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Summary
PALYNODATA is an exhaustive database of pre-Quaternary palynological
information and is the largest database of its kind in the world. The data is
the result of abstracting from over 20,000 publications, and includes
biostratigraphic, taxonomic, bibliographic and paleogeographic information. It
has over a million individual records from over 125,000 different taxa ... (genera,
species, etc). It was compiled by PALYNODATA Inc., an organization created
under a consortium that includes several oil companies and the GSC. Membership
in the consortium is on a subscription basis and the database is exclusive to
members of the consortium. GSC now plays a relatively passive role, but had a
fundamental role in the early days of the consortium's more than 30 year
history.This exhaustive database of abstracted palynological information from
the literature is a fundamental starting point for any palynological project.
It has been used to search the literature for reported occurrences of
particular species or groups of species, to provide the basic information for
major catalogue-type projects, and to provide biodiversity data for palynomorph
groups, which led GSC scientists to publish influential papers on
dinoflagellate diversity through time.
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N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Various Dataset Title: PALYNODATA - Palynological Literature Information Collection Dataset Release Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Dataset Publisher: PALYNODATA INC. (Consortium): See Distributor below

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > POLLEN

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

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None

Ancillary Keywords

GCMD BIODIVERSITY BIOSTRATIGRAPHY MICROPALEONTOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY PALYNOLOGY PALYOMORPHS Palynolgy TAXONOMY International

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

PalyEast Dataset ID: PALYNODATA Data Center Personnel Name: BLAIR PARSONS Phone: +01-902-457-1058 Fax: +01-902-457-0714 Email: bparsons at hfx.eastlink.ca Contact Address: PalyEast 50 Pioneer Ave. City: Halifax Province or State: Nova Scotia Postal Code: B3M 4R7 Country: Canada

Distribution

Fees: Fees apply and are payable to the consortium

Personnel

BARBARA SZLAVKO Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +01-902-426-7262 Fax: +01-902-426-6152 Email: bszlavko at nrcan.gc.ca Contact Address: P.O. Box 1006, 1 Challenger Drive City: Dartmouth Province or State: Nova Scotia Postal Code: B2Y 4A2 Country: Canada ROB FENSOME Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +01-902-426-2732 Fax: +01-902-426-4465 Email: rfensome at nrcan.gc.ca Contact Address: P.O. Box 1006, 1 Challenger Drive City: Dartmouth Province or State: Nova Scotia Postal Code: B2Y 4A2 Country: Canada

Related URL

Link: View Related Information Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-10-16 Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-04-07 Future DIF Review Date: 2005-07-19

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