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
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Nationally significant data
- Status
- On going
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role GNS Science
Custodian Chris Clowes
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
- Keywords
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fossil
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locality
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collection
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paleontology
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stratigraphy
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geology
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coordinates
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collector
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- Classification
- Restricted
- Use constraints
- Intellectual property rights
- Other constraints
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Research IP
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
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Commercial data
- Use limitation
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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
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- Geoscientific information
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- Distribution format
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Name Version
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
http://www.fred.org.nz/ Fossil Record Electronic Database
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- Dataset
- Statement
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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
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Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-09-15T13:51:22
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role GNS Science
Point of contact
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