The KUMIP collection is ranked among the top 20 largest fossil invertebrate collections in the country and has over 850,000 fossil invertebrate and microfossil specimens from all over the world, including more than 6,500 type or figured specimens. These specimens have been used for research by paleontologists for over 120 years.
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What's New
September 15 , 2008: Talia Karim, of The University of Iowa, has been hired as our new collections manager.
August, 2008: Former post-doc, Jon Hendricks, has accepted a position at San Jose State, as assistant professor of geology.
March 3, 2008: Visit the new "Utah's Cambrian Life" exhibit by clicking on the banner below:
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KUMIP Website Last Updated: March 7, 2008
Please e-mail the Collections Manager to report any problems you experience when using this site: kumip@ku.edu.
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