Legacy Database of the Panama Paleontology Project

巴拿马古生物学项目遗产数据库

• 批准号: 0746014
• 负责人: Laurel Collins
• 金额: $ 11.53万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-15 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0746014&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Legacy; Database; Panama; Paleontology; Project

LEGACY DATABASE OF THE PANAMA PALEONTOLOGY PROJECTLaurel S. Collins and Anthony G. CoatesEAR-0746014, Florida International University ABSTRACTIf scientists are to gain a better understanding of the influence of environmental change on the highly diverse but poorly understood faunas of the tropics, they need more detailed, chronologically arranged information. This project constructs a relational database of information on tropical fossils collected by the Panama Paleontology Project (PPP), makes it available via the internet, and links it to a system that will automatically update the ages to the newest standard geologic time scale, which is continually refined with new data. The PPP's fossil collections of mostly foraminifera, mollusks, fish, corals, ostracodes and bryozoans from Central and South America are housed in major world museums. The ages of the fossils are unusually well resolved, which makes them invaluable for fine-scaled research on tropical evolution, geology, biogeography and environmental change. At present, more than 40 scientists from 7 countries have produced over 180 scientific publications based on these collections; however, for continued research, the current information needs to be supplemented and ages need to be standardized to a single time scale.The PPP Database will have a structure based on a data model of the relationships of the data categories, a web interface for users, and links to the TimeScale-Creator program of the International Commission on Stratigraphy that enables future updates to the newest geologic age information. The existing collections information currently available at www.fiu.edu/~collinsl/pppdatabase.html will also be updated to include newer collections from Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ecuador (~ 825 sites and ~2000 records). The main activities of the project are to: add new records and information to the database, provide updated ages for all faunal samples, implement the data model as a relational database, make the entire database available on the web, and make future updates to the newest age information automatic. The additional data will be extracted from documents such as field notebooks, publications and biostratigraphers' reports. The general methods employed for assigning ages are: 1) ordering all collection sites stratigraphically, 2) making biostratigraphic determinations for each site, 3) resolving age problems with the project's biostratigraphers, and 4) assigning biochronologic ages to the sites using the latest age information. The main results of the project's activities are to enhance knowledge for scientific research and the education of students and postdoctoral scientists. The new database will enable a number of key questions related to large-scale evolutionary and ecological processes to be tested rigorously and at a relatively fine scale by scientists around the world. A graduate student at FIU, Florida's state university in Miami and a federally recognized minority institution, will learn data management and project organization.

巴拿马古生物学Projectlaurel S. Collins和Anthony G. Coatesear-0746014的旧数据库，佛罗里达国际大学摘要科学家将更好地理解环境变化对高度多样化但知之甚少的热带知识的影响，他们需要更详细的，年度的课程信息。该项目构建了一个关于巴拿马古生物学项目（PPP）收集的热带化石信息的关系数据库，可通过Internet提供，并将其链接到将自动将年龄更新为最新标准地质时间量表的系统，该系统不断地使用新数据进行改进。 PPP的化石收藏量主要是有孔虫，软体动物，鱼，珊瑚，叠克犬和来自中美洲和南美洲的bryozoans。化石的年龄异常解决，这对于对热带进化，地质，生物地理和环境变化的精细研究的研究非常重要。目前，来自7个国家的40多家科学家根据这些收藏制作了180多个科学出版物。但是，为了进行持续的研究，需要补充当前信息，并且需要将年龄标准化为单个时间尺度。PPP数据库将基于数据类别关系的数据模型，用户的网络接口，以及链接到国际阶层委员会的链接，并链接到未来的地层层面上，以使未来更新到新的地理年龄信息。当前可在www.fiu.edu/~collinsl/pppdatabase.html上获得的现有收集信息也将更新，其中包括来自巴拿马，哥斯达黎加，委内瑞拉和厄瓜多尔的较新收藏（〜825个地点和〜2000记录）。该项目的主要活动是：在数据库中添加新记录和信息，为所有动物样本提供更新的年龄，将数据模型作为关系数据库实现，使整个数据库在网络上可用，并对最新的年龄信息自动进行更新。其他数据将从文档，例如现场笔记本，出版物和生物地层学家的报告中提取。分配年龄所采用的一般方法是：1）从地层上订购所有收集地点，2）为每个站点进行生物地层化测定，3）解决项目的生物地层学家的年龄问题，以及4）使用最新的年龄信息将生物学年龄分配给网站。该项目活动的主要结果是增强科学研究的知识以及学生和博士后科学家的教育。新的数据库将使与大规模进化和生态过程有关的许多关键问题能够由世界各地的科学家进行严格的测试，并相对较好地进行测试。迈阿密佛罗里达州立大学FIU的研究生和联邦认可的少数民族机构将学习数据管理和项目组织。