Van der Walt, MDay, MRubidge, BCooper, Antony KNetterberg, I2020-10-262020-10-262010-12Van der Walt, M. et al. 2010. A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana, vol. 45: 1-50078-8554https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239521002_A_new_GIS-based_biozone_map_of_the_Beaufort_Group_Karoo_Supergroup_South_Africahttps://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-new-GIS-based-biozone-map-of-the-Beaufort-Group-Walt-Day/64208f6e96713ecaea635ea5695094592f2c644ehttps://www.academia.edu/34222080/A_new_GIS_based_biozone_map_of_the_Beaufort_Group_Karoo_Supergroup_South_Africahttp://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/13253http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11634Article published in Palaeontologia Africana, vol. 45: 1-5The stratigraphic subdivision of the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa has been been addressed for more than a century by various geoscience studies. A lack of good lithostratigraphic markers in the Beaufort Group and the fact that the succession preserves a rich diversity of therapsid fossils for which there is a robust taxonomic scheme, makes biostratigraphy the best option for correlation. This is applicable both within the basin and when comparing the Karoo succession to other coeval depositional basins. Published biostratigraphic maps of the Beaufort Group were compiled based on rough estimates of the distribution of zone-defining tetrapod fossil genera throughout the basin. None of these simultaneously utilized all the databases of South African museum collections. The recent application of GIS technology to integrate the vertebrate fossil databases of all South African museums has resulted in a far more precise biozone map which can be continuously updated as new information is received. This digital map introduces an entirely new way of representing the geographical distribution of fossil data, and this can potentially enhance basin development and tetrapod biogeographic studies.enKaroo SupergroupFossil tetrapodsBiostratigraphyGeosciencesGIS technologyArticleVan der Walt, M., Day, M., Rubidge, B., Cooper, A. K., & Netterberg, I. (2010). A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11634Van der Walt, M, M Day, B Rubidge, Antony K Cooper, and I Netterberg "A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa." (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11634Van der Walt M, Day M, Rubidge B, Cooper AK, Netterberg I. A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11634.TY - Article AU - Van der Walt, M AU - Day, M AU - Rubidge, B AU - Cooper, Antony K AU - Netterberg, I AB - The stratigraphic subdivision of the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa has been been addressed for more than a century by various geoscience studies. A lack of good lithostratigraphic markers in the Beaufort Group and the fact that the succession preserves a rich diversity of therapsid fossils for which there is a robust taxonomic scheme, makes biostratigraphy the best option for correlation. This is applicable both within the basin and when comparing the Karoo succession to other coeval depositional basins. Published biostratigraphic maps of the Beaufort Group were compiled based on rough estimates of the distribution of zone-defining tetrapod fossil genera throughout the basin. None of these simultaneously utilized all the databases of South African museum collections. The recent application of GIS technology to integrate the vertebrate fossil databases of all South African museums has resulted in a far more precise biozone map which can be continuously updated as new information is received. This digital map introduces an entirely new way of representing the geographical distribution of fossil data, and this can potentially enhance basin development and tetrapod biogeographic studies. DA - 2010-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Karoo Supergroup KW - Fossil tetrapods KW - Biostratigraphy KW - Geosciences KW - GIS technology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 0078-8554 T1 - A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa TI - A new GIS-based biozone map of the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11634 ER -