PaleoBase

PaleoBase Microfossils represents a unique combination of up-to-date systematic information on an extensive collection of microfossil genera, state-of-the-art color digital photographs of representative specimens from The Natural History Museum's unrivalled paleontological collections, and modern relational database technology. PaleoBase Microfossils provides an important new tool for the teaching of life history in a wide variety of advanced secondary, undergraduate, and graduate courses (e.g., paleontology, historical geology, stratigraphy, paleoceanography, paleobiogeography). Instructors will find the database a rich resource for lecture presentations, discussions, and laboratory exercises. Students will find PaleoBase Microfossils an invaluable addition to traditional textbooks, and a key reference source for basic systematic paleontology.
* High-quality zoomable digital images * Complete systematic, life-habit and paleoecological descriptions by taxonomic specialists from The Natural History Museum, London * Chronostratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution * Glossary of terms and bibliography * Full search either by name, age, chronostratigraphy, or morphology * Morphological keys and labelled images PaleoBase Microfossils contains over 1000 images records for over 400 genera from the following groups: Foraminifera, Calcareous nannofossils, Ostracods, Radiolaria, Conodonts, Diatoms, Spores and Pollen, Pyrrophyts, Actritarchs, Calcareous Algae, Chitinozoa, and Silicoflagellates.The product can be used as a supplement to the textbook Microfossils by Brasier and Armstrong, as a stand-alone resource, or in conjunction with other books or lecture notes. For more information on our PaleoBase product, visit www.paleobase.com.