BGS PalaeoSaurus collections database

Database of palaeontological specimens, world-wide coverage, including both "Museum" and "Survey" fossil collections from Keyworth and Edinburgh. Development commenced in Autumn 2000 and is ongoing. The database currently contains over 100,000 entries, including half of the taxonomic reference collection held at BGS Keyworth. Internet search access is available on the BGS web site. Key fields in the dataset, many of which can be searched for, include, sample number, nature of sample, confidentiality, collector/donator & year, register details, locality information (including grid reference, map sheet etc.), stratigraphy, type status, identifications & authority and publication details.

Date (Creation): 2000

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

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
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Originator

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

Maintenance and update frequency: continual 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: otherRestrictions 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: 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: textTable Text, table

Denominator: 10000

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

WORLD [id=100000]

Date (Creation): 1979

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.