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    • BSEE Data Center - Paleontologic Information

    Metadata Updated: January 25, 2026

    Paleontologic Information and Data includes publicly releasable biostratigraphic and paleobathymetric summary information on active and expired fields and leases in the Gulf of America. The foraminiferal, coccolith, dinoflagellate, ostracod, radiolarian and pollen biostratigraphic markers are placed in a chronologic, chronostratigraphic and chronozonal context as determined by the BOEM Resource Evaluation biostratigrapher (see Biostratigraphic Chart of the Gulf of America Offshore Region, Jurassic to Quaternary). This Offshore Biostratigraphic Chart is BOEM�s reference section of paleoevents (marker extinctions, increases and acmes) and preferred taxonomy synthesized from differing biostratigraphic charts in use by oil industry paleontologic consultants and operators. Summary reports submitted to the Federal Government from operators are translated according to the taxonomy and paleoevents found on the BOEM Offshore Biostratigraphic Chart, available below as PDF or ASCII downloads. The original industry-submitted summary reports, detailed sample descriptions and metadata are available from the File Request System Well Data Query: https://www.data.bsee.gov/Other/FileRequestSystem/WellData.aspx

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026

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    Harvested from DOI BSEE DCAT-US

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026
    Publisher Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/Paleo.aspx
    Data First Published 1990-01-01T12:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-02T00:00:00-06:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:22
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/bsee-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 859e071c-b81d-41e8-9015-0fe3331298ac
    Harvest Source Id 110cdd22-426b-4a62-b86c-39c1fad11b13
    Harvest Source Title DOI BSEE DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://www.data.bsee.gov/Main/Paleo.aspx
    License https://www.bsee.gov/bsee.gov/privacy-disclaimer
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c1fd2cff08be1f595c3fd0b970d2edbaaaac4802f617860d55a3144bf9756785
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 1947-01-01T12:00:00Z/2999-01-01T12:00:00Z

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