In Taxonomic Paper manuscripts intended for publication in Biodiversity Data Journal, specimen records can be imported either manually, or from Darwin Core-compliant Excel spreadsheets, or online from GBIF, BOLD, iDigBio, and PlutoF.

Step 1. Expand the Materials section of the treatment for which you want to import specimen or occurrence records by clicking on the pen next to it.

Step 2. In order to import occurrence or specimen records from a DarwinCore-compliant Excel file, click the Browse button to upload it. A template is also available for download from the link under the button.​