UWBM Invertebrate Paleontology Collection

The Burke Museum Invertebrate Paleontology and Micropaleontology Collections include 3.6 million specimens and include invertebrate, foraminifera and trace fossils, dating from the Cambrian (around 530 million years ago) to the Quaternary (10,000 years ago). The Burke Museum Invertebrate Paleontology Collection is a member of the NSF-funded Thematic Collection Network (TCN), the Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic era (EPICC), award number 1503678, and is currently working to digitize its collection.