A spreadsheet containing details of all Ediacaran fossil specimens cast in Newfoundland, Canada, as part of NERC grant NE/L011409/2.

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.

Date (Revision): 2021-09-22

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607866

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Cambridge	Alexander Liu	not available	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: notApplicable

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Geology

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Fossils
Ediacaran fauna

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NGDC Deposited Data

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NERC_DDC

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Language: English

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Geoscientific information

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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx)

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British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor

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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item169199	Data

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Other: non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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

Pass: No

Statement: 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.