Components of the International Taphonomy Reference Collection (ITRC) Portal

The ITRC currently includes partner collections maintained by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the National Museums of Kenya.

Smithsonian Paleobiology

  • Taphonomy reference examples collected by Kay Behrensmeyer and Briana Pobiner
  • Bone weathering time series (Amboseli National Park, Kenya) collected by Kay Behrensmeyer
  • River-transported bones (North America) collected by Kay Behrensmeyer
  • Dassanetch habitation locale food refuse (East Turkana, Kenya) collected by Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
  • Carnivore damaged prey skeletons (North America, Zimbabwe) collected by Gary Haynes

National Museums of Kenya - Osteology

  • Individual carnivore kills collected by Titus Adhola
  • Hyena den bone assemblages collected by Ogeto Mwebi, Julian Kerbis Peterhans, and James Pokines
  • Spotted hyena den bone assemblage collected by Andrew Hill and Kay Behrensmeyer
  • Owl pellet assemblages collected by Veronicah Onduso and Ogeto Mwebi
  • Bone weathering time series (Amboseli National Park, Kenya) collected by Kay Behrensmeyer
  • Taphonomy reference examples collected by Kay Behrensmeyer, Andrew Hill, and Stanley Ambrose
  • Crowned eagle bone accumulations collected by Washington Wachira and Job Kibii

National Museums of Kenya - Paleontology

  • Taphonomically controlled fossil assemblages collected by Kay Behrensmeyer