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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8408

Dinoflagellate cyst PalyAtlas

R.A. Fensome and G.L. Williams

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2019

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/313575

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Fensome, R.A. and Williams, G.L., 2019. Dinoflagellate cyst PalyAtlas; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8408, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/313575

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Contents

This open file consist of a text file of 273 pages plus a database with a nested hierarchical structure elucidating the taxonomy of fossil dinoflagellate cysts encountered in the authors’ projects.  The database has three levels: the top level consists of folders labelled according to generic names; the second level consists of folders labelled according to species names (within the each genus); and the third level contains one or more jpg or tiff files, each illustrating a specimens of the species.

Directory structure

Genera (directory of genus and species specimens)
of_8408.pdf
of_8408_readme.rtf

Author contact information

R.A. Fensome (rob.fensome@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
1 Challenger Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 4A2

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