Faunal Data
All data in the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archive are contributed by research
scientists. Contributors and references are available in readme or data file headers. Here
is a Sample Data Citation.
The WDC archives faunal data that provide a valuable complement to pollen and plant
macrofossil data. One data set is now available,
The Sahara in the Holocene.
Obtaining Data at the WDC
Other Data Archives
- FAUNMAP is an electronic
database documenting the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the United
States. It has been developed at the Illinois State Museum with support from the National
Science Foundation (BSR-9005144). This project is co-directed by Dr. Russell W. Graham of
the Pennsylvania State University's Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Dr. Ernest L.
Lundelius, Jr. from the University of Texas at Austin.