Occurrence dataset Registered November 06, 2017
Paleobiology Database
Description
The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) is a non-governmental, non-profit public resource for paleontological data. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services to allow easy access to data for independent development of analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types. The Database’s broader goal is to encourage and enable data-driven collaborative efforts that address large-scale paleobiological questions.
Geographic scope
- Description
Collections in the Paleobiology Database are assigned present-day coordinates and geological ages. These two pieces of information are combined with paleogeographic rotation models to obtain reconstructed paleogeographic positions.
- Bounding box
- Latitude
- From -90 to 90
- Longitude
- From -180 to 180
Taxonomic scope
- Description
Mollusca 33%
Brachiopoda 13%
Arthropoda 10%
Mammalia 8%
Cnidaria 5%
Radiolaria 4%
Foraminifera 3%
Bryozoa 2%
Echinodermata 2%- Coverage
- MolluscaBrachiopodaArthropoda
Mammalia
Cnidaria
Radiolaria
ForaminiferaBryozoaEchinodermata
Methodology
- Sampling
Data are extracted from the published literature on fossil organisms.
- Study extent
Global
- Method steps
Data are extracted from the published literature on fossil organisms.
Metrics
Additional info
Contacts
- Organization
- Paleobiology Database
- Position
- Chief Informaticist
- Roles
- Originator
- Phone
- Organization
- Paleobiology Database
- Position
- Geoinformaticist/Data Scientist
- Roles
- Metadata author
Point of contact
Administrative point of contact
- Organization
- Paleobiology Database
- Position
- Executive Committee Chair
- Roles
- Metadata author
- Organization
- VertNet
- Position
- Coordinator
- Roles
- Programmer
- Organization
- VertNet
- Position
- Information Architect
- Roles
- Programmer
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- November 06, 2017
- Metadata last modified
- June 11, 2025
- Publication date
- April 23, 2024
- Hosted by
- VertNet
- Installation
- IPT - Hosted by VertNet
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/jfqhiu
- Alternative identifiers