Digital Atlas of Ancient Life Hack 2.3.0 + Redeem Codes

I've been waiting for a fossil app to come along! Love the content and information. Hope to see additional time periods and more pics. I have many interesting fossils including some different conularia species that I didn't see on the site. I would love to have a forum to submit photos for possible inclusion.

It only covers three periods (Ordovician, Pennsylvanian, and Neogene), and for those it only covers selected invertebrates in a few states in the eastern US, with a different set of states for each time period. It doesn't even have Pennsylvania as one of the states for the Pennsylvanian, funnily enough.

The content it has for those is a list of some of the invertebrates found there, but they're organised taxonomically, so you have to already know what genus something is in to look it up. The photos are very limited and often undiagnostic, and the descriptions are fairly technical, just what's easily available in free databases. Some of the information is inaccurate, or at the very least imprecise (like claiming that Rusophycus is recognised in rocks from the Cambrian up to the present, or having incomplete occurrence data).

The design is not especially helpful, requiring users to tap through multiple times for ichnotaxa due to a poorly imagined plan to categorise them like other taxonomic groupings. The least the developers could have done is built a dichotomous key for the limited specimens, time periods, and locations they cover, but it seems that not even that is included.

This is a free app, so an amateur paleontologist might still want to get it just to have something to look at, but don’t expect this to be a useful resource — it’s not.

Just got the new version of the app and really love it. I’d been a long time user of the previous version and the new version has great new graphics and interface, and the Cretaceous time period is an excellent addition. The app is an excellent tool for learning more about various types of fossils, what they look like and where to find them.

I found this app accidentally while looking up photos of fossils and loved it immediately. I found it easy to navigate with very nice photos. It was fun to explore and I feel I will be useful in my classroom. I plan on using it on a field trip I am planning. Thanks to the creators for a new, useful tool for teachers.

I was thoroughly enjoying using the app but was extremely surprised when I tried to log in and an “account suspended” message appeared. Tried to find out why but no luck. Sure would like to know why….

Easy to use and perfect for amateur paleontologists. I am in the construction trade and collect fossils in my spare time. I really like the mapping function and use this app all the time. I strongly recommend it and you can't beat the price.

I downloaded this app for my teenage son who is fascinated with examining fossils and their histories. Not only are the photos and maps very clear and descriptive, but this app is super easy to use, easily transitioning from fossil to fossil. He loves it!

This is a great resource for quickly looking up specimens!

This app is perfect for anyone that loves fossils! It's so easy to use and a lot of fun too.

It's a free app and version 1.0, so I would give it some credit if it worked. But it displays nothing for any of the three time periods.