Date (Creation)

2000

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480317

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

Continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Palaeontology

• Storage

• Stratigraphy

• Biostratigraphy

• Specimen collecting

• Type specimen

• Geology

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Fossils

• Taxonomy

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Free access to data by all BGS staff. Specified staff and volunteers only may input data. Use of data for purposes other than intended requires permission from the Chief Curator.

Use constraints

Other restrictions

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

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type

Text, table

Denominator

10000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

WORLD [id=100000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Begin date

2000

Supplemental Information

PalaeoSaurus represents the digital version of the Palaeo Registers, which in some cases, were derived from earlier documents. New data being added minute by minute by BGS staff. Spreadsheet data, prepared in part by volunteers, is added on an irregular basis. Museum Collection: Data input started January 2001 at the base of the Cambrian. Pleistocene not scheduled until ca. 2008. Survey Collection: Largely incomplete prior to 1980. Most recent material has National Grid Reference. Older material normally located by bearings and distances from one or more specified points.

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

Name	Version

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/palaeosaurus/home.cfm?	PalaeoSaurus online collections database

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

Information is transcribed from labels, registers and previous databases, as appropriate.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df52-d7bf-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2024-09-13

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480317