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Tomographic data of tubular fossils from the Ediacaran Weng'an Doushantuo biota (NERC grant NE/J018325/1)

The data are from X-ray tomographic analyses of tubular fossils. All scans were carried out using Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Tomographic Microscopy (SRXTM) except for specimen SMNH X 5324 which was also analysed using Ptychographic X-ray Computed Tomography (PXCT). The methods are described in the paper. The data consist of a stacked series of .tif files that represent maps of X-ray attenuation. The individual slices can be viewed with standard graphics software. The datasets can be studied in 3D using tomographic reconstruction software such as Avizo (www.vsg3d.com/), Spiers (www.spiers-software.org/), VG Studio Max (www.volumegraphics.com) etc. The voxel size, which is needed for scale calculations, varies between datasets and is given below. Some datasets consist of two 'blocks' of data, with slices named [specimen name]_B1 and [specimen name]_B2. These are placed in the same folder and follow on directly from one another. They can be opened together as a single dataset. The files relate to the following publication: Cunningham, J. A., Vargas, K., Liu, P., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., Martinez-Perez, C., Guizar-Sicairos, M., Holler, M., Bengtson, S. & Donoghue, P. C. J. 2015. Critical appraisal of tubular putative eumetazoans from the Ediacaran Weng'an Doushantuo biota. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2015-07-06
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607248
  University of Bristol - Dr John Cunningham ( Earth Sciences )
Wills Memorial Building , Bristol , BS8 1RJ ,
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Tomography
  • Fossils
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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Access via University of Bristol and available under Non-Commercial Government License for public sector information.
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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.
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Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
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  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2012-09
End date
2017-02
 

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Resource Locator
https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/13g2svxco0zml1lmzde60hfqlf
Resource Locator
http://data.bris.ac.uk/datasets/tar/13g2svxco0zml1lmzde60hfqlf.zip
Resource Locator
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1169
Resource Locator
https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/13g2svxco0zml1lmzde60hfqlf
Resource Locator
http://data.bris.ac.uk/datasets/tar/13g2svxco0zml1lmzde60hfqlf.zip
Resource Locator
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1169
 
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non geographic dataset

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Degree
Statement
For methodology see https://data.bris.ac.uk/datasets/13g2svxco0zml1lmzde60hfqlf/Cunningham_et_al_Tubular_Fossils_PRSB_2015/readme.txt

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File identifier
6423ac40-aded-560c-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Metadata Date
2023-01-23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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