The Taxonomicon
From Palaeos
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The Taxonomicon is a dutch biodiversity information system that provides a detailed taxonomy based on information from a large number of sources. It's sister site is Systema Naturae 2000.
The Taxonomicon incorporates four major components:
- The Index of Life
- The Tree of Life
- The Web of Life
- The Facts of Life
The index of life attempts to enumerate the names of the world's past and present biota, including authorship, synonyms, homonyms and common names.
The tree of life provides multiple alternative and historical classifications. Each entry shows the total number of subtaxa.
The web of life shows the interrelationships between species.
The facts of life provide information on the taxa themselves. This information consists mainly of metadata rather than observation or specimen data. Currently The Taxonomicon focuses on geographic distribution, habitat, and geologic distribution.
Information is referenced throughout, and there are also cross-references between authors, references and taxa
