Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 21-026
Smithsonian Institution
Website Records, 2019-2020
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the "Cerro Ballena" website as it existed on December 17, 2019. Cerro Ballena is a unique paleontological site located in the Atacama Region of Chile. In 2010, paleontologists discovered a rich fossil site containing dozens of whale skeletons, along with the remains of other extinct marine mammals and other marine vertebrates. In 2011, paleontologists from Chile and the United States conducted rapid documentation and digitization of this site. This website provides information about the site and the project which was led by Nicholas D. Pyenson, Research Geologist in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology. The Digitization Program Office within the Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Chief Information Officer, provided three-dimensional digitization support for the project. This accession also includes server files for the website. Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Cerro Ballena (Website)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Paleobiology
- Pyenson, Nick
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Chief Information Officer. Digitization Program Office
Subject
- Atacama (Chile)
- Marine mammals, Fossil
- Museums -- Public relations
- Paleontological excavations
- Web sites
- Whales, Fossil
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 21-026, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records