TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Mainland thylacine and devil radiocarbon dates, 2013-2015
This dataset comprises of new, high precision radiocarbon dates for 20 mainland thylacines and 24 mainland devils. Metadata includes museum accession numbers and origin of specimens. We envision that this dataset could be used in studies of paleo-ecological reconstructions and for estimating extinction time for both devils and thylacines on mainland Australia. This dataset includes the youngest reliable fossil ages for both species on mainland Australia as per the criteria set out in Rodriguez-Rey at al (2015). <i>"Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages."</i> Quaternary Geochronology 30 (2015): 69-79.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-08-15
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-08-22
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1
Identifier
Publisher
Author
University of Adelaide - White , Lauren ()
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
Flinders University - Saltre, Frederik (Research Fellow)
326 Sturt Rd, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia
Bedford Park
SA
5042
Australia
Co-author
Flinders University - Bradshaw, Corey (Professor)
326 Sturt Rd, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia
Bedford Park
SA
5042
Australia
Co-author
University of Adelaide - Austin , Jeremy (Professor)
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- This project will utilize tissue samples held in Australian museums, powerful new genomics and analytical methods, and a network of experts to construct a comprehensive genetic record of the impacts of past climate change during the Last Glacial Maximum on Australian native animals. We need to determine which species and ecosystems were most adversely impacted by rapid climate change and why, the extent of loss of biodiversity and range shifts, and to then incorporate this information into advanced new climate models. This information is key to understanding the resilience of Australian ecosystems, and for efforts to predict and manage existing populations, and to minimize the impact of current climatic trends.
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Credit
- We thank the Western Australian Museum, Museum Victoria, the Australian National Wildlife Collection (CSIRO) and M. Bunce (Curtin University) for granting permission to sample subfossil devil and thylacine specimens
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
University of Adelaide - White , Lauren ()
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
- Description
- Southern mainland Australia
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2013-03-26 2015-09-04
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Biodiversity Inventory
- Species Decline
- Climate And Climate Change (9603)
- Marsupial
- <i>Thylacinus cynocephalus</i>
- <i>Sarcophilus harrisii</i>
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- File description
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- png
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- (C)2016 University of Adelaide, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Rights owned by University of Adelaide, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Species_DevilThylacine
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Sites_Devil_thylacine
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Mainland_devils_and_thylacines_radiocarbon
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Accelerated mass spectrometry dating: Subsamples were taken from subfossil specimens held in museum collections. Subsamples were taken using a dremel drill to cut away small bone and tooth fragments and placed in individual sample bags. Contamination was minimised by changing the researcher's gloves and the dremel disc and thoroughly cleaning the work area with bleach between samples. Radiocarbon dating was performed using accelerated mass spectrometry (AMS) at at the Australian National University, the University of Waikato and the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. These labs follow the pre-treatment methods outlined in Brock et al (2010), which includes a surface cleaning protocols to further minimise contamination. All AMS measurements were undertaken will controls of known age for quality assurance. Ages are uncalibrated in radiocarbon years BP (Before Present - AD 1950) using the Libby half life of 5568 years with correction for isotopic fractionation applied using the conventions of Stuiver and Polach (1977). Brock, Fiona, et al. "Current pretreatment methods for AMS radiocarbon dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU)." Radiocarbon 52.1 (2010): 103-12. Stuiver, Minze, and Henry A. Polach. "Discussion; reporting of C-14 data." Radiocarbon 19.3 (1977): 355-363.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:3577
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/3f01fe3a-fc2e-4b8c-bb3f-457372ba6724
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/3f01fe3a-fc2e-4b8c-bb3f-457372ba6724
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-10-25T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2022-10-25T03:49:42
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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