Paleobiology Database

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Fossil
Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Parasite / Disease
Woody Plants
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Local
Regional
Continental
Global
Observational
Publicly available
Taxonomic Group Amphibians / Reptiles, Microbes, Fossil, Birds, Fishes, Herbaceous plants, Invertebrates, Mammals, Parasite / Disease, Woody Plants
Level of Organization Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem
Scale Local, Regional, Continental, Global
Data Type Observational
Accessibility Publicly available

This web site hosts information about the entire fossil record, including information about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references to publications, stratigraphic units, time scales, and time intervals.

Data Location: paleobiodb.org

Data Available: collection, occurrence, specimen records, taxonomic names/opinion, measurements of specimens

Comments: Tools are available on the website that allow you to generate maps, summary tables, lists of common taxa, first appearances, diversity curves, ecological statistic. This website also has a student-oriented component.