What is Fossilworks?
{{Infobox website | name = Fossilworks | logo = PBDB-FossilWorksLogoWhite.jpg | logocaption = | screenshot = | collapsible = | collapsetext = | caption = | url = {{URL|http://www.fossilworks.org/}} | commercial = | type = | registration = | language = English | num_users = | content_license = | programming language = | owner = | author = [[John Alroy]] | editor = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|1998|df=yes/no}} | revenue = | alexa = <!-- {{increase}} {{steady]} {{decrease}} [http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/example.com ##] (US/Global, MM/YYYY) --> | current_status = | footnotes = }} '''Fossilworks''' is a database for fossils (palaeontology). Its website which allows users to search and download information from its database. The content has been put together by [[paleontologists]] around the world. The website was created in 1998 by John Alroy and is housed at [[Macquarie University]], in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. As of September 2021 the database houses:<ref name=“Fossil”>{{cite web |title=Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database |url=http://fossilworks.org/ |website=fossilworks.org |access-date=7 September 2021 |date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731140924/http://fossilworks.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *72,851 references *423,885 taxa *211,094 fossil collections *1,477,100 taxonomic occurrences ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Wikidata property|P842}} *{{Official website}} [[Category:Biological databases]] [[Category:Wikipedia identifier articles]]