Fossilworks

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Fossilworks
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Available inEnglish
Created by John Alroy
Editor John Alroy
URL www.fossilworks.org [ dead link ]
Launched1998;27 years ago (1998)
Current statusShut down in c. 2022

Fossilworks was a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a large relational database assembled by hundreds of paleontologists from around the world. [1]

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History

Fossilworks was created in 1998 by John Alroy and housed at Macquarie University. It included many analysis and data visualization tools formerly included in the Paleobiology Database. [2]

Fossilworks was shut down around 2022 and now links to the Paleobiology Database.

References

  1. ↑ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Scout Archives. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Frequently asked questions". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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