Contains a large collection of amber insect inclusions from various parts of the world including Dominican and Lebanese amber. Smaller collections of amber from other areas are also deposited here. Some types of Hennig are deposited here. The collections here are noted primarily for their large holdings of Chiapas amber from Mexico and Cretaceous Alaskan amber from the coastal regions. There are also large collections of Dominican amber.
All collections contain a large number of unworked material awaiting description.
Types of Cook, James, Hardy, Quate, and Scarbrough and Poinar are deposited here. United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia Contains material collected under the auspices of the U.S. Geological Survey. Included among its holdings are some types of Scudder based on material collected by the Survey on expeditions to the Rocky Mountains. Boulder The collections here focus almost exclusively on the Florissant, Creede Caldera, and Green River compression fossils and include a great deal of undetermined material. Collections are housed in the Department of Geology and include many types of Cockerell, who was based here for many years of his professorship.