From card catalogs to computers: Databases in vertebrate paleontology

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-28

  Uhen, Mark D ^a   Barnosky, Anthony D ^b   Bills, Brian ^c   Blois, Jessica ^d   Carrano, Matthew T ^e   Carrasco, Marc A ^b   Erickson, Gregory M ^f   Eronen, Jussi T ^g,h   Fortelius, Mikael ^g   Graham, Russell W ^c   Grimm, Eric C ⁱ   Oleary, Maureen A ^j   Mast, Austin ^f   Piel, William H ^k   Polly, P David ^l   Säilä, Laura K ^g  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; DEPOSITION; PALEONTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872569143     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.716114     Document Type: Article

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