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GONIAT, a computer-retrieval system for Paleozoic ammonoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Dieter Korn
Affiliation:
1Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Germany
Jürgen Kullmann
Affiliation:
1Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Germany
Peter S. Kullmann
Affiliation:
1Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Germany
Morris S. Petersen
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602

Abstract

GONIAT is designed as tool for investigations on the systematics of the Paleozoic ammonoids, their paleogeographic distribution, and their biostratigraphic range. This data base management system provides not only determinations based on morphological characteristics, but also information on occurrence, duration, literature, and phylogenetic relationships of every taxon of family, genus, and species levels. GONIAT is a relational data base. It consists of six independent data bases connected by three link information files: TAX for taxonomy, MORPHA and MORPHB for all distinctive morphological characters in adult or early and middle growth stages, LIT for literature, LOC for localities, and BOUND for biostratigraphy. In order to provide relevant time planes that can be used on a worldwide scale, radiometric dates as well as biostratigraphic names are used.

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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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