NATIONAL FOSSIL SPECIES LISTS
Australasian Palaeontologists has joined with the 'National Species List' initiative to produce the first complete 'Fossil National Species List'.
Project Summary
The Australian National Species Lists is a joint project between the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) and a number of Australian museums and herbaria, universities, CSIRO, and the Australian Government. The National Species Lists will compile all existing names for Australian biota (including linking of names that are synonyms) as an essential support for Government policy and for the ALA (Atlas of Living Australia) tools for mapping and modelling species distributions.
Fossil Checklists
Our first step toward the completion of the Fossil National Species List is to gather experts in the field to compile a taxonomic checklist of all the fossil species. The following checklists are now available to download:
Get Involved!
We are looking for specialists in the various taxonomic groups to volunteer their time to help collate these lists. This will help researchers in the future and also allow the 'Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)' to upload palaeontological data.