Can a citation style for Palaios be created? The reference style seems very similar to the Geology style, however, the authors are capitalized; when referring a edited volume 'in' is capitalized before the name of the volume, page numbers, dates and locations are included in book references. I think there may be more differences, but those are the ones that I directly noticed.

Thanks so much!!

Below are detailed examples of the Palaios reference style:

_____Use SMALL CAPS in reference list for author names, except for the word ‘and.’
_____References must be spelled out completely, no abbreviations in article or journal titles.
_____Multiple references of the same author(s) must be spelled out fully.
_____Do not use spaces between author or editor initials.
_____Wherever possible, try to avoid citing unpublished theses, dissertations, or published abstracts.
_____If you know an article’s DOI, cite it after a comma at the end of the full reference; for example: PALAIOS, v. 21, p. 496–498, doi: 4598uog-45pu02. Online journals that have no page numbers must have the DOI listed.

Journal article: Note commas after authors’ names and date, and colon after article title. No capital letters in article title except proper names. Use commas after the source and volume number
(abbreviate as v.). Use a space after v. and p. Do not use pp.

Ex. RICHARDSON, J.G., and BABCOCK, L.E., 2002, Weird things from the Middle Ordovician of North America interpreted as conulariid fragments: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, p. 391–393, doi: 396583J04-QO244.

Article in edited volume: As above, but use comma after article title, followed by in (italicized), then editor(s) name(s), last name first, abbreviate ed. or eds., followed by a comma. Capitalize title of volume, follow with colon, publisher, city of publication, and page number(s) of article. Do not use pp.

Ex.
HESS, H., 1999, Scyphocrinitids from the Silurian–Devonian boundary of Morocco, in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E., and Simms, M.J., eds., Fossil Crinoids: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 93–102.

Book citation: As above, use colon after book title, include publisher, city of publication, and total number of pages.

Ex.
SUDD, J.H., 1967, An Introduction to the Behavior of Ants: Edward Arnold, London, 200 p.

Thesis/Dissertation citation: Author, year, title, cite as unpublished M.S. thesis or Ph.D dissertation, institute, city, total number of pages.

Ex.
VAN ALSTINE, J.E., 2002, Field analysis of an exposure surface within the King Hill Shale Member (Upper Pennsylvanian Lecompton Limestone), Midcontinent USA: Unpublished M.S. thesis, Indiana University, Bloomington, 225 p.

Electronic Journals: As for journal article, but use size of file instead of page numbers; include article web address (http://www.sitename.org/journal/article/name.htm) after size of file. Add date checked after site name (e.g., Checked month year)

Ex.
GILDNER, R.F., 2003, A Fourier method to describe and compare suture patterns: Palaeontologia Electronica, vol. 6, no. 1, 4.1 MB, http://palaeoelectronica. org/2003_1/suture/issue1_03.htm. Checked November 2006.

On-line data citation, Web page citation: As above, cite author, year, title of article, site name (e.g., http://www.sitename.com/dataset.pdf). Add date checked after site name (e.g., Checked
month year)

Ex.
FAUNMAP: A database documenting Late Quaternary distributions of mammal species in the United States, 1994, updated March 21, 1996,
http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/faunmap/aboutfaunmap.html. Checked October 2005.

Software: Software company name, year of release, name of software program, version, city, state, country.


Ex. Microsoft Corporation, 2000, Microsoft Office 2000 [CD-ROM]: Redmond, Washington, USA.