PalaeoNoma 2026 – Nomenclature & Neotoma

The PalaeoNoma 2026 workshop, funded by COST Action PalaeOpen, will be a full immersion in the taxonomy of fossils.

The workshop will be focused on learning and working with rules and conventions in the taxonomy of fossil fungi, algae and plants, dealing with key points in the subject such as how to name a new species, check existing names, and solve nomenclatural issues. Everything will be done using the new 2025 Madrid Code rules on nomenclature.

Tilia and Neotoma training will follow in the last part of the workshop, teaching participants all aspects of working with palaeoenvironmental data in Tilia, from taxa data and taphonomy to metadata.

The PalaeoNoma 2026 workshop will be held in Bonn, Germany, from the 22^nd to the 27^th of August. We are looking forward to see you there!

For more info, follow us on Instagram @palaeonoma2026! Stay tuned!

BoostEPD meeting, Göttingen (Germany) 30-31 March 2023

Boosting Neotoma through the European Pollen Database to gain a better understanding of long-term whole ecosystem change

Aims

The main aim of this INQUA-funded workshop is to start the process of creating a multi-proxy European representation in the Neotoma database (www.neotomadb.org) that will harness the power of Neotoma as a tool facilitating multi proxy data analyses, populate Neotoma further and engage in collaborative research.

In view of this long-term objective, we will introduce European palaeoecologists to the Neotoma database, develop ideas for cross-continental multi-proxy data analysis, and develop a COST-application to pursue this community effort. We would be pleased if we could stimulate populating the Neotoma database with already existing palaeoecological data sets for Europe. To meet these aims, attendants will be introduced to the Neotoma data-extraction and data-handling toolboxes, and in addition will receive training to join the active Neotoma Data Stewards community.

Porting EPD into Neotoma, first steps…

News from the workshop (3-7/11/2017) in Göttingen, Germany

Background/History: The EPD was designed in the time before email and WWW as a Paradox database that would have a master copy on one particular computer with one person able to make changes to the database and distribute copies of it. The old system uses DOS programs to upload sites and the Paradox format itself is outdated. Discussions on how to continue with the database system started after the open meeting in 2007. Continue reading “Porting EPD into Neotoma, first steps…”

Previous Meetings & workshops

EPD Surface Sample Workshop, September 2011

Tilia Training Sessions, May 2011

EPD General Assembly Meeting, 2008

MADCAP Meeting, Bonn (Germany), September 2008

MADCAP Meeting, Utrecht (The Netherlands), March 2008

IPC Bonn (Germany), 2008

EPD session at INQUA 2007, Cairns (Australia)

EPD Meeting, Aix-en-Provence (France), 2007