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[MCZ Herp R-175143] Sphaerodactylus kirbyi - Coordinate problems #12

Closed tucotuco closed 9 years ago

tucotuco commented 10 years ago

This and 3 other MCZ reptile specimen records have spurious coordinates just off of 0,0 for this location.

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Term Value
InstitutionID b4640710-8e03-11d8-b956-b8a03c50a862
InstitutionCode MCZ
CollectionCode Herp
OwnerInstitutionCode Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
BasisOfRecord PreservedSpecimen
OccurrenceID MCZ:Herp:R-175143
CatalogNumber R-175143
RecordNumber Z37278
RecordedBy Tom Sinclair
IndividualCount 1
Preparations whole animal (ethanol)
Disposition unknown
OtherCatalogNumbers collector number=Z37278; muse location number=ZR175138
AssociatedMedia http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-175143
EventDate 1989-11-30
StartDayOfYear 0
VerbatimEventDate 30/11/1989-30/11/1989
HigherGeography West Indies, *, Grenadines
Continent West Indies
Country *
StateProvince Grenadines
Locality Bequia,Friendship Bay
VerbatimLatitude 0d 0m 0s
VerbatimLongitude 0d 0m 0s
VerbatimCoordinateSystem deg. min. sec.
DecimalLatitude 0
DecimalLongitude 0
GeodeticDatum unknown
CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1500
CoordinatePrecision 1500
GeoreferencedBy [no agent data]
GeoreferenceProtocol unknown-migration
GeoreferenceSources unknown
IdentifiedBy Dr. James D. Lazell, Jr, Catalog
IdentificationVerificationStatus unverified
IdentificationRemarks OCE 25.x-26xii.89 by FDRoss, cat.p.250
ScientificName Sphaerodactylus kirbyi
HigherClassification Animalia Chordata Reptilia Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae Sphaerodactylus kirbyi
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Gekkonidae
Genus Sphaerodactylus
SpecificEpithet kirbyi
NomenclaturalCode ICZN
heliumcell commented 9 years ago

This locality has been re-georeferenced.