Sir Charles Lyell's historical fossils (London's Natural History Museum) accessible online

(Pensoft Publishers) Over 1,700 animal and plant specimens from the collection of eminent British geologist Sir Charles Lyell -- known as the pioneer of modern geology -- were digitized and made openly accessible via the NHM Data Portal. The records are to facilitate future studies in taxonomy, stratigraphy and volcanology, in addition to providing an exemplary workflow for reduced-cost, yet efficient and high-profile digitization. These are described in a data paper in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news