BOLETÍN DE LA SOCIEDAD GEOLÓGICA MEXICANA Vol 63, Núm. 3, 2011, P. 421-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2011v63n3a4

 Las colecciones científicas y la protección del patrimonio paleontológico

 Scientific collections and protection of paleontologic patrimony

 Alejandro Cristín^1,* y María del Carmen Perrilliat²

¹ Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D. F., México.

² Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México, D. F., México.

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Abstract

The function and importance of scientific collections lies in the objects of unique nature that they contain, the raw material to generate and validate scientific knowledge. The paleontological collections preserve, maintain, and keep available fossils and the information they contain. In this way they protect the most valuable heritage of society: the scientific knowledge of at least a part of nature and its social benefits.

Keywords: Scientific collections, paleontological collections, fossils.