Species occurrences of Mesozoic and Paleogene Testudinata in time and space (NERC grant NE/J020613/1)
The data consist of several spreadsheets detailing the temporal and geographical distributions of testudinates (turtles, terrapins and tortoises) through time. Occurrence data includes information on taxonomy, geographical distribution and geological age and is limited to Mesozoic-Paleogene taxa. These data were compiled from the published literature on fossil turtles for NERC Standard Grant NE/J020613/1. These data form the basis for understanding the role of changing global climates and geography on testudinate diversity and distribution though time, with the aim of providing historical baseline data for modern conservation biology. The data represent a summary over 150 years of published research on fossil turtles and their relatives and were compiled over a period of 3.5 years during the tenure of a grant. To date they have provided the data used in analyses presented by Nicholson et al. (2015, 2016) and Waterson et al. (2016). Details of the analyses and the results obtained can be found in these papers.
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Our entries to the online database can be queried using the search terms Mesozoic, Paleogene and Testudinata. Our entries to the database are identified by the names of the relevant project members D. Nicholson and P. Holroyd. NERC grant split award, lead grant NE/J020613, associated grants NE/J020583/1 and NE/J020389/1
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Source data on testudinate distribution in time and space for the Mesozoic-Paleogene was obtained from the published literature (mid-nineteenth century to date); These data were checked for accuracy, transcribed and uploaded to an online publicly accessible database by project members (http://fossilworks.org/ and https://paleobiodb.org/); Data files were downloaded in Excel/csv format from this online dataset for analysis.
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