FRED :: The Fossil Record Electronic Database

FRED

Whats New

2010 February:	Backlog data entry completed for the New Caledonia masterfile, held at Auckland University. This completes the backlog data entry project, which has run from 2005.
2007 November:	Dynamic data downloads are now available. Click on the icon on a locality detail page or on a query result list.
2007 November:	The data entry spreadsheet has been extended to allow paleontology records (taxonomic lists) to be entered/edited. The spreadsheet can be downloaded from here.
2006 October:	New Advanced Query Builder released. This builder can be used to generate complex boolean queries using any field in the database. The builder can be found here.
2006 July:	New FRF report format released. Single or multiple forms can now be downloaded as PDFs for printing by clicking on the icon in folders and detail pages.
2006 June:	Data entry spreadsheet released. The spreadsheet allows Microsoft Excel users to add/edit localities directly from the spreadsheet. Click here to download.
2006 May:	FRED has a new internet address - http://www.fred.org.nz
2006 March:	A map showing the location of localities is now available online. Click on the link in the locality details page or when viewing the contents of your data entry folders.
2005 November:	Online registration of localities available for all registered users. Website remodelled. Brochure on new online facilities available at Geological Society of New Zealand conference, Kaikoura.
2005 October:	"Backlog data" entry commenced at GNS Science in Lower Hutt. This programme, which will take several years to complete, is entering full locality descriptions and some paleontological data for the c. 30000 localities so far represented in FRED only by grid coordinates. We are commencing with the northern South Island, "Nelson" masterfile region. In the first instance, only paleontological data deposited in the masterfile will be entered.
2003 July:	FRED database online in GNS site of World Wide Web