USER AGREEMENT:
Users of
MIOMAP implicitly agree to understanding the following key points. The
FGDC-style Metadata should be consulted
for additional details about the database and its development. Use
for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
Applicable
copyrights by the Regents of the University of California
USE CONSTRAINTS
Use of this data for commercial purposes is prohibited. This data should
be used in a manner consistent with its accuracy and precision. In most
cases locations were obtained from published information that required
interpolation into latitude and longitude from section, range, and township,
or even less exact specifications. Therefore most locations should be
regarded as approximate. MNI and NISP information, depositional data
(i.e., depositional system, environment, and facies), and taphonomic
attributes (i.e., recovery methods, agent of accumulation, and mixing)
reflect only what could be extracted from published literature in most
cases. This results in incomplete knowledge of these data for most localities.
Analyses that employ this information should account for this and other
biases inherent in fossil data. In addition, all relative ages provided
are best estimates based primarily on Tedford et al. (2004) and therefore
will need to be updated in accordance with any future changes in the
biochronologic timescale.
DISTRIBUTION
LIABILITY
The compilers of the MIOMAP data and mapping service, or their associated
institutions, shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use
of the data described and contained herein. These data and related graphics
are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The
information contained is dynamic and may change over time, especially
in regards to refinements of temporal placement and taxonomic nomenclature.
The data are not better than the original sources from which they were
obtained. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data
appropriately and within the limits explained in the metadata and for
geospatial and paleontological data in general. The related graphics
are intended as an aid in geospatial visualization only. The placement
of localities in most cases is approximate as estimated from information
given in published sources. The University of California gives no warranty,
expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness
of these data. Users should update and verify the accuracy of the data
as appropriate to their uses. It is recommended that data be acquired
from the UCMP server directly and not indirectly through other sources,
which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data and
interfaces work successfully on computers that we use (PCs running Windows
XP and Internet Explorer and Macs running OSX and Safari), no warranty
is expressed or implied for compatibility with particular computer platforms.
No warranty is expressed or implied regarding the utility of the data
for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution
constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual
use of the data and aggregate use with other data.