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The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.


History

The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Paleofaunal Database initiative, which operated from August 1998 through August 2000. From 2000 to 2015, PBDB received funding from the National Science Foundation. PBDB also received support form the
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
. From 2000 to 2010 it was housed at the
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is a research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California. Better known by its acronym, NCEAS (pronounced “n-seas”) opened in May 1995. Fu ...
, a cross-disciplinary research center within the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is currently housed at University of Wisconsin-Madison and overseen by an international committee of major data contributors. The Paleobiology Database works closely with the Neotoma Paleoecology Database, which has a similar intellectual history, but has focused on the Quaternary (with an emphasis on the late Pleistocene and Holocene) at timescales of decades to millennia. Together, Neotoma and the Paleobiology Database have helped launch th
EarthLife Consortium
a non-profit umbrella organization to support the easy and free sharing of paleoecological and paleobiological data.


Researchers

Partial list of contributing researchers: *Martin Aberhan, Museum für Naturkunde *
John Alroy John Alroy is a paleobiologist born in New York in 1966 and now residing in Sydney, Australia. Area of expertise Alroy specializes in diversity curves, speciation, and extinction of North American fossil mammals and Phanerozoic marine inver ...
, Macquarie University *Chris Beard,
Carnegie Museum of Natural History The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Housing some 22 million ...
* Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution *David Bottjer, University of Southern California *Richard Butler, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie *Matt Carrano, Smithsonian Institution *Fabrizio Cecca, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University *Matthew Clapham,
University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge ...
*Bill DiMichele, Smithsonian Institution * Michael Foote, University of Chicago *Austin Hendy, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute *Steve Holland, University of Georgia *Wolfgang Kiessling, Museum für Naturkunde * Charles R. Marshall, University of California, Berkeley *Alistair McGowan, University of Glasgow *Arnie Miller,
University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44, ...
*Johannes Müller, Museum für Naturkunde *Mark Patzkowsky, Penn State *Hermann Pfefferkorn, University of Pennsylvania *Ashwini Srivastava, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany *Alan Turner, Liverpool John Moores University *Mark D. Uhen, George Mason University *Loïc Vilier,
Université de Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...
* Pete Wagner, Smithsonian Institution * Xiaoming Wang, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County *Robin Whatley, Smithsonian Institution *Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institution


Institutions

Partial list of contributing institutions: * All-Russian Geological Research Institute * Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie *
Benedictine University Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The instit ...
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Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public research university with campuses in Binghamton, Vestal, and Johnson City, New York. It is one of the four university centers in the State ...
* Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany *
Carnegie Museum of Natural History The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Housing some 22 million ...
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Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location i ...
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Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthro ...
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College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. It is a resource for informal science education in the Rocky Mountain region. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help mus ...
* Field Museum of Natural History * George Mason University * Harvard University *
Hungarian Natural History Museum The Hungarian Natural History Museum ( hu, Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum) in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. History of the museum Foundation In 1802, Count Fere ...
* Museum für Naturkunde * National Center for Biotechnology Information * Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County * Ohio State University * Penn State * Smithsonian Institution * Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute *
Université de Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...
* University of California, Berkeley *
University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge ...
* University of Chicago *
University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44, ...
* University of Florida * University of Georgia * University of Southern California *
University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
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University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle ...
* University of Wisconsin * University of Würzburg * Yale University


See also

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Fossilworks Fossilworks is a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a large relational database assembled by hundreds of paleontologists from around the world. History Fossilworks was crea ...


References


External links

*{{Cite web , url = http://paleobiodb.org , title = The Paleobiology Database , access-date = 2010-04-08 Online taxonomy databases Paleontology websites