d2a46f57-81f6-316b-e054-002128a47908 English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-10-07 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607866 A spreadsheet containing details of all Ediacaran fossil specimens cast in Newfoundland, Canada, as part of NERC grant NE/L011409/2. 2021-09-22 revision http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607866 This spreadsheet contains details of 96 silicon rubber moulds that were collected in Newfoundland, Canada, over the course of the IRF (2015–2019). Almost all moulds record impressions of Ediacaran macrofossils of the Conception and St. John’s groups, and were collected from the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, and the Catalina Dome (Bonavista), with a small number in 2019 also collected from the town of Trinity East. All casting was conducted under permits issued by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Rubber moulds were transported back to the UK, where they have been cast using Jesmonite to make replicas of the fossil-bearing surfaces. The casts and moulds are housed together in the locations specified in the spreadsheet, unless otherwise stated. Generic identification of fossil specimens on each cast is provided, alongside locality information, details of the dates of casting, the names of people casting (Alex Liu, with assistance in various years from Emily Mitchell, Jack Matthews, William McMahon and Frances Dunn), any museum numbers, and the location where the casts are currently held (as of October 2021). Surface/locality codes correspond to the locations as listed in the accompanying Master GPS co-ordinates file deposited as part of this data deposit. The long-term intention is for all of these casts and moulds to be archived within the Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge. Their original cast code information will be retained alongside any official university numbers upon archiving. Alexander Liu University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EQ not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/d2a46f57-81f6-316b-e054-002128a47908.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fossils Ediacaran fauna BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. 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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx) Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item169199 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Silicon rubber moulds were created in the field, using established casting protocols and conducted under permits issued by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, except for those specimens from Trinity East in 2019, which were cast in the laboratory. Rubber moulds were transported back to the UK, where they were cast using Jesmonite to make solid replicas of the fossil surfaces, which are long-lasting and amenable to detailed study.