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VIRTUAL PALEONTOLOGY—AN OVERVIEW [PDF]

open access: yesThe Paleontological Society Papers, 2016
AbstractVirtual paleontology is the study of fossils through three-dimensional digital visualizations; it represents a powerful and well-established set of tools for the analysis and dissemination of fossil data. Techniques are divisible into tomographic (i.e., slice-based) and surface-based types.
M. Sutton, Imran A. Rahman, R. Garwood
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A virtual world of paleontology. [PDF]

open access: yesTrends in Ecology & Evolution, 2014
ISSN:0169 ...
John A. Cunningham   +4 more
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Photon-Counting Detector CT Scan of Dinosaur Fossils: Initial Experience [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Imaging
Beyond clinical areas, photon-counting detector (PCD) CT is innovatively applied to study paleontological specimens. This study presents a preliminary investigation into the application of PCD-CT for imaging large dinosaur fossils, comparing it with ...
Tasuku Wakabayashi   +12 more
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Laser-stimulated fluorescence in paleontology. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Fluorescence using ultraviolet (UV) light has seen increased use as a tool in paleontology over the last decade. Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is a next generation technique that is emerging as a way to fluoresce paleontological specimens that ...
Thomas G Kaye   +8 more
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Paleontology in the 21st Century

open access: yesBiology, 2023
For much of its 300+ year history, “modern” paleontology has been a descriptive science, firmly housed within geological sciences [...]
Mary H. Schweitzer
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Discovery of rare lecture notes from 1866 provides exceptional insights into the conceptualization and visualization of paleontology by Ernst Haeckel [PDF]

open access: yesVertebrate Zoology, 2022
Here we report on a recently discovered student script of a lecture on paleontology given by Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). The script dates to the summer semester of 1866, comprises 63 pages, and provides an overview of fossil invertebrate and mainly fossil
Ingmar Werneburg   +2 more
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Improving the relevance of paleontology to climate change policy

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
Paleontology has provided invaluable basic knowledge on the history of life on Earth. The discipline can also provide substantial knowledge to societal challenges such as climate change.
W. Kiessling, Jansen A. Smith, N. Raja
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