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Database of Australasian Vertebrate Occurrences

Citation

Flinders University (2019). Database of Australasian Vertebrate Occurrences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/q3cw6r accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-25.

Description

The Database of Australasian Vertebrate Occurrences (DAVO) is a terrestrial, Cenozoic dataset collated in the 2000s by Dirk Megirian and Gavin Prideaux to develop the Australian Land Mammal Age biochronological scheme (Megirian et al. 2010, Paleobiology), primarily via an exhaustive literature review. Mammals were the main focus of the dataset, but it includes occurrence data for other vertebrates and terrestrial molluscs found in association with vertebrate fossils.

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Contacts

originator
Database of Australasian Vertebrate Occurrences
metadata author
Database of Australasian Vertebrate Occurrences
distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
originator
American Museum of Natural History
originator
Australian Museum
originator
Flinders University
originator
Geological Survey of NSW
originator
Geological Survey of South Australia
originator
James Cook University
originator
Museum of Central Australia
originator
Museums Victoria
originator
Natural History Museum UK
originator
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
originator
The Australian National University
originator
University of New South Wales
originator
Geoscience Australia
originator
Field Museum of Natural History
originator
Geological Survey of Queensland
originator
Hunterian Museum
originator
The University of Melbourne
originator
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
originator
Queensland Museum
originator
South Australian Museum
originator
Texas Memorial Museum
originator
University of California Museum of Palaeontology
originator
University of Tasmania
originator
Western Australian Museum
originator
Archer Collection
originator
Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
originator
Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection
originator
Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of NSW
originator
The University of Melbourne, Department of Geology Fossil Collection
originator
Queensland Museum Palaeontology
originator
American Museum of Natural History Palaeontology Collections
originator
ANU Research School of Earth Sciences Geology Collection
originator
Field Museum of Natural History Fossils and Minerals Collection
originator
Flinders University Vertebrate Palaeontology Collection
originator
Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of Queensland
originator
Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of South Australia
originator
Hunterian Museum Dinosaurs and Fossils Collection
originator
James Cook University Fossil Collection
originator
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Palaeontology Collection
originator
Museums Victoria Vertebrate Palaeontology Collection
originator
Natural History Museum UK Fossil Vertebrate Collection
originator
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Geology and Fossil Vertebrates
originator
South Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
originator
University of California Museum of Palaeontology Vertebrate Collection
originator
Western Australian Museum Fossil Collection
Grant Gully
administrative point of contact
position: editor
Telephone: 08 8201 2764
email: grant.gully@flinders.edu.au
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