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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Dominguez"
+  given-names: "Socorro"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7926-4935"
+- family-names: "Goring"
+  given-names: "Simon"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2700-4605"
+title: "Neotoma Paleoecology Database DataBUS"
+version: 0.1.0
+date-released: 2023-11-15
+url: "https://github.com/NeotomaDB/DataBUS"