Piotr Naskrecki, Ph. D. 

Director, Invertebrate Diversity Initiative 

Conservation International 

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 

26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 

Phone: (617) 496 2326 

Fax: (617) 495 5667

PaleoTax   Information System for Palaeontologists 

Guten Tag, liebe Kollegen, 

und danke f r die Mail. 

> PaleoTax   Information System for Palaeontologists 

> has been identified as one of the important software 

> tools for collection management which should be 

> itemised on this list. 

PaleoTax ist eher ein Werkzeug zur Biodiversitatsforschung. Die 

Struktur Erweiterung f r das "Collection Management" ist gegenwartig in der 

Erprobung und steht noch vor der Auslieferung. 

Habe unten hinter dem Doppelkreuz (#) erganzt. 

Alles unveranderte = Bestatigung. 

Ich w nsche Ihnen und Ihrem Team viel Erfolg. 

  > Availability and cost 

Free download from http://www.paleotax.de/ 

  > Limitations to scalability 

#no 

  > Computing platform limitations or specialization 

Microsoft Windows 

  > Specialization by taxonomic group 

#any group of fossil and recent organisms, preferred animals (because in 

accordeance with the IRZN) 

  > Estimate of size and distribution of user base 

Germany; ca.10 installations 

#worldwide (at least Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Mexico, USA) number of installations unknown, ca. 30 downloads per month 

  > Contact information and URL 

Name: Hannes Loeser 

Address: 

Estacion Regional del Noroeste, 

Instituto de Geologia, UNAM 

Apartado Postal 1039, 

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico 83000 

Email: info@paleotax.de 

URL: www.paleotax.de

The PANDORA taxonomic database system 

Dear Anton 

Yes, PANDORA can be used for collection management (of herbaria) and is being so used.  It does however lack any feature for 

handling loans.  It is still available for download for free from a website. 

Best wishes, Richard 

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