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Abstract

The notebook documents specimens described by Axel A. Olsson. The volume is primarily a specimen list (loc. 100 to 582) that details, identification, location (level of detail varies), year, sometimes field number, and sometimes name of collector if not Olsson. Specimens are dated from 1929 to 1976. Includes fossils and shells. Localities include but are not limited to Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, and Haiti.

Date Range

1929 - 1976

Start Date

1929

End Date

1976

Access Information

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Topic

  • Geology
  • Paleontology

Place

  • Ecuador
  • Colombia
  • Venezuela
  • Haiti
  • Panama
  • Guatemala

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA Acc. 15-309

Collection name

Axel A. Olsson Papers, c. 1915 - 1974, 1988

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 2 Folder 21