User guide: Although designed to be an assistant, working with FossilBase can cause problems to those among us not acquainted with database systems or the detailed description of fossils and the information related to them. To help them the Fossilbase 'User-guide' was written. It will guide you through the process of searching through the database and gives you advise about how to get a maximum (which is not the same as a guaranteed) search result.

Click here to download the user guide, Nederlandse versie.
Click here to download the user guide, English version.

Member guide:FossilBase members have more rights and more responsibilities, they can add content to the knowledge-base and many things more. To assist them the FossilBase 'Member-guide' was written.

Click here to download the member guide, Nederlandse versie.
Click here to download the member guide, English version.

The groupadmin and admin guides are not public. More information is available by email. Please use the 'Contact' link at the left of the page.

A lot of people still prefer paper instead of a screen in front of them when it comes to carefull reading. That is why we offer the FossilBase determination-key sheets (the well known help files from the identification menu) as downloadable files here together with empty tables (as Microsoft Word-files) to write down your determination.

Click here to download the ammonite determination key sheet.
Click here to download the empty ammonite determination table.

Click here to download the belemnite determination key sheet.
Click here to download the empty belemnite determination table.

Click here to download the brachiopod determination key sheet.
Click here to download the empty brachiopod determination table.

How sure are you about the name of the fossil you want to add to FossilBase? Or, how sure are you about the name FossilBase presented to you? Spread over the web there are a number of usefull sites to check the correctness of the identification made by FossilBase or yourself. A few examples are listed below.

Click here to visit the great website of Hervé Châtelier dedicated to ammonites especially those found in France.

Click here to visit the site of the late Jim Craig, dedicated to the fossils of the lower cretaceous Albian (Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds) in the county of Kent, south-east England.

Things to read is the place where you can find background information about various interesting items related to FossilBase and/or its content. At this moment there are no things to read yet.

Like you expected: all other downloads. At this moment there are no things to download yet.