Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera
A new relational taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera (“pforams@mikrotax”) has been constructed and is now freely available online at http://www.mikrotax.org. It represents amajor advance from its predecessor, the CHRONOS online taxonomic database, which has served the research community s...
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ftunivmilanoair:oai:air.unimi.it:2434/529765 2024-02-11T10:08:02+01:00 Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera Brian T. Huber M.R. Petrizzo Jeremy R. Young F. Falzoni S.E. Gilardoni Paul R. Bown And Bridget S. Wade B.T. Huber M.R. Petrizzo J.R. Young F. Falzoni S.E. Gilardoni P.R. Bown A.B.S. Wade 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2434/529765 eng eng Sheridan Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000425770200002 volume:62 issue:6 firstpage:429 lastpage:438 numberofpages:10 journal:MICROPALEONTOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/2434/529765 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85037036801 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunivmilanoair 2024-01-16T23:28:23Z A new relational taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera (“pforams@mikrotax”) has been constructed and is now freely available online at http://www.mikrotax.org. It represents amajor advance from its predecessor, the CHRONOS online taxonomic database, which has served the research community since 2005. The benefits of the new database to the research and industrial biostratigraphic communities are many, as it will serve as an immediately accessible taxonomic guide and reference for specialists and non-specialists alike by providing access to a wealth of information and images from original authors and from expertswho have inserted recent authoritative updates to planktonic foraminiferal taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy. The database will be continually updated and used as a guide for training current and future generations of students and professionals who will be able to self-educate on planktonic foraminiferal taxonomy and biostratigraphy. Further investigation of species traditionally included in the Cretaceous genera Heterohelix, Globigerinelloides, Marginotruncana, and Globotruncana is required to exclude the use of polyphyletic morphotaxa. The taxonomy for Paleogene planktonic foraminifera is quite stable following publication of the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene taxonomic atlases, but revisions to the taxonomy and phylogeny of Neogene taxa are needed to incorporate results from genetic sequencing studies and recent biostratigraphic observations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera The University of Milan: Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (AIR) |
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A new relational taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera (“pforams@mikrotax”) has been constructed and is now freely available online at http://www.mikrotax.org. It represents amajor advance from its predecessor, the CHRONOS online taxonomic database, which has served the research community since 2005. The benefits of the new database to the research and industrial biostratigraphic communities are many, as it will serve as an immediately accessible taxonomic guide and reference for specialists and non-specialists alike by providing access to a wealth of information and images from original authors and from expertswho have inserted recent authoritative updates to planktonic foraminiferal taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy. The database will be continually updated and used as a guide for training current and future generations of students and professionals who will be able to self-educate on planktonic foraminiferal taxonomy and biostratigraphy. Further investigation of species traditionally included in the Cretaceous genera Heterohelix, Globigerinelloides, Marginotruncana, and Globotruncana is required to exclude the use of polyphyletic morphotaxa. The taxonomy for Paleogene planktonic foraminifera is quite stable following publication of the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene taxonomic atlases, but revisions to the taxonomy and phylogeny of Neogene taxa are needed to incorporate results from genetic sequencing studies and recent biostratigraphic observations. |
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Brian T. Huber M.R. Petrizzo Jeremy R. Young F. Falzoni S.E. Gilardoni Paul R. Bown And Bridget S. Wade |
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Brian T. Huber M.R. Petrizzo Jeremy R. Young F. Falzoni S.E. Gilardoni Paul R. Bown And Bridget S. Wade |
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Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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Pforams@microtax : Anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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pforams@microtax : anew online taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera |
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Sheridan Press |
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