Some important points when using fossil databases

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  • Suto Itsuki
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Graduate School of Environmental Studies,Nagoya University
  • Iwai Masao
    Natural Sciences Cluster,Kochi University
  • Akiba Fumio
    Diatom Minilab Akiba Ltd.

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  • 化石データベースを用いて生物進化の研究をするときの注意点
  • カセキ データベース オ モチイテ セイブツ シンカ ノ ケンキュウ オ スル トキ ノ チュウイテン

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Abstract

So many fossil taxa have been described and identified so far, that it has become difficult to treat this growing data set. Therefore, specialists in museums and other laboratories who are working on taxonomy have compiled this taxonomic information into databases, which allow easy access to the data for each taxon. While it is easy to use these databases, some problems may occur when interpreting the search results without careful consideration. Since both paleontologists and biologists are now using the fossil databases with various study techniques, we discuss in this paper how to use these databases with due care and attention.

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  • Fossils

    Fossils 99 (0), 7-14, 2016-03-31

    Palaeontological Society of Japan

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