PaleoBase is a new initiative in the presentation of systematic
information on fossil organisms. It represents the marriage of
up-to-date systematic information on a collection of over 1500
fossil genera, state-of-the-art color digital photographs of
representative specimens from The Natural History Museum's
unrivaled paleontological collections, and modern relational
database technology. With PaleoBase an important new tool for the
teaching of life history in a wide variety of advanced secondary,
undergraduate and graduate courses (e.g., paleontology, historical
geology, stratigraphy, paleoceanography, paleobiogeography) becomes
available to students and educators alike.
"PaleoBase: Macrofossils" is the first product from the
PaleoBase project, and will be released in three Parts. It will
consist of approximately 1000 generic records drawn from the major
invertebrate groups. The genera have been carefully selected to
include taxa used in the teaching of paleontology and historical
geology worldwide. Together they represent the ideal fossil
collection; one that in practice only the largest natural history
museums could hope to assemble. "PaleoBase: Macrofossils" gives
educators, students and researchers access to a virtual collection
of these fossils - many of which are actual figured specimens from
the 19th and 20th century technical publications that served to
originally establish the concepts of these genera.
"PaleoBase: Macrofossils Part One" contains data on the
Arthropods (non-Trilobite), Brachiopods, Bryozoans, Graptolites,
Trace Fossils and Trilobites.
Part Two contains Bivalves, Gastropods, Ammonoids, Nautiloids,
Coleoids and Early Metazoans.
Part Three will cover Cnidaria, Echinoderms, Sponges, 'Other'
fossil groups.
For an online demonstration and guided tour of "PaleoBase:
Macrofossils" please visit: www.paleobase.com/
Versions for Mac and PC, single user and site licence.
High-quality digital images of representative specimens in full
color that can be magnified to reveal additional morphological
detail.
Complete systematic descriptions incorporating the latest
information and written by experts from The Natural History
Museum's Department of Palaeontology.
Amorphological key for each group that can be used to study
morphological character distributions or aid in the identification
of "unknown" specimens from local collections.
A complete classification for each genus.
Descriptions of the genus' geographical and paleogeographical
distribution.
A summary of each genus' chronostratigraphical distribution.
Identification of each genus' original shell mineralogy.
A complete glossary of all morphological terms used in the genus'
descriptions.
A complete bibliography that connects the information provided by
Macrofossils to the larger technical literature.
For an information brochure, or for any queries, please e-mail
[email protected]
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