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Datasets

6 datasets found

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The Biodiversity Intactness Index - country, region and global-level summarie...

Using the PREDICTS database of local biodiversity measures at thousands of sites around the world, we statistically modelled how total abundance of organisms and compositional...
  • CSV
Helen Phillips; Adriana De Palma; Ricardo E Gonzalez; Samantha L L Hill; Luca Borger; Andy Purvis Research Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

Laser scanned fossil femur from Sarcosaurus woodii, NHM R3542

Laser scanned fossil femur bone from Sarcosaurus woodii, NHM R3542 Scanned using Faro Edge laser, processed in Geomagic Wrap, full obj file
  • .obj
NHM Imaging and Analysis Collections Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

Laser scanned fossil bones from Sarcosaurus woodii, NHM PVR4840

Laser scanned fossil bones from Sarcosaurus woodii, NHM PVR4840 Scanned using Faro Edge laser, processed in Geomagic Wrap, full obj files
  • obj
  • .obj
NHM Imaging and Analysis Collections Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

3D laser scan of NHM PV R 9372 Palaeosauropus sp.footprints

3D laser scan of NHM PV R 9372 Palaeosauropus sp.footprints
  • BIN
NHM Imaging and Analysis Research Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

Darwin's Fossil Mammals

3D scans of fossil mammal specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the Voyage of the Beagle. The initial upload will be of all surviving specimens of Toxodon and Megatherium...
Pip Brewer; Kaitlyn Burton; Adrian Lister Collections Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

3D Cetacean Scanning

3D scans of ten Cetacean skulls collected between 1873 and 2007. The dataset contains both baleen and toothed whales including Physeter macrocephalus (a sperm whale) the largest...
Richard C Sabin; Kaitlyn Burton; Natalie Cooper; Anjali Goswami Collections Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)

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