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[MCZ Herp R-12633] Micrurus sp. - Incorrect Georeference #97

Open andrewholycross opened 6 years ago

andrewholycross commented 6 years ago

St George Canyon is not in Utah. It is in Arizona approximately 60 km south of St. George, UT. THERE IS NO ST GEORGE CANYON IN UTAH. The locality data have likely been confused at one of the probably several times they've been transcribed. Notes to ledger, ledger to database, etc. "S. Utah, near Arizona line" likely meant "South of Utah" not "southern Utah" At any rate, St. George Canon is the most specific part of the locality, and it is in only one place in the United States, and that is 50 km south of the AZ/UT state line... in Arizona. It is named on the 7.5 USGS quad.

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Term Value
InstitutionCode MCZ
CollectionCode Herp
OwnerInstitutionCode Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
References http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-12633
BibliographicCitation Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Subset of data for VERTNET. Dataset DOI: doi:10.15468/p5rupv. Record ID: MCZ:Herp:R-12633. Source: http://digir.mcz.harvard.edu/ipt/resource.do?r=mcz_subset_for_vertnet (source published on 2017-07-11)
BasisOfRecord FossilSpecimen
VNType specimen
DCType PhysicalObject
License CC-BY-NC
RightsHolder President and Fellows of Harvard College
InstitutionID b4640710-8e03-11d8-b956-b8a03c50a862
Modified 2014-05-09 16:50:40.0
Language en
OccurrenceID MCZ:Herp:R-12633
CatalogNumber R-12633
OtherCatalogNumbers collector number=416; muse location number=ZR12633
RecordNumber 416
RecordedBy R.V. Chamberlin
IndividualCount 1
Preparations whole animal (ethanol)
Disposition unknown
DynamicProperties {}
EventDate [no verbatim date data]
VerbatimEventDate [no verbatim date data]
HigherGeography North America: United States: Utah: Washington
Continent North America
Country United States
StateProvince Utah
County Washington
Locality S.Utah near Arizona line,St George's Canon
VerbatimLocality S.Utah near Arizona line,St George's Canon
DecimalLatitude 37.3091
DecimalLongitude -113.4755
GeodeticDatum NAD83
CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters 61471
CoordinatePrecision 61470.503424
VerbatimLatitude 37.3091d
VerbatimLongitude -113.4755d
VerbatimCoordinateSystem decimal degrees
GeoreferencedBy P. Alsbury (BYU)
GeoreferenceProtocol MaNIS/HerpNET/ORNIS Georeferencing Guidelines
GeoreferenceSources National Geographic TOPO! 1:24,000
IdentifiedBy Catalog
IdentificationVerificationStatus unverified
ScientificName Micrurus sp.
HigherClassification Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Elapidae Micrurus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Micrurus
ScientificNameAuthorship Wagler, 1824
NomenclaturalCode ICZN