv, Jameson Land

Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Family	Plagiosauridae
Genus	Gerrothorax

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	d2abf1e5-0469-44e1-9f71-877ef23199a4
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD299619
Start Date	204
End Date	204
Event Date	2018-07-23
Continent	NORTH_AMERICA
Country	Greenland
State	Sermersooq
Country code	GL
Latitude	71.2611
Longitude	-22.545517
Locality	Gerrothorax locality 2018, Lepidopteris Elv, Jameson Land
Station/Category	283 m a.s.l. (Jesper Milàn, 11.1.2019)
Collector Names	Milàn, Jesper; Mateus, Octávio
Prep Type	specimen in matrix - 1; specimen - 61; matrix sample - 99
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Amphibia
Family	Plagiosauridae
Genus	Gerrothorax
Preferred Taxon	Gerrothorax Nilsson, 1934
Taxon Rank	GENUS
Identified By	Milàn, Jesper
Modified	2019-11-21
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	dedc547b-7695-4c6a-8623-b7ddb89e2edb
Taxon	Gerrothorax
Identified By	Milàn, Jesper
Date Identified	2018-07-31

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Gerrothorax Nilsson, 1934

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