Date (Creation)

1992

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480094

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Biostratigraphy
• Palaeontology
• Specimen collecting
• Chronostratigraphy
• Fossils
• Taxonomy

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

Subject to usual BGS terms and conditions.

Use constraints

otherRestrictions 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

grid Grid

Denominator

10000

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

NORTHERN ENGLAND [id=151000]

Date (Creation)

1979

Geographic identifier

SCOTLAND [id=140000]

Date (Creation)

1979

Geographic identifier

SCT

Date (Revision)

2009

Begin date

1980

End date

1992

Supplemental Information

Data capture may have started in the 1980s, TAXALIST started 1992. 1169 digital records to date. Not added to since 1992. Most dates of first description missing. The intention is that this dataset will in due course be incorporated in PalaeoSaurus.

Distribution format

• PAPER - Information from the database can be provided in a variety of formats ()

OnLine resource

National Geological Repository ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The original data are fossils, index data from these were then transferred to an Oracle database. Dataset has evolved overtime, software has changed as hardware upgraded. Dataset probably adjusted with time as hardware updated. Subject to future revision.

File identifier

9df8df52-d76a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2026-05-06

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480094