{"id":47316,"date":"2020-07-09T16:26:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T08:44:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T08:44:55","slug":"fossil-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"information-hub","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil taxonomy online"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Fossil taxonomy online<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Information Hub &#8211; data collections<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Fossil%20taxonomy%20online&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Fossil%20taxonomy%20online&#038;body=A%20forum%20to%20illustrate%20fossil%20specimens%20held%20in%20the%20collections%20of%20the%20British%20Geological%20Survey%20(BGS).%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/data-collections\/fossil-taxonomy\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Digital, image-bearing databases are a powerful tool in taxonomy, but are only now becoming more widely available. It is intended that this project will make the BGS fossil collections, and in some cases those of collaborating organisations, available to geologists and professional and amateur palaeontologists, as well as forming an important educational tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These online publications do not replace traditional hardcopy palaeontological publications, but supplement them by allowing easy access to illustrations of specimens and information about species. The descriptions of genera and species are brief and emphasise the key features that allow differentiation between taxa. They also give key information about the biostratigraphical usefulness of species and their ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reduvia.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Scanning electron micrograph of the Permo-Triassic microfossil\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Reduviasporonites chalastus&lt;\/em&gt;. Image: (Foster) Elsik 1999.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reduvia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SEM of a microfossil\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Scanning electron micrograph of the Permo-Triassic microfossil\u00a0<em>Reduviasporonites chalastus<\/em>. Image: (Foster) Elsik 1999.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reduvia.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Scanning electron micrograph of the Permo-Triassic microfossil\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Reduviasporonites chalastus&lt;\/em&gt;. Image: (Foster) Elsik 1999.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/spore.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Carboniferous spore\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Convolutispora major&lt;\/em&gt;. Image: (Kedo) Turnau, 1978.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/spore.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Carboniferous spore Convolutispora major\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Carboniferous spore\u00a0<em>Convolutispora major<\/em>. Image: (Kedo) Turnau, 1978.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/spore.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Carboniferous spore\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Convolutispora major&lt;\/em&gt;. Image: (Kedo) Turnau, 1978.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TaxOn1.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Top left: &lt;em&gt;Reinschospora speciosa&lt;\/em&gt; ((Loose) Schopf, Wilson &amp; Bentall, 1944).&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Bottom left: &lt;em&gt;Reduviasporonites catenulatus&lt;\/em&gt; (Wilson, 1962).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TaxOn1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Fossil specimens\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Top left: <em>Reinschospora speciosa<\/em> ((Loose) Schopf, Wilson &amp; Bentall, 1944).<\/p>\n<p>Bottom left: <em>Reduviasporonites catenulatus<\/em> (Wilson, 1962).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TaxOn1.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Top left: &lt;em&gt;Reinschospora speciosa&lt;\/em&gt; ((Loose) Schopf, Wilson &amp; Bentall, 1944).&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Bottom left: &lt;em&gt;Reduviasporonites catenulatus&lt;\/em&gt; (Wilson, 1962).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_60829\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"apps-cta-8667-block_5f0cb44bc7052\" class=\"grid-section  \" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap lg-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Reduviasporonites gallery<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first collection to be released was part of a joint initiative with Geoscience Australia and is a gallery of species of <em>Reduviasporonites<\/em>,\u00a0Wilson, 1962.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.bgs.ac.uk\/taxonomy\/reduviasporonites\/\"  class=\"button primary-background   \">Enter gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-simple sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Carboniferous spores gallery<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taxonomy Online 2, Carboniferous spores from the Bernard Owens Collection, is now available.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.bgs.ac.uk\/taxonomy\/spores\/\"  class=\"button primary-background   \">Enter gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  sky-background-d \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Need more information?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div>For more information on the taxonomy online project, contact the project leader, Mark Woods.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/woods-mark\/\"  class=\"button primary-background button btn-icon-arrow-right-white before \">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-6256-block_5f0cb53fc7055\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/fossils-and-geological-time\/fossils\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P550300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"P550300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P550300.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/fossils-and-geological-time\/fossils\/\">Fossils<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is a fossil and why do we study them? Explore the different methods of fossil preservation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/fossils-and-geological-time\/fossils\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/gb3d-type-fossils-online\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P867432_1332x690px-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Horiostoma discors var. mariae. (SM A 10212 \u2013 Syntype.) Wenlock Epoch (Silurian Period) (427.4 \u2013 433.4 Ma B.P.) See 3D fossils online. GB3D Type Fossils.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P867432_1332x690px-960x497.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/gb3d-type-fossils-online\/\">GB3D type fossils online<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can now search for 3D digital models and photographs of UK fossil type specimens from collections across the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/gb3d-type-fossils-online\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forum to illustrate fossil specimens held in the collections of the British Geological Survey (BGS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47556,"parent":18825,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"21316,17336,17361,32983,33925,21358","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"region":[],"topic":[],"purpose":[],"area":[],"challenge":[],"challenge_topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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