Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 05178, 2005
SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-05178
© European Geosciences Union 2005
The paleontology portal
J. Scotchmoor (1), D. Lindberg (1) and D. Springer (2)
(1) University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, California, USA, (2)
University of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, (jscotch@berkeley.edu)
The Paleontology Portal, http://www.paleoportal.org, built by the UC Museum of Paleontology, is a joint project of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the Paleontological Society, and the U.S. Geologic Survey, with funding from the National Science
Foundation. This website provides a central, interactive entry point to high-quality
North American paleontology resources on the Internet for multiple audiences: the research community, K-12 educators, government and industry, the general public, and
the media. Using web-based technology and relational databases, users can explore an
interactive map and associated stratigraphic column to access information about particular geographic regions, geologic time periods, depositional environments, and representative taxa. Users are also able to search multiple museum collection databases
using a single query form of their own design. Other features include highlights of
famous fossil sites and assemblages and a Fossil Gallery. Throughout the site, users
will find images and links to information specific to each time period or geographic
region, including current research projects and publications, websites, on-line exhibits
and educational materials, and information on collecting fossils.