FIGURE 3 in Amateur collectors are critical to the study of fossil vertebrates: A case study from two Neogene localities in Northern California (Santa Margarita and Purisima formations)
FIGURE 3. Comparison of amateur versus professional collected specimens at SCMNH and UCMP from the Santa Margarita Sandstone and the Purisima Formation. A) Pie charts showing proportion of amateur v. professionally collected fossils from each rock unit and each institution; B) Comparison of the proportion of fossils collected by amateurs and professionals between each rock unit (institutions pooled); C) comparison of the proportion of fossils collected by amateurs and professionals between museums for the Santa Margarita Sandstone; D) comparison of the proportion of fossils collected by amateurs and professionals between museums for the Purisima Formation.
ShareScore
40/100
Overall dataset sharing score
Score breakdown
These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.
- Stewardship
- 8
- Harmonization
- 4
- Access
- 20
- Reuse readiness
- 8
- Engagement
- 0
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