Reexcavating Dark Data From Museum Fossil Collections

[Oxytropidoceras]

We’re Hardly Using Any Of Our Fossils

The vast majority are languishing in 

museum storage. Is it time to dig them 

up all over again? By Cara Giaimo

Atlas Obscura,  September 26, 2018

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fossil-online-database

 

The paper is:

 

Marshall, C.R., Finnegan, S., Clites, E.C., Holroyd, 

P.A., Bonuso, N., Cortez, C., Davis, E., Dietl, G.P., 

Druckenmiller, P.S., Eng, R.C. and Garcia, C., 2018. 

Quantifying the dark data in museum fossil 

collections as palaeontology undergoes a second 

digital revolution. Biology letters, 14(9), p.20180431

http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/9/20180431

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Walt]

Thanks, Paul!