The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life: A New Digital Resource for Paleontology Jonathan R. Hendricks 1 Roger W. Portell 2 Nicholas L. Sylva 1 B. Alex Kittle.

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The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life: A New Digital Resource for Paleontology Jonathan R. Hendricks 1 Roger W. Portell 2 Nicholas L. Sylva 1 B. Alex Kittle 2 Sean W. Roberts 2 Nina Abdollahian 1 Anthony M. Lenci 1 1 Dept. Geol., San José State Univ. 2 Florida Museum of Natural History

The fundamental data of paleontology consist of taxonomically identified specimens of known geographic and stratigraphic provenance that have been curated into museum collections.

Geographic position Stratigraphic context Species identity ✓ ✓ ?

Tools for identifications Most fossil identifications still require access to printed scientific literature, which may be: –nomenclaturally out of date –challenging to interpret (terms or figures) –difficult or prohibitively expensive to acquire –viewed as an alien resource by younger users We need more and better online tools to help identify fossils. Some excellent online resources are already available (e.g., see for examples).

New online resource developed to help identify and better understand fossils from particular time intervals and regions.

Atlases currently under development: Digital Atlas of Ordovician Life: Cincinnati Region ( Pennsylvanian Atlas of Ancient Life: American Midcontinent ( Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life: Southeastern United States (

The Neogene of the S.E. U.S.A Heavily collected by both avocational and professional paleontologists. Massive museum collections. Scientifically well studied. Heavily collected by both avocational and professional paleontologists. Massive museum collections. Scientifically well studied.

First comprehensive website structured to help users both identify and learn about fossils from this region. Focus on mollusks, but also including echinoids, corals, brachiopods, and decapods. Developed dynamic content management system in Wordpress for adding content; does not require programming knowledge.

Species Pages Up-to-date taxonomic nomenclature. Images with Creative Commons licensing. Stratigraphic and geographic occurrence information derived from taxonomically-vetted museum collections at the FLMNH. Occurrence maps spanning multiple time intervals derived from georeferenced collections. Occurrence records for the gastropod Eupleura leonensis. Late Pliocene Early Pleist. Middle Pleist. Eupleura leonensis

Species Page: Information

Species Page: Images

Species Page: Maps

Two Routes for Identification 1.Taxonomic trees Classes Families Genera Species

Two Routes for Identification 2. All-species page

Neogene Atlas Progress & Goals >300 species online now (>500 planned). Planning digital, illustrated glossaries of fossil morphology, which will be integrated with the taxonomic pages. Development of K-16 educational resources (e.g., laboratory exercises).

Thank You! NSF EF (PI Hendricks). Project PI’s Bruce Lieberman and Alycia Stigall. Dept. of Geology at San Jose State University. Follow the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life project on Websites: Digital Atlas of Ancient Life portal: Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life: