NMMNH Paleo Locality - 12938-12946

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

Create the public locality: from the main menu select Manage Data > Location > Create Locality.

• [x] Use pick geography to select the county-level geography.
• [x] In Specific Locality enter Specific locality encumbered.
• [x] Click Save.

Edit the public locality:

• [x] Locality Nickname - enter the NMMNH Paleo locality number entered in the format "NMMNH:Paleo:L-#_public" where # is the locality number.
• [x] Save
• [x] Under Coordinates, select "polygon" and "use geography spatial data for locality"
• [x] Enter "geography spatial data" for georeference source, WGS 84 for datum, and "not recorded" for georeference protocol.
• Click "Save Edits"

Add locality attributes:

• [x] Site Identifier(s) - localities may have multiple identifiers, enter as many as necessary.
  • NMMNH Locality Number
    • Value = NMMNH L-#
    • Determiner = New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
    • Date = date entered into locality ledger
  • Site Collector Number(s)
    • [x] Site Found - enter one attribute for the person and one attribute for the date. If more than one person found the site, add an attribute for each person.
  • Value = verbatim name of person who found the site
  • Value = verbatim site found date
  • Determiner = Arctos Agent name of person who found the site
  • Date = Date the site was found in the format YYYY-MM-DD
    • [x] Chronostratigraphy - The most precise known level of chronostratigraphy should be chosen. Chronostratigraphy is hierarchical, so only the most precise value is required.
    • [ ] Informal Chronostratigraphy - Any chronostratigraphy not on the international chronostratigraphic chart should be entered here.
    • [x] Lithostratigraphy - An attribute should be created for all given stratigraphic layers.
    • [ ] Biostratigraphy - An attribute should be created for all given biostratigraphy stratigraphic layers.
    • [x] Geology Remarks - Enter verbatim all geological observations that don't fit the above attributes. This includes descriptions of stratigraphy, lithology, etc.
    • [x] Landholder - pick the landowner/administrator from the dropdown list.
    • [x] Biota Remarks
    • One entry should just have fossil types, fully spelled out, separated by semicolon (no space), in the order listed on the locality sheet.
    • The other entry should be any summary description of specimens provided. PUT IN QUOTES so biota remarks can be separated when they are concatonated in data download
    • Click "Save Locality Attributes"

Create the research locality

• [x] Clone the public locality

Edit the research locality

• [x] Add specific locality
• [x] Change locality name to "NMMNH:Paleo:L-#"
• [ ] If applicable, enter accession number into locality remarks
• [x] if lat/long or UTM coordinates are provided, replace the county-level coordinates of the public locality with those given.
• [x] Add maximum error distance and units (15 meters for GPS)
• [x] In georeference source record original coordinate and methods used to convert or georeference
• Click "Save Edits"

Add locality attributes

• [x] Access
  • Value = private
  • Determiner = Collections Manager
  • Date = data entry date
• [ ] USGS 7.5 or 15 minute topographic map
• [ ] Landholder
  • If private, put name of private landholder in remarks.
• [ ] TRS Township
• [ ] TRS Range
• [ ] TRS Section
• [ ] TRS Aliquot
  • Value = verbatim aliquot

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

When cloning to create other localities:

• [x] Clone the previous private/research locality
• [x] Edit locality name
• [x] Edit coordinates
• [x] Edit specific locality
• [x] Save
• [x] Update site identifiers
• [x] Scan the locality and attributes for any other changes (esp. determined dates)
• [x] Clone
• [x] Change locality name to NMMNH:Paleo:L-#_public
• [x] In Specific Locality enter Specific locality encumbered.
• [x] Change georeference to county polygon.
• [x] Delete locality access, quad, and TRS locality attributes.
• [x] Delete private landholder from attribute remarks.

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

Waiting on https://github.com/ArctosDB/arctos/issues/5441 to add formation.