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Map based index (GeoIndex) fossil specimens

This layer of the GeoIndex shows the localities for which details of identified fossil specimens in the BGS Biostratigraphy Museum are databased. Only Ordovician and Silurian specimens listed...

Map based index (GeoIndex) fossil localities 2

The map shows the localities of significant fossil samples, either collected by BGS Staff, or donated by individuals and institutions. The BGS fossil collections contain over 2 million specimens,...

Scanned copies of annotated Scottish 1 inch scale maps with fossil locations and geology

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606458] Scanned copies of Scottish 1 inch scale maps which are annotated with fossil locations and geology....

Occurrence data for British fossil fishes and associated R code (NERC grant NE/I005536/1)

Occurrence data for fossil fishes in British record and associated R code. From: Lloyd, G. T., & Friedman, M. (2013). A survey of palaeontological sampling biases in fishes based on the...

Reflectance Transformation Image of Charniodiscus concentricus, an Ediacaran fossil from Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, UK

Reflectance transformation image of a cast (BGS fossil reference number GSM106161) of the holotype of Charniodiscus concentricus. The original fossil is the property of the Geology Department,...

Fossil data from the Cambrian of the Baltic Basin (NERC Grant NE/K005251/1)

Image data and figures of holotypes of small carbonaceous fossils from Cambrian sediments of the Baltic Basin. Also included are sampling information and fossil measurement data. Data collected...

Annotated Scottish 1 inch scale maps with fossil locations and geology

Annotated Scottish 1 inch scale maps. Printed topography with hand annotated fossil locations and geology with hand drawn cross sections, colour-wash with index and observations. Considered working...

Laser scan data of Ediacaran fossils sites from Newfoundland Canada

This dataset contains laser scan data of Ediacaran fossils from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve and Discovery Geopark, Newfoundland, Canada and from casts of Ediacaran fossil surfaces housed in...

Index to the UK (North) type and stratigraphical collection of fossils

This dataset (GSE_SPECIMENS) is an index of the specimens and palaeontological slides held in the Type and Stratigraphical (T&S) Collection of Scotland and Northern England. This index along...

The Geochemistry of Fossil Pigment Preservation (NERC grant NE/J023426/1)

These data represent a massive synchrotron based programme to study ancient life. Not all of these data have been processed yet, nor have we published all of the results that we intend to. These...

Laser scans of Ediacaran Fossil Surfaces (NERC Grant NE/P002412/1)

Laser scans of Ediacaran Fossil Surfaces. Data collected 2016-2018 in Newfoundland Canada using a laser-line probe. Data is in the form of .wrp files so can only be opened in Geomagic. The scan...

Nuclei and nucleoli in embryo-like fossils from the Ediacaran Weng'an Biota (NERC grant NE/J018325/1)

This dataset contains three dimensional synchrotron x-ray tomographic (SRXTM) datasets and analyses of nuclei and nucleoli in embryo-like fossils from the Ediacaran Weng'an Biota. The data...

Identification of lipid biomarker skeletons as potential "chemical fossils" of micro-organisms

Biomarkers are organic molecules found in the natural environment whose stable carbon skeletons have been well preserved. They are often regarded, therefore as "chemical fossils" and can provide...

Images of extant and fossil euglenids (light microscope-LM, scanning electron microscope-SEM, transmission electron microscope-TEM) (NERC Grant NE/R001324/1)

Extant euglenids from cultures LM and SEM images of living euglenids and euglenids post acetolysis Fossil material (recovered by standard palynological analysis) LM, SEM and TEM images of fossil...

Lagerstatten fossil occurrence data for six Triassic marine communities following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Lagerstatten fossil occurrence data for six Triassic marine communities following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Also included are ecological trait data and feeding rules needed to...

Reflectance Transformation Image of cast GSM106352 showing Ediacaran (Pre-Cambrian) fossils from Charnwood Forest, UK

Reflectance Transformation Imaging files of specimen BGS GSM106352, a large (1.0 x 1.2m) display cast, made from Jesmonite AC-300 and coloured dark gray and showing several species typical of the...

Chondrichthyes Teeth and Dentitions including extant and fossil taxa. Phylogenetically basal actinopterygian (Polyodon) for comparison. (NERC grant NE/K01434X/1)

Computed tomography (CT) scans of extant and fossil chondrichthyans, of teeth organized into functional dentitions. These scans were taken on a Nikon Metrology HMX ST 225, in the Image and Analysis...

Tropical Andean chironomid calibration dataset and Laguna Pindo fossil record (NERC studentship grant NE/J500288/1)

Chironomid calibration data set for tropical South America. Surface sediment samples from 59 Andean lakes across Bolivia (15 lakes), Peru (32 lakes), and Ecuador (12 lakes) over an altitudinal...

LiDAR data for Ediacaran fossil surfaces in Newfoundland, Canada, 2022 (NERC Grant NE/S014756/1)

This dataset contains LiDAR scans as Faro Scene files of 53 scans which cover 15 different fossiliferous surfaces. The number of scans per surface varies depending on the topology of the bedding...

Habitat records associated with unstructured species records from the iRecord online survey recording tool, UK, 1812-2024

This dataset provides habitat data from unstructured biological records made through iRecord. This dataset includes records between 1812 and 2024, however the majority of the data is from recent...