TERN Geospatial Catalogue
FosSahul database
FosSahul is the first database compiling the ages of nonhuman vertebrate fossils from the Middle Pleistocene to the present in the Sahul region. It includes comprehensive metadata with ratings of reliability allocated to each fossil age. Because ecological and evolutionary phenomena are time-dependent, the entire range of archaeological and palaeontological research disciplines benefit from the availability of this data.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-10-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-03-16
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1.0
Identifier
Publisher
Author
University of Adelaide - Rodríguez Rey, Marta (Research Associate)
Waite Road, The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus, Waite, SA, 5064, Australia
Waite
SA
5064
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Herrando-Perez, Salvador (Research Associate)
Davies Building, Paratoo Road, The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus, Waite, SA, 5064, Australia
Waite
SA
5064
Australia
Co-author
University of Tasmania - Brook, Barry (Professor of Environmental Sustainability)
Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS, 7005, Australia
Hobart
TAS
7005
Australia
Co-author
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University - Saltre, Frederik (Research Fellow)
Physical Sciences Building, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia
Bedford Park
SA
5042
Australia
Co-author
Macquarie University - Alroy, John (Associate Professor)
Balaclava Road, Macquarie Park, NSW, 2109, Australia
Macquarie Park
NSW
2109
Australia
Co-author
University of Tasmania - Beeton, Nick (Adjunct Researcher)
Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS, 7005, Australia
Hobart
TAS
7005
Australia
Co-author
College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University - Bird, Michael (Professor)
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, Cairns, QLD, 4878, Australia
Cairns
QLD
4878
Australia
Co-author
Environment Institute, University of Adelaide - Cooper, Alan (ARC Laureate Fellow)
Benham Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, North Terrace, South Australia, 5005, Australia
North Terrace
South Australia
5005
Australia
Co-author
University of Wollongong - Gillespie, Richard (Associate Professor)
Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Co-author
University of Wollongong - Jacobs, Zenobia (ARC Future Fellow)
Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Co-author
University of Tasmania - Johnson, Chris (Professor of Wildlife Conservation)
Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS, 7005, Australia
Hobart
TAS
7005
Australia
Co-author
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University - Prideaux, Gavin (Professor)
Physical Sciences Building, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia
Bedford Park
SA
5042
Australia
Co-author
University of Wollongong - Roberts, Richard (Professor)
Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Co-author
University of New South Wales - Turney, Chris (Professor)
High St, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
Kensington
NSW
2052
Australia
Co-author
INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH - H. Miller, Gifford (Honorary Professor)
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado 4001, Discovery Drive Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
Discovery Drive Boulder
CO
80303
USA
Co-author
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University - Bradshaw, Corey (Professor)
Physical Sciences Building, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia
Bedford Park
SA
5042
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- ARC Discovery Grant - DP130103842 : The record of extinctions over deep time is patchy and incomplete, yet we must use it to determine how major changes in past environments have shaped life on Earth today. The project develops cutting-edge mathematical tools to determine the patterns of extinctions and speciation over geological time to help predict our uncertain environmental future.
- 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.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
University of Adelaide - Rodríguez Rey, Marta (Research Associate)
Waite Road, The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus, Waite, SA, 5064, Australia
Waite Road, The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus
Waite
SA
5064
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
- Description
- Sahul region (Australia and New Guinea)
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1955-01-01 2013-10-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Climate And Climate Change (9603)
- Ecological Modelling
- Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608)
- Biogeography
- Ecosystem modelling
- Macroecology
- Birds
- Mammals
- Reptiles
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/
- File name
- 88x31.png
- File description
- CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
- File type
- 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. Rights owned by University of Adelaide.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Fos_Sahul_database
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Fos_Sahul_txt
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Fos_Sahul_Sites
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages
- Abstract
- Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- Data were first collated from the primary literature (core papers). Then additional information was included by cross-referencing, and accessing, literature cited in the core papers. Finally we scrutinized the full set of literature sources in AustArch database http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1027216 for fauna records associated with dated archaeological remains. Throughout, we contacted the authors responsible for publishing fossil ages when clarification was required.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:3577
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/5a1146b0-8133-40eb-a780-7f20fe6dba40
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
-
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5a1146b0-8133-40eb-a780-7f20fe6dba40
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-06-07T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-01-10T05:16:07
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
Identifier
Overviews
Spatial extent
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Associated resources
Not available