The Extended Specimen

This page explains what the concept of the Extended Specimen (or Digital Extended Specimen) is and how it relates to paleo data. It also links out to related resources.

Content is actively being developed for this page by members of PDWGPaleo Data Working Group. Community of practice centered around collections-based paleo and informatics professionals. Please contact us via the #knowledge-hub channel in our Slack workspace if you are interested in contributing.

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• Manage data about fossil specimens using Symbiota (How to guide): This guide is intended to complement introductory documentation for Symbiota data providers, as well as the official Symbiota user documentation, Symbiota Docs. Symbiota Docs provides general guidance for working in Symbiota-based data portals and should be referenced for basic functions and workflows. This manual expands on this resource to provide discipline-specific information for fossil collections.

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