Development of an integrated paleontological database and Web site of Florissant collections, taxonomy, and publications

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 159-177

  Meyer, Herbert W ^a   Wasson, Matthew S ^b   Frakes, Brent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Florissant; Museum collections; Paleontological database

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMIES; WEBSITES;

COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT; COMPLEX APPLICATIONS; EOCENE; FLORISSANT; MUSEUM COLLECTIONS; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; RELATIONAL DATABASE; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS;

PUBLISHING;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CURRICULUM; DATABASE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EOCENE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; MUSEUM; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 75249093375     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2435(11)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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