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AnimalBase, early zoological literature online

AnimalBase is an online literature database that allow access to literature references where zoological names have been published from 1757 onwards. It gives access to the digital version of the resources themselves, when available.

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Author(s): AnimalBase Project Group
Publisher(s): University of Göttingen, 2003
Target audience: Taxonomists
Abstract: AnimalBase was established to link the early literature with the names of the animals described therein. The names of generic and specific taxa have all been entered manually into the database, including original and corrected spellings of names, type localities and page numbers where these names were originally established in the publications. Doing this we followed a standard established by our working group.
Today the database should include all zoological taxa described from 1757 until 1770. The names are entered into the database along the original literature and largely independently from other databases and secondary literature sources, so that errors will not be duplicated.
Bibliographic citation: Cite AnimalBase itself as: AnimalBase Project Group, 2005-2010. AnimalBase. Early zoological literature online. - World wide web electronic publication (www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de).
Cite particular pages in the form: Welter-Schultes, F. 2009. Species summary for Renea veneta. - www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de (version 21-01-2009).
Coverage: Zoological names
Rights Holder: AnimalBase Project Group

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