[Taxacom] oldest specimens in a US collection?

[Ken Kinman]

Hi Donat,
      At first I was a little bit surprised to read that there are extant herpetological specimens from the Museum of Ulisse Aldrovandi (collected in the mid-to-late 1500s)?  See weblink below.  But I guess turtle carapaces and crocodylian bodies are pretty durable.                                -----------------Ken     
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/257917015_The_oldest_herpetological_collection_in_the_world_the_surviving_amphibian_and_reptile_specimens_of_the_Museum_of_Ulisse_Aldrovandi                                       
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> From: agosti at amnh.org
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:04:47 +0000
> Subject: [Taxacom] oldest specimens in a US collection?
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> Dear Katja
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> Here in comparison some of the oldest specimens in a dedicated Nat hist coll in Europe at the NHM in London from 1696 (Leonard-Plukenet-Book) source: DU 1993:4:66 http://t.co/BpNP5f3iYa
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> Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/myrmoteras/status/460886385847980032
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> Donat
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