DINOSTRAT: a global database of the stratigraphic and paleolatitudinal distribution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts

Bijl, Peter K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Data description paper

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09 Feb 2022

Data description paper |

| 09 Feb 2022

DINOSTRAT: a global database of the stratigraphic and paleolatitudinal distribution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts

Peter K. Bijl

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022-supplement

Data sets

DINOSTRAT V1.1 Peter K. Bijl https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5772616

Short summary

Using microfossils to gauge the age of rocks and sediments requires an accurate age of their first (origination) and last (extinction) appearances. But how do you know such ages can then be applied worldwide? And what causes regional differences? This paper investigates the regional consistency of ranges of species of a specific microfossil group, organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. This overview helps in identifying regional differences in the stratigraphic ranges of species and their causes.