Major individual data sets reposited in the Paleobiology Database
These data sets are considered official electronic publications of the Paleobiology Database.
Data sets are listed alphabetically by authorizer.
North American Mammalian Paleofaunal Database 2002
Authorizer: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Primary reference: J. Alroy. 1996. Constant extinction, constrained diversification, and uncoordinated stasis in North American mammals. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 127(1/4):285-311.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = J. Alroy and time interval = Cretaceous or Tertiary and research group = vertebrate
Middle Devonian fossils of the Michigan Basin
Authorizer: Brian Bodenbender
Enterer: Erin Wysocki
Primary reference: C. A. Ferguson, B. E. Bodenbender, J. L. Jones, and K. Ahmed. 2000. Recording the fossil record: a GIS database of Middle Devonian fossils in the Michigan Basin. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 32(7):A131.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = B. Bodenbender and time interval = Devonian
Taxonomy and distribution of Late Jurassic - Eocene lissamphibians
Authorizer: Emmanuel Fara
Enterer: Emmanuel Fara
Primary reference: E. Fara. 2001. Macroevolutionary patterns and the quality of the fossil record: from data to processes. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
To download the data (Excel spreadsheet): click here
Jurassic marine faunas of France, Greenland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom
Authorizer: Franz Fürsich
Enterers: Hans Eichiner, Franz Fürsich, Danica Hempfling, Elmar Link
To download the data: Search for authorizer = F. Fursich and time interval = Jurassic
Silurian and Early Devonian plants 2001
Authorizer: Pat Gensel
Enterers: Michele Kotyk, Allison Tuell
To download the data: Search for authorizer = P. Gensel and time interval = Silurian or Devonian
Ivany Thesis Collection: Middle Eocene US Gulf Coast
Macrofossils
Authorizer: Linda Ivany
Enterer: Linda Ivany
To download the data: Search for authorizer = L. Ivany and time interval = Eocene
Maastrichtian bivalve faunas of the world 1994
Authorizer: David Jablonski
Enterers: John Alroy, David Jablonski
Primary reference: D. M. Raup and D. Jablonski. 1993. Geography of end-Cretaceous marine bivalve extinctions. Science 260:971-973.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = D. Jablonski and time interval = Cretaceous
Marine Bivalve Genera, Revision of Sepkoski's Compendium
Authorizer: David Jablonski
Enterers: David Jablonski, Kaustuv Roy, James Valentine, Rebecca Price, Philip Anderson
Primary reference: D. Jablonski, K. Roy, J. W. Valentine, RF. M. Price, and P. S. Anderson. 2003. The impact of the Pull of the Recent on the history of bivalve diversity. Science 300:1133-1135.
To download the data (Excel spreadsheet): click here
Upper Cretaceous larger invertebrate fossils from the Haustator bilira zone of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
Authorizer: Matt Kosnik
Enterer: Matt Kosnik
Primary references:
N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian)
Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf
Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239
N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian)
larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone
in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282
N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian)
larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the
Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open
File Report 87-194:1-172
To download the data: Search for authorizer = M. Kosnik and stage= Maastrichtian
Primary reference: A. I. Miller. 1997. Dissecting Global Diversity Patterns: examples from the Ordovician Radiation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:85-104.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = A. Miller and time interval = Ordovician
Pennsylvanian-Permian Marine Benthos of the North American Midcontinent
Authorizer: Tom Olszewski
Enterers: Melissa Gibson, Katrina Nell, Tom Olszewski
Primary reference: T. D. Olszewski and M. E. Patzkowsky. 2001, Measuring recurrence of marine biotic gradients: A case study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent. PALAIOS 16:444-460.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = T. Olszewski and time interval = Carboniferous or Permian
PGAP's Permian, Triassic and Jurassic terrestrial megafloras of the world
Authorizer: A. Rees
Enterer: A. Rees
Note: Data are from the Paleogeographic Atlas Project (PGAP), led by Fred Ziegler (University of Chicago)
Primary references:
A.M. Ziegler. 1990. Phytogeographic patterns and continental configurations during the Permian Period. Pp. 363-379 in W.S. McKerrow and C.R. Scotese, Eds., Palaeozoic Palaeogeography and Biogeography. Geological Society of London Memoir 12.
A.M. Ziegler, J.M. Parrish, J. Yao, E.D. Gyllenhaal, D.B. Rowley, J.T. Parrish, S. Nie, A. Bekker and M.L. Hulver. 1994. Early Mesozoic phytogeography and climate. Pp. 89-97 in J.R.L. Allen, B.J. Hoskins, B.W. Sellwood, R.A. Spicer and P.J. Valdes, Eds., Palaeoclimates and their modelling; with special reference to the Mesozoic era. Chapman and Hall , London.
P.M. Rees. 2002. Land-plant diversity and the end-Permian mass extinction. Geology 30:827-830.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = A. Rees and time interval = Permian, Triassic, or Jurassic
Paleozoic marine faunas from the paleocontinent of Laurentia 1992
Authorizer: J. John Sepkoski, Jr.
Enterer: Mike Sommers
Primary reference: J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., and A. I. Miller. 1985. Evolutionary faunas and the distribution of Paleozoic benthic communities in space and time. Pp. 153-190 in J. W. Valentine, Ed., Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns: Profiles in Macroevolution. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
To download the data: Search for authorizer = J. Sepkoski
Carboniferous terrestrial floras of North America and Europe
Authorizer: Hallie Sims
Enterers: Heather Lindon, Summer Ostrowski
To download the data: Search for authorizer = H. Sims and time interval = Carboniferous
Paleogene Cetacea of the World
Authorizer: Mark Uhen
Enterer: Mark Uhen
To download the data: Search for oldest time interval = Eocene and youngest time interval = Oligocene and taxon = Cetacea
Neogene Cetacea of the World
Authorizer: Mark Uhen
Enterers: Nick Pyenson, Mark Uhen
To download the data: Search for oldest time interval = Miocene and youngest time interval = Holocene and taxon = Cetacea
Late Paleocene - early Eocene macrofloras of southwestern Wyoming 2000
Authorizer: Peter Wilf
Enterer: Peter Wilf
Primary reference: P. Wilf. 2000. Late Paleocene-early Eocene climate changes in southwestern Wyoming: Paleobotanical analysis. Geological Society of America Bulletin112(2):292-307
To download the data: Search for authorizer = P. Wilf and time interval = Tertiary and state = Wyoming
