BGS Hosted Metadata
BAS geological data - Type and Figured Fossil Collection
The palaeontology collection at the British Antarctic Survey is a unique and internationally important collection of specimens sourced predominantly from the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc. The collection was started in the 1940s and continues to be added to frequently through ongoing BAS research. Its importance lies not only in the fact that it is globally one of the main reference collections of Antarctic palaeontological material, but also in its high proportion of Mesozoic flora and fauna which can be used to understand evolutionary dynamics, continental movements and climatic changes over the past 250 ma.
In addition to molluscs and other major animal phyla, the collection is particularly strong in plant material, ranging from fossilised wood and exceptionally preserved leaves to pollen and spores. Given the logistical challenges of sampling material from the Antarctic continent, this collection represents a wealth of taxa which were previously unknown to science and consequently houses a high number of taxonomic types.
A project is underway to digitally catalogue the BAS Type and Figured fossil collection and make the data easily accessible to researchers worldwide. Currently the data from over 2000 fossil specimens are available online, together with high resolution photographs. Over the next year further specimens, including palynological samples, will be added to the database and photographs will be made available of the entire collection.
Please direct any comments, questions or enquiries to: fossils@bas.ac.uk
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- Date (Creation)
- 2006-01-31
- Date (Revision)
- 2006-01-31
- Date (Publication)
- 2006-01-31
- Date (released)
- 2006-01-31
- Edition
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1
- Unique resource identifier
- ca2ac8cb-2b61-4d5e-a956-da0b4cd66869
- Codespace
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uuid
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00154
- Codespace
- Other citation details
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Please cite this item as: None
- Credit
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Tate, Alexander
Author British Antarctic Survey Wilson, Lucy
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Completed
- Theme
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Geology
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fossil plants
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palaeontology
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sedimentary rocks
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type specimens
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- Place
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Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Please contact the technical investigator/contact for use constraints.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No restrictions apply
- Unique resource identifier
- url
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url
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Begin date
- 1943-01-01
- End date
- 1943-01-01
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
- Title
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
- Units of distribution
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bytes
- Transfer size
- 1
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://legacy.bas.ac.uk/bas_research/data/access/fossildatabase/ Get Data
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- File identifier
- ca2ac8cb-2b61-4d5e-a956-da0b4cd66869 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2006-01-31
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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