Identification

Title

Laser scan data of Ediacaran fossils sites from Newfoundland Canada

Abstract

This dataset contains laser scan data of Ediacaran fossils from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve and Discovery Geopark, Newfoundland, Canada and from casts of Ediacaran fossil surfaces housed in the Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge, UK. These data were collected across two weeks in August 2024 using a Faro Quantum Scan Arm with a v6 laser-line probe. The data comes from 2 sites in Mistaken Point: D surface has 32 scans, 11.5GB and Gully G surface with 38 scans, 145Gb. There was data from 5 surfaces in the Discovery Geopark: CT7 had 9 scans, 28.3Gb, Mel15 had 7 scans of 11.5GB, Sandy Point had 13 scans of 42Gb and from casts there were 33 scans of MUN surface (110Gb) and 36 scans of H5 (115GB). These data will be used to reconstruct the community ecology using spatial point process analyses and Bayesian network inference. This data set is part of an project to understand the eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animal communities.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item186780

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608335

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Palaeontology

Fossils

NGDC Deposited Data

Evolution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-53.1600

East bounding longitude

-53.1100

North bounding latitude

46.6600

South bounding latitude

46.6200

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

CA

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

CAN

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

CANADA [id=710000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2024-08-15

End position

2024-08-30

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2025-01-02

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

The laser scans were made using a Faro Quantum ScanArm with a v6 Laser-line probe, using the protocols developed in Mitchell et al. 2019.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

Geomagic wrap files (.wrp)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Cambridge

full postal address

Department of Zoology, Downing Street

Cambridge

CB2 3EJ

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-10

Metadata language