paleontology – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 10 May 2018 13:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg paleontology – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Map of the Late Jurassic World https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/05/map-of-the-late-jurassic-world/ Thu, 10 May 2018 13:22:54 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785569 More]]>

Paleoartist Julio Lacerda has produced a pictorial map of the world as it was during the Late Jurassic (163½ to 145 million years ago). Available via Studio 252MYA, which sells paleontology-related swag (we have their Lambeosaurus pillow—it was a housewarming gift), it comes as either as a poster or as a framed print, and in two sizes; prices range from $26.50 to $142. Julio is threatening to do maps of other periods, which I hope he follows through on.

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Mapping Fossil Sites https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/03/mapping-fossil-sites/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:47:52 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4039 More]]>

The PBDB Navigator is a map-based interface to the Paleobiology Database, which among other things includes the locations of every fossil find. A map of every fossil site seems straightforward enough, but there are hidden depths to this one: you can filter by taxonomy (want to look up the fossil sites for eurypterids or tyrannosaurs? no problem!) or by geologic period, but what’s especially neat is that you can factor in continental drift: when searching by geologic period (the Permian, for example), you can show the continents as they were positioned during that period (see above). More at Popular Mechanics. [Leventhal]

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