Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Fossil

Synonyms

Definition

A specific location of a fossil site.

Comments

Australia adopts the Geoscience Australia "Geoscience Data Dictionary" for geological feature classes located on the web at: http://www.agso.gov.au/general/technotes/20011112_53.jsp

Table Name

FOSSIL_SITE

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • FOSSIL_SITE_PY
  • FOSSIL_SITE_PT

None entered in defining this feature type

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Geology
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1005 Age   Mandatory number(10)   years Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1054 Description Describing, verbal portrait, of a person, object, or event Mandatory character(100)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types