Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera phylogeny of Aze & others (2011). Relational database for TimeScale Creator Evolutionary Tree. Corrected Version, July 2018

• Other Authors: Dr Barry Fordham (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Australian National University
• Subjects: Palaeontology (incl. Palynology); EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGY; Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); Palaeoclimatology; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE; evolutionary tree; phylogeny; timescale calibration; data visualisation; morphospecies; lineages; planktonic foraminifera; stratophenetics; biostratigraphy; macroevolution; TimeScale Creator; relational database; Cenozoic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/cenozoic-macroperforate-planktonic-july-2018/1355382; https://datacommons.anu.edu.au/DataCommons/item/anudc:5528; https://doi.org/10.25911/5b8df4bfb5ac9

Summary of relational tables in the TSCEvolTree_Aze&2011_CorrJul2018 database MorphospeciesAze_TableS3 Details for the 339 morphospecies of the Aze & others paper [1], augmented from [1, Appendix S1, Table S3 and Appendix S5, worksheet aM]. The main focus is on clarifying the choice of stratigraphic ranges and ancestry, and incorporating post-publication corrections by the authors of Aze & others or selective corrections/amendments during conversion to TimeScale Creator. Stratigraphic ranges are given in Ma values; the time scales of the sources for the Ma values are made explicit (via links to table, MorphospeciesAze_TableS3DateRef). Almost all ranges are simple, as per those provided by the 2011 paper, delineated by lowest (start date) and highest occurrence (end date). However, a small number of ranges more closely represent those given by the nominated sources by also including range extensions: “questioned” or “questioned (rare)” for less confident stratigraphic occurrences; and “conjectured”, where a range extension is hypothesized, usually to support an ancestry proposal lacking contiguous stratigraphic occurrences. A proportion (~15 %) of Ma values are corrected where minor differences in Ma values were found between the 2011 paper and the nominated source; however, a systematic check was not conducted across the dataset. A further proportion (~15 %) of Ma values are amended where alternative sources appear to better represent the intention of the 2011 paper; these include a few instances where there would be a conflict with the index (marker) datum sequence of the Wade & others [2] zonation. Corrections to Ma values are accompanied by brief explanatory comments. Minor changes to Ma values were also made by one of us (TA) for a proportion (~17 %) of entries; most of these corresponded to the already invoked corrections or amendments. Entries for ancestors follow the 2011 paper, with two exceptions in which adjustments to Ma values have removed the overlap in range between ancestor and ...