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Species occurrences of Mesozoic and Paleogene Testudinata in time and space (NERC grant NE/J020613/1)

The data consist of several spreadsheets detailing the temporal and geographical distributions of testudinates (turtles, terrapins and tortoises) through time. Occurrence data includes information on taxonomy, geographical distribution and geological age and is limited to Mesozoic-Paleogene taxa. These data were compiled from the published literature on fossil turtles for NERC Standard Grant NE/J020613/1. These data form the basis for understanding the role of changing global climates and geography on testudinate diversity and distribution though time, with the aim of providing historical baseline data for modern conservation biology. The data represent a summary over 150 years of published research on fossil turtles and their relatives and were compiled over a period of 3.5 years during the tenure of a grant. To date they have provided the data used in analyses presented by Nicholson et al. (2015, 2016) and Waterson et al. (2016). Details of the analyses and the results obtained can be found in these papers.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2016-08-31
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607116

 

Natural History Museum

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Paul Barrett


Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Mesozoic

  • Palaeogene

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

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otherRestrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent

WORLD [id=100000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

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Begin date
2013-03-01
End date
2016-08-31
Additional information

Our entries to the online database can be queried using the search terms “Mesozoic”, “Paleogene” and “Testudinata”. Our entries to the database are identified by the names of the relevant project members D. Nicholson and P. Holroyd. NERC grant split award, lead grant NE/J020613, associated grants NE/J020583/1 and NE/J020389/1

 

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Distribution Information

Data format
Resource Locator
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8848#supplementary-information
Resource Locator
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/11/160581.figures-only
Resource Locator
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1839/20161408.figures-only
Resource Locator
http://fossilworks.org/
Resource Locator
https://paleobiodb.org/
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item74069
Resource Locator
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8848#supplementary-information
Resource Locator
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/11/160581.figures-only
Resource Locator
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1839/20161408.figures-only
Resource Locator
http://fossilworks.org/
Resource Locator
https://paleobiodb.org/
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item74069
 
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Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Degree
Statement

Source data on testudinate distribution in time and space for the Mesozoic-Paleogene was obtained from the published literature (mid-nineteenth century to date); These data were checked for accuracy, transcribed and uploaded to an online publicly accessible database by project members ( http://fossilworks.org/ and https://paleobiodb.org/); Data files were downloaded in Excel/csv format from this online dataset for analysis.

Metadata

File identifier
49d08d91-bd6c-6b34-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-03-07
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

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NOTTINGHAM

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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NG12 5GG

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United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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