PaleoBase is a new initiative in the presentation ofsystematic information on fossil organisms. It represents themarriage of up-to-date systematic information on a collection ofover 1500 fossil genera, state-of-the-art color digital photographsof representative specimens from The Natural History Museum'sunrivaled paleontological collections, and modern relationaldatabase technology. With PaleoBase an important new toolfor the teaching of life history in a wide variety of advancedsecondary, undergraduate and graduate courses (e.g., paleontology,historical geology, stratigraphy, paleoceanography,paleobiogeography) becomes available to students and educatorsalike.PaleoBase: Macrofossils is the first product from thePaleoBase project, and will be released in three Parts. It willconsist of approximately 1000 generic records drawn from the majorinvertebrate groups. The genera have been carefully selected toinclude taxa used in the teaching of paleontology and historicalgeology worldwide. Together they represent the ideal fossilcollection; one that in practice only the largest natural historymuseums could hope to assemble. PaleoBase: Macrofossilsgives educators, students and researchers access to a virtualcollection of these fossils - many of which are actual figuredspecimens from the 19th and 20th century technical publicationsthat served to originally establish the concepts of thesegenera.PaleoBase: Macrofossils Part One contains data on theArthropods (non-Trilobite), Brachiopods, Bryozoans, Graptolites,Trace Fossils and Trilobites.Part Two contains Bivalves, Gastropods, Ammonoids, Nautiloids,Coleoids and Early Metazoans.Part Three will cover Cnidaria, Echinoderms, Sponges, 'Other'fossil groups.For an online demonstration and guided tour of PaleoBase:Macrofossils please visit:www.paleobase.com/For an information brochure, or for any queries, please e-mailpaleobase.support@oxon.blackwellpublishing.comFor details of our site licence please click here.