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Table 1 A selection of useful sources of photogrammetry models for palaeontology education

From: The use of photogrammetric fossil models in palaeontology education

Collection

Website(s)

Comments

Digital Atlas of Ancient Life

www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/

www.sketchfab.com/DigitalAtlasOfAncientLife

Over 500 specimens mainly from the Paleontological Research Institution collections; test specimens available for educators

GB3D Type fossils

www.3d-fossils.ac.uk/

www.sketchfab.com/3dFossils

Fossil type specimens from the UK

Smithsonian Institution

www.3d.si.edu/collections/hominin-fossils

Fossil hominins, mainly crania

Natural History Museum, London

www.sketchfab.com/NHM_Imaging

Fossil and extant specimens from the museum collections

Lapworth Museum, Birmingham

www.sketchfab.com/LapworthMuseum

Fossil and other geological specimens from the museum collections

Société Géologique de France

www.sketchfab.com/sgfrance

Fossils and other geological specimens

African Fossils

www.africanfossils.org

Hominid and other vertebrate fossils mainly from the Cenozoic of Lake Turkana

MorphoSource

www.morphosource.org

3-D datasets of fossil and extant taxa including photogrammetry models; a list of specimens for educators is provided

MorphoBank

www.morphobank.org

Morphological datasets including photogrammetry models

MorphoMuseuM

www.morphomuseum.com

3-D datasets of fossil and extant vertebrates including photogrammetry models