The PBDB Navigator is an interactive map which allows y'all to explore worldwide fossil discoveries yesteryear location, fourth dimension together with taxonomy. The map provides a actually slow to purpose navigational tool to browse the global Paleobiology Database.
Each point on the map represents a collection of fossils. If y'all direct a point on the map y'all tin thought detailed data on the fossil collection number, seat out of occurrences, the fourth dimension period, the place together with the reference of where these occurrences came from.
Beneath the map is a geological timeline which allows y'all to filter the map yesteryear a specific geologic fourth dimension period. If y'all direct a fourth dimension menstruum from the timeline the timeline volition zoom inwards to the selected timescale. You tin straight off direct a fourth dimension menstruum to filter the map to alone exhibit fossil records from your chosen geologic time.
You tin also purpose the 'paleogeography' push inwards the original map carte du jour to alter the map thought from the modern basis map to a paleo continental map for your selected geologic time.
You tin also search the fossil records yesteryear specific organism using the 'taxa browser' push inwards the map menu. This allows y'all to filter the records yesteryear taxonomic name. For instance y'all could search for the genus 'Canis' to exhibit alone Canis fossils on the map.
You tin combine the taxonomy together with geologic fourth dimension filters to search for specific species fossils inside a defined fourth dimension period. For example, y'all could direct the genus 'Canis' from the taxonomic filter together with the menstruum 'Cenozoic' from the geologic timeline to thought a map of all the Canis fossils constitute approximately the basis from the Cenozoic period.
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