The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals

Indrė Žliobaitė; Mikael Fortelius; Raymond L. Bernor; Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende; Christine M. Janis; Kari Lintulaakso; Laura K. Säilä; Lars Werdelin; Isaac Casanovas-Vilar; Darin A. Croft; Lawrence J. Flynn; Samantha S.B. Hopkins; Anu Kaakinen; László Kordos; Dimitris S. Kostopoulos; Luca Pandolfi; John Rowan; Alexey Tesakov; Innessa Vislobokova; Zhaoqun Zhang; Manuela Aiglstorfer; David M. Alba; Michelle Arnal; Pierre Olivier Antoine; Miriam Belmaker; Melike Bilgin; Jean Renaud Boisserie; Matthew R. Borths; Siobhán B. Cooke; Jan A. van Dam; Eric Delson; Jussi T. Eronen; David Fox; Anthony R. Friscia; Marc Furió; Ioannis X. Giaourtsakis; Luke Holbrook; John Hunter; Sergi López-Torres; Joshua Ludtke; Raef Minwer-Barakat; Jan van der Made; Bastien Mennecart; Diana Pushkina; Lorenzo Rook; Juha Saarinen; Joshua X. Samuels; William Sanders; Mary T. Silcox; Jouni Vepsäläinen

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_3

The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals

Indrė Žliobaitė^*
, Mikael Fortelius
, Raymond L. Bernor
, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende
, Christine M. Janis
, Kari Lintulaakso
, Laura K. Säilä
, Lars Werdelin
, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar
, Darin A. Croft
, Lawrence J. Flynn
, Samantha S.B. Hopkins
, Anu Kaakinen
, László Kordos
, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos
, Luca Pandolfi
, John Rowan
, Alexey Tesakov
, Innessa Vislobokova
, Zhaoqun Zhang

Manuela Aiglstorfer, David M. Alba, Michelle Arnal, Pierre Olivier Antoine, Miriam Belmaker, Melike Bilgin, Jean Renaud Boisserie, Matthew R. Borths, Siobhán B. Cooke, Jan A. van Dam, Eric Delson, Jussi T. Eronen, David Fox, Anthony R. Friscia, Marc Furió, Ioannis X. Giaourtsakis, Luke Holbrook, John Hunter, Sergi López-Torres, Joshua Ludtke, Raef Minwer-Barakat, Jan van der Made, Bastien Mennecart, Diana Pushkina, Lorenzo Rook, Juha Saarinen, Joshua X. Samuels, William Sanders, Mary T. Silcox, Jouni Vepsäläinen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

NOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences, currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 million years, with its primary focus on the last 23 million years. Whereas the database contains records from all continents, the main focus and coverage of the database historically has been on Eurasia. The database includes primarily, but not exclusively, terrestrial mammals. It covers a large part of the currently known mammalian fossil record, focusing on classical and actively researched fossil localities. The database is managed in collaboration with an international advisory board of experts. Rather than a static archive, it emphasizes the continuous integration of new knowledge of the community, data curation, and consistency of scientific interpretations. The database records species occurrences at localities worldwide, as well as ecological characteristics of fossil species, geological contexts of localities and more. The NOW database is primarily used for two purposes: (1) queries about occurrences of particular taxa, their characteristics and properties of localities in the spirit of an encyclopedia; and (2) large scale research and quantitative analyses of evolutionary processes, patterns, reconstructing past environments, as well as interpreting evolutionary contexts. The data are fully open, no logging in or community membership is necessary for using the data for any purpose.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems
Editors	Casanovas-Vilar I., L.W. van den Hoek Ostende, C.M. Janis, J. Saarinen
Publisher	Springer
Pages	33-42
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-17491-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-17490-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_3
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2023

Publication series

Name	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Volume	Part F1250
ISSN (Print)	1877-9077
ISSN (Electronic)	1877-9085

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).

Keywords

Cenozoic
Fossil record
Mammals
Neogene
Paleobiology
Paleoecology
Paleontological databases

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Žliobaitė, I., Fortelius, M., Bernor, R. L., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Janis, C. M., Lintulaakso, K., Säilä, L. K., Werdelin, L., Casanovas-Vilar, I., Croft, D. A., Flynn, L. J., Hopkins, S. S. B., Kaakinen, A., Kordos, L., Kostopoulos, D. S., Pandolfi, L., Rowan, J., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I., ... Vepsäläinen, J. (2023). The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals. In C.-V. I., L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, C. M. Janis, & J. Saarinen (Eds.), Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems (pp. 33-42). (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology; Vol. Part F1250). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_3

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The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals. / Žliobaitė, Indrė; Fortelius, Mikael; Bernor, Raymond L. et al.
Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems. ed. / Casanovas-Vilar I.; L.W. van den Hoek Ostende; C.M. Janis; J. Saarinen. Springer, 2023. p. 33-42 (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology; Vol. Part F1250).

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