The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) is one of the most impactful and widely used digital representations of the fossil record, capturing our best understanding of the age, location, identity, and geological context of fossils. Data held in the PBDB have been used in over 2,000 scientific publications and in a wide range of educational and public outreach materials. The PBDB is an essential resource for geoscientists, biologists, students, educators, and the public. Although the research and educational impact of the PBDB is tremendous, there are key issues with its current computer infrastructure, which was designed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This project will combine PBDB with the Integrative Paleobotany Portal (PBot) to create a more modern and flexible digital system: the PBDB 2.0. Planned project activities will transform the PBDB to be more useful to a broad community of researchers, educators, and students in the Earth and life sciences, as well as the general public. In particular, the PBDB will adopt features from PBot that will allow users to easily contribute and interact with fossil identifications tied to specimen images, and outreach activities will further motivate community participation with PBDB. This project undertakes a complete technological overhaul of the PBDB, one of the most prominent and widely used fossil databases. Technical improvements include coupling the PBDB with the PBot, whose cutting-edge conceptual framework provides innovative user