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INVITED ARTICLE

From card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology

Mark D. Uhen Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, U.S.A.
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Anthony D. Barnosky Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, U.S.A.
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Brian Bills Center for Environmental Informatics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, U.S.A.
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Jessica Blois Center for Climate Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, U.S.A.
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Matthew T. Carrano Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20013, U.S.A.
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Marc A. Carrasco Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, U.S.A.
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Gregory M. Erickson Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, U.S.A.
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Jussi T. Eronen Department of Geosciences and Geography, HY-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland; Senckenberg Research Institute und Nature Museum, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre LOEWE BiK-F, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Mikael Fortelius Department of Geosciences and Geography, HY-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Russell W. Graham Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, U.S.A.
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Eric C. Grimm Research and Collections Center, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, 62703, U.S.A.
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Maureen A. O’Leary Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, U.S.A.
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Austin Mast Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, U.S.A.; Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, U.S.A.
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William H. Piel Yale-NUS College, Singapore, 138614, Singapore
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P. David Polly Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, U.S.A.
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Laura K. Säilä Department of Geosciences and Geography, HY-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Pages 13-28 | Received 07 May 2012, Accepted 19 Jul 2012, Published online: 08 Jan 2013

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