The University of Missouri Conodont Collection and Database Effort

密苏里大学牙形刺收集和数据库工作

• 批准号: 0546549
• 负责人: Kenneth MacLeod
• 金额: $ 17.5万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0546549&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Missouri; Conodont; Collection; Database

An award has been made to the University of Missouri-Columbia under the direction of Dr. Ken MacLeod to construct a database for the conodont collection at the university. The collection of 8,500 specimens represents an important paleontological resource that has been assembled over the past 70 years. These enigmatic fossil specimens are used in studies of past climates and for detailed studies dating the fossil record. Many of the specimens in this collection are types, that is, they are associated with the names given to species by researchers and are critical in taxonomic studies. The project will involve the creation of a database that will make the data associated with the specimens available online to a wide audience. Work on the database will take place at the University of Missouri-Columbia, through the work of a retired expert on the group. After completion of the database the collection will be transferred to the University of Iowa paleontology Repository at the University of Iowa in mid-2010. The project will include training in curation techniques and conodont taxonomy of several undergraduates under the supervision of a graduate student and senior investigators.

在肯·麦克劳德（Ken Macleod）博士的指导下，已向密苏里哥伦比亚大学颁发了奖项，以建造大学牙能收藏的数据库。 8500个标本的收集代表了过去70年来组装的重要古生物学资源。 这些神秘的化石标本用于过去气候的研究，并用于与化石记录的详细研究。 该系列中的许多标本都是类型，也就是说，它们与研究人员给物种的名称有关，并且在分类学研究中至关重要。 该项目将涉及创建数据库，该数据库将使与广泛受众在线可用的标本相关联。 该数据库的工作将在密苏里州哥伦比亚大学通过该小组的退休专家的工作进行。 数据库完成后，该系列将于2010年中将转移到爱荷华大学的爱荷华大学古生物学存储库。 该项目将包括在研究生和高级调查人员的监督下对几位大学生进行策划技术的培训和牙形本分类学的培训。