Data Set Citation
NCEAS 3980: Alroy: Paleobiology Database (Hosted by NCEAS), Alroy J of NCEAS, and National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.Paleobiology Database.
nceas.156.5 (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/nceas.156.5/nceas).
Metadata download:Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
Alternate Identifier:Paleobiology Database
Online Distribution Info:
Download File: http://www.paleodb.org/
Offline Distribution Info:
Medium:digital
Data Set Owner(s):
Organization:NCEAS 3980: Alroy: Paleobiology Database (Hosted by NCEAS)
Individual: John Alroy
Organization:NCEAS
Address:
735 State Street, Suite 300,
Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States
Phone:
805-892-2519 (voice)
Email Address:
alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu
Organization:National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Metadata Provider(s):
Individual: Ryan Poling
Associated Party:
Individual: Charles Marshall
Role:
Principal Investigator
Individual: Arnie Miller
Role:
Principal Investigator
Abstract:
 
The Paleobiology Database is an NSF-funded project involving more than 80 professional scientific researchers and scores of graduate students. Its goal is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for marine and terrestrial animals and plants of any geological age.
Keywords:
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  • paleobiology
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  • paleontology
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  • database
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  • Phanerozoic
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  • fossil
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  • marine invertebrate
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  • vertebrate
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  • botany
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  • paleo
License and Usage Rights:
 
other
Refer to web site
Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description:Global
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  -180  degrees
East:  180  degrees
North:  90  degrees
South:  -90  degrees
Temporal Coverage:
Date:
Timescale: Phanerozoic
Time estimate: 570-0 Ma
Access Control:
Auth System:knb
Order:denyFirst
Access Rules:
ALLOW:
[all]
uid=nceasadmin,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
ALLOW:
[all]
uid=poling,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
ALLOW:
[read]
public
Contact:
Individual: John Alroy
Organization:NCEAS
Address:
735 State Street, Suite 300,
Santa Barbara, California 93101 United States
Phone:
805-892-2519 (voice)
Email Address:
alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu
Methods Info:
Step 1:  
Description:
Data entry from published material
Data entry from published material