Integration of Global-Scale Geologic Databases: Fossil and Sedimentary Examples Allister Rees The...

Integration of Global-Scale Geologic Databases: Fossil and Sedimentary Examples

Allister ReesThe University of Arizona

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Sedimentary Rocks

Fossils

PGAP (Paleogeographic Atlas Project): >135000 records from 46000 localities

CSS (Climate Sensitive Sediments): >12500 records from 3500 localities

OSR (Oil Source Rocks): ~2000 records from 1500 localities

PBOT (Paleobotany): >20000 records from 2000 localities

DINO (Dinosaurs): >4000 records from 1100 localities

DATABASES - SUMMARY

Geographic (Spatial): global

Age (Temporal): Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (~550 million years ago to Recent)

Source: literature-based (each record is tied to a reference)

Coverage

Graphic CorrelationDatabase: GCDB

PGAPLITH PBOT PGAPCSSDINO OSR

Sedimentary Rocks

Fossils

PGAP (Paleogeographic Atlas Project): >135000 records from 46000 localities

CSS (Climate Sensitive Sediments): >12500 records from 3500 localities

OSR (Oil Source Rocks): ~2000 records from 1500 localities

PBOT (Paleobotany): >20000 records from 2000 localities

DINO (Dinosaurs): >4000 records from 1100 localities

DATABASES - SUMMARY

Geographic (Spatial): global

Age (Temporal): Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (~550 million years ago to Recent)

Coverage

PBDB (The Paleobiology Database): >585000 records from 62000 localities

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Cycad fronds

Cycad fronds

Sedimentary Rocks

Fossils

PGAP (Paleogeographic Atlas Project): >135000 records from 46000 localities

CSS (Climate Sensitive Sediments): >12500 records from 3500 localities

OSR (Oil Source Rocks): ~2000 records from 1500 localities

PBOT (Paleobotany): >20000 records from 2000 localities

DINO (Dinosaurs): >4000 records from 1100 localities

PBDB (The Paleobiology Database): >585000 records from 62000 localities

DATABASES - SUMMARY

Geographic (Spatial): global

Age (Temporal): Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (~550 million years ago to Recent)

Coverage

Alaska locality: fossil measurements, descriptions, taxonomic classifications, publication

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