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New Zealand Fossil Record File (FRF)

The New Zealand Fossil Record File (FRF) is one of the “Nationally Significant” collections and databases recognised by the New Zealand government. It comprises a comprehensive archive of fossil collections made from New Zealand and surrounding areas, including Antarctica and New Caledonia, recording detailed locality information, stratigraphic data, age and paleoenvironmental interpretations, and, for many records, taxonomic lists of the fossils collected. The New Zealand Fossil Record File is jointly managed by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand and GNS Science.


The FRF has been digitised (as the Fossil Record Electronic Database, or “FRED”) and is available online from the GNS Science web site. Access is free, although user registration is required.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/JQQB-NK89


Cite as:

GNS Science & Geoscience Society of New Zealand. (2003). New Zealand Fossil Record File [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/JQQB-NK89

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Date (Creation)
1970-12-01
Purpose

Nationally significant data

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

GNS Science

Custodian

Chris Clowes

frf@gns.cri.nz

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
Keywords
  • fossil

  • locality

  • collection

  • paleontology

  • stratigraphy

  • geology

  • coordinates

  • collector

Classification
Restricted
Use constraints
Intellectual property rights
Other constraints

Research IP

Use constraints
License
Other constraints

Commercial data

Use limitation

Most data is open source, provided the user is registered. Some data is embargoed due to IP or commercial sensitivity until further notice.

Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Distribution format
Name Version
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

http://www.fred.org.nz/

Fossil Record Electronic Database

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

Data originally started as a paper file system in 1940s and then transferred to electronic form in 2000.


Data quality is controlled by requiring key populated fields to meet specific criteria before new data are entered or existing data updated. Completeness is ensured by making key fields mandatory. Consistency is addressed, wherever possible, using controlled lists (e.g., for grain size and colour), vocabularies (e.g., for collectors’ names and stratigraphic names) and specifying units for each quantitative parameter (e.g., degrees for dip and strike measurements). However, it is incumbent upon those entering and/or updating and those using data to ensure the accuracy of data with respect to the original sources, as far as reasonably possible. Data checking is limited by available resources; errors are corrected when identified, and a few simple data auditing activities are undertaken on an ad hoc basis, but we lack the resources to search for errors systematically. Data in the Fossil Record File is derived from both peer-reviewed data and new observations added by collectors, some of whom are students or amateurs.

Metadata

File identifier
1391220d-3ba0-4fa9-a1ec-d1ce776eb678 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

Dataset

Date stamp
2022-09-15T13:51:22
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

GNS Science

datamanagement@gns.cri.nz

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

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The most comprehensive fossil locality database, covering NZ’s mainland, surrounding islands, the Pacific Islands, and Ross Sea region of Antarctica

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