TY - CHAP
T1 - The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals
AU - Žliobaitė, Indrė
AU - Fortelius, Mikael
AU - Bernor, Raymond L.
AU - van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.
AU - Janis, Christine M.
AU - Lintulaakso, Kari
AU - Säilä, Laura K.
AU - Werdelin, Lars
AU - Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac
AU - Croft, Darin A.
AU - Flynn, Lawrence J.
AU - Hopkins, Samantha S.B.
AU - Kaakinen, Anu
AU - Kordos, László
AU - Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.
AU - Pandolfi, Luca
AU - Rowan, John
AU - Tesakov, Alexey
AU - Vislobokova, Innessa
AU - Zhang, Zhaoqun
AU - Aiglstorfer, Manuela
AU - Alba, David M.
AU - Arnal, Michelle
AU - Antoine, Pierre Olivier
AU - Belmaker, Miriam
AU - Bilgin, Melike
AU - Boisserie, Jean Renaud
AU - Borths, Matthew R.
AU - Cooke, Siobhán B.
AU - van Dam, Jan A.
AU - Delson, Eric
AU - Eronen, Jussi T.
AU - Fox, David
AU - Friscia, Anthony R.
AU - Furió, Marc
AU - Giaourtsakis, Ioannis X.
AU - Holbrook, Luke
AU - Hunter, John
AU - López-Torres, Sergi
AU - Ludtke, Joshua
AU - Minwer-Barakat, Raef
AU - van der Made, Jan
AU - Mennecart, Bastien
AU - Pushkina, Diana
AU - Rook, Lorenzo
AU - Saarinen, Juha
AU - Samuels, Joshua X.
AU - Sanders, William
AU - Silcox, Mary T.
AU - Vepsäläinen, Jouni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - NOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences, currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 million years, with its primary focus on the last 23 million years. Whereas the database contains records from all continents, the main focus and coverage of the database historically has been on Eurasia. The database includes primarily, but not exclusively, terrestrial mammals. It covers a large part of the currently known mammalian fossil record, focusing on classical and actively researched fossil localities. The database is managed in collaboration with an international advisory board of experts. Rather than a static archive, it emphasizes the continuous integration of new knowledge of the community, data curation, and consistency of scientific interpretations. The database records species occurrences at localities worldwide, as well as ecological characteristics of fossil species, geological contexts of localities and more. The NOW database is primarily used for two purposes: (1) queries about occurrences of particular taxa, their characteristics and properties of localities in the spirit of an encyclopedia; and (2) large scale research and quantitative analyses of evolutionary processes, patterns, reconstructing past environments, as well as interpreting evolutionary contexts. The data are fully open, no logging in or community membership is necessary for using the data for any purpose.
AB - NOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences, currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 million years, with its primary focus on the last 23 million years. Whereas the database contains records from all continents, the main focus and coverage of the database historically has been on Eurasia. The database includes primarily, but not exclusively, terrestrial mammals. It covers a large part of the currently known mammalian fossil record, focusing on classical and actively researched fossil localities. The database is managed in collaboration with an international advisory board of experts. Rather than a static archive, it emphasizes the continuous integration of new knowledge of the community, data curation, and consistency of scientific interpretations. The database records species occurrences at localities worldwide, as well as ecological characteristics of fossil species, geological contexts of localities and more. The NOW database is primarily used for two purposes: (1) queries about occurrences of particular taxa, their characteristics and properties of localities in the spirit of an encyclopedia; and (2) large scale research and quantitative analyses of evolutionary processes, patterns, reconstructing past environments, as well as interpreting evolutionary contexts. The data are fully open, no logging in or community membership is necessary for using the data for any purpose.
KW - Cenozoic
KW - Fossil record
KW - Mammals
KW - Neogene
KW - Paleobiology
KW - Paleoecology
KW - Paleontological databases
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85168668643
T3 - Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
SP - 33
EP - 42
BT - Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -