This field helps us sort out which of the many types of fossils in our care the record is referring to.
Invertebrate: Animals without vertebra. This includes marine inters like clams and starfish as well as terrestrial inverts such as insects.
Meteorite:
Microfossil:
Plant fossil:
Tektite:
Vertebrate: of course, we don't have many of these. But there are a few that we do have, for historic reasons. Namely,