Paleobase: Macrofossils (Pt. 1, 2 & 3) [CD-ROM]

Norman Macleod (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1405125403 | ISBN-13: 978-1405125406 | Edition: Cdr

PaleoBase represents a unique combination of up-to-date systematic information on an extensive collection of fossil genera, state-of-the-art color digital photographs of representative specimens from The Natural History Museum’s unrivalled paleontological collections, and modern relational database technology.

PaleoBase provides an important new tool for the teaching of life history in a wide variety of advanced secondary, undergraduate, and graduate courses (e.g., paleontology, historical geology, stratigraphy, paleoceanography, paleobiogeography). Instructors will find the database a rich resource for lecture presentations, discussions, and laboratory exercises. Students will find PaleoBase an invaluable addition to traditional textbooks, and a key reference source for basic systematic paleontology.

• High-quality zoomable digital images
  
• Complete systematic, life-habit and paleoecological descriptions by taxonomic specialists from The Natural History Museum, London
  
• Chronostratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution
  
• Glossary of terms and bibliography
  
• Full search either by name, age, chronostratigraphy, or morphology
  
• Morphological keys and labelled images

PaleoBase Macrofossils Part 3 contains over 350 records of Cnidaria, Echinoderms (incl. asteroids, blastoids, carpoids, crinoids, cyclocystoids, cystoids, echinoids, edrioasteroids, edrioblastoids, eocrinoids, helicoplacoids, holothurians, and ophiuroids), Sponges, and ‘Problematica’ (incl. early metazoans) fossil groups. These fossil genera are illustrated with over 1,500 color digital images of specimens. This fully relational database includes full genus descriptions, chronostratigraphy, paleoecology, of bibliography of over 500 references to the primary research literature, a glossary of over 600 morphological terms, and an interactive identification key.

For an online demonstration and guided tour of PaleoBase: Macrofossils please visit: www.paleobase.com/

For an information brochure, or for any queries, please e-mail [e-mail]

--This text refers to an alternate CD-ROM edition.

Editorial Reviews

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This software is an excellent instructional resource for teaching in both small and large palaeontology classes Bruce Lieberman in Palaios Vol 17

An invaluable tool for any university that teaches undergraduate level palaeontology .....students will love it Rod Taylor in Geol Mag 138

Is this the future of paleontological publishing? We can only hope. Fossil News march 2001 --This text refers to an alternate CD-ROM edition.

Book Description

PaleoBase represents a unique combination of up-to-date information on an extensive collection of fossil genera, state-of-the-art color digital photographs of specimens from the Natural History Museum (London)'s unrivaled collection, and modern relational database technology. These fully searchable CDs provide an important new tool for researchers by representing the ideal fossil collection, one that in practice only the largest natural history museums could hope to assemble. --This text refers to an alternate CD-ROM edition.

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Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated; Cdr edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405125403
• ISBN-13: 978-1405125406
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a must-have innovation in the study of the fossil records, February 28, 2007

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This review is from: PaleoBase: Macrofossils Part 2 (Single User) (Pt. 2) (CD-ROM)

PaleoBase: Macrofossils Part 2.0: Ammonoids, Bivalves, Coleoids, Gastropods, and other Mollusca (CD-ROM) edited by Norman Macleod, contributions by Staff Natural History Museum, London England (Blackwell Publishing) said though three in separately issued CD-ROMs is likely to become the basis by which students and scientists their fossil taxonomy. Rich in visual detail these records are likely to become a touchstone for basic understanding of our fossil records geologically and in evolutionary demonstrations of the persistence and change of basic forms of life in the fossil record. Highly recommended for all serious students and scientists as a resource for studying fossils.