Fossilworks

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Fossilworks
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Created by John Alroy
Editor John Alroy
URL fossilworks.org/..
Launched1998;25 years ago (1998)

Fossilworks is 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.

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History

Fossilworks was created in 1998 by John Alroy and is housed at Macquarie University. It includes many analysis and data visualization tools formerly included in the Paleobiology Database. [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Ailuravus</i> Extinct genus of rodents

Ailuravus is a genus of prehistoric rodents in the family Ischyromyidae.

<i>Ceramornis</i> Extinct genus of birds

Ceramornis is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived shortly before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event in the Maastrichtian, some 66 million years ago (mya). Its remains were found in the Lull 2 location, a Lance Formation site in Niobrara County, Wyoming. A single species is known, Ceramornis major, and even that only from a proximal piece of coracoid. This is specimen UCMP V53957, which was collected by a University of California team in 1958.

Isodontosaurus is an extinct genus of iguanian lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China. The type species is Isodontosaurus gracilis. Isodontosaurus is part of an extinct group of Late Cretaceous iguanians called Gobiguania, which is currently thought to be endemic to Mongolia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paleobiology Database</span> Online resource about fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms

The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ohio Shale</span>

The Ohio Shale is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

<i>Tasbacka</i> Extinct genus of turtles

Tasbacka is an extinct genus of sea turtle containing several species.

<i>Bauruemys</i> Extinct genus of turtles

Bauruemys is an extinct genus of turtles in the family Podocnemididae.

Alligator mcgrewi is an extinct species of alligator described by K.P. Schmidt. They lived in the Early Miocene period, and their range was principally in what is now Nebraska, United States.

References

  1. "Frequently asked questions". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.