############################################################ # THE YALE-PRINCETON COMPENDIUM INDEX OF NORTH # # AMERICAN MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC TYPE FOSSIL PLANTS # # # # electronic release 1.0, Jan 11, 2006 # # # # L. J. Hickey, L. S. Klise, and W. A. Green # # # # Freely distributable for non-commercial purposes under # # the GNU General Public Licence, Design Science License # # or other accepted copyleft license ensuring free # # dissemination of this and derivative works. # # # # The physical card file of which this is an electronic # # release is the property of the YALE PEABODY MUSEUM. For # # inquiries about the card index, write: # # L. S. Klise, Paleobotany Collections manager # # Yale Peabody Museum # # Whitney Avenue # # New Haven, Connecticut 06511. # # linda.klise@yale.edu # # For scientific inquiries, write: # # W. A. Green # # Department of Geology and Geophysics # # P. O. Box 208109 # # New Haven, Connecticut 06520 # # walton.green@yale.edu # # # # Copyright (C) 2006 Yale Peabody Muesum # # # # This is free data. You can redistribute and/or modify # # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as # # published by the Free Software Foundation; either # # version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later # # version or compatible copyleft license. # # # # This data is distributed in the hope that it will be # # useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the # # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A # # PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License # # for more details at: # # # # # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General # # Public License along with this program; if not, write # # to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, # # Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA # ############################################################ This release of the electronic Compendium Index is available at and contains the following components: README.txt---this file, containing license and general information CI.csv, CI.xls---the data files in tab-delimited text format and Excel (.xls) format CI.txt---an ascii file giving the database structure CICflat_key.pdf---a flat description of the Compendium Index Categories that originally appeared in Leaf Architecture Working Group (1999) CICthumbnails.pdf---small illustrations of the Compendium Index Categories that originally appeared in Leaf Architecture Working Group (1999) CICdichotomous_key.pdf---a dichotomous key to the Compendium Index Categories that appears here and in Green and Hickey (in press) age_codes.pdf---a key to the age codes used in the database references.pdf---an alphabetical list of the publications cited in the database CICeps.tar.gz---a gzipped tar archive with high-quality eps representing Compendium Index Cateogries 100--155. A future release will include all the images shown as thumbnails in CICthumbnails.pdf Note that this database is known to contain errors of varying degrees of seriousness, from typos to incorrect species and genus attributions. Bug reports are greatly appreciated and should be addressed to linda.klise@yale.edu. Citations Dorf, E. (1940) An illustrated catalogue of Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic plants of North America. Science 91(2368):1-2. Green, W. A. and L. J. Hickey (in press) Leaf Architectural Profiles of Angiosperm Floras Across the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary. American Journal of Science. Leaf Architecture Working Group (1999) Manual of Leaf Architecture. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.