The University of Arizona GEON team has assembled five global-scale databases comprising sedimentary rocks, dinosaurs, and fossil plants. Each can be searched individually or in any combination with the others, via text or interactive maps. They can also be searched by any combination of age, location, or content. Search results can be downloaded as text or viewed on present and paleo maps.
A primary goal is to facilitate 'cross-fertilization' between disciplines. So, fossils can be studied in the context of geography and climate, paleogeographic reconstructions can be refined, and global paleoclimate models can be compared with a wide range of proxy data. Please contact Allister Rees with any comments, or suggestions for collaboration.
These maps show the distribution and kinds of data - click HERE to access the databases portal directly, or select any map to first see further details about the data.
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PGAP Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Lithofacies (details) |
Climate Sensitive Sediments and
Oil Source Rocks (details)
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Dinosaurs and Permian, Triassic, Jurassic Plants (details)
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PGAP Lithofacies and Climate Sensitive Sediment data compiled by Fred Ziegler, David Rowley, and other members of the Paleogeographic Atlas Project. Oil Source Rock data courtesy of Judy Parrish. Dinosaur data from The Dinosauria (Weishampel et al., 2004). The fossil plant data are also in the Paleobiology Database. Paleomaps and plate rotation program provided by Chris Scotese, enabling locality paleocoordinate calculations. Database maps produced using ESRI software. Funding provided NSF (to the GEON project), Occidental, Shell, and Total. IT development by Javier Espinoza. |
