PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN PALEONTOLOGY – A PRACTICAL GUIDE

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Photogrammetry is increasingly becoming the gold standard for surface digitizing in paleontology. We present techniques for specimen handling, photography and image handling in photogrammetry software that are specially adapted to typical use cases in paleontology, but are also applicable in other science disciplines like archaeology and art history.

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Historical Photogrammetry: Bird's Paluxy River Dinosaur Chase Sequence Digitally Reconstructed as It Was prior to Excavation 70 Years Ago

Peter L. Falkingham, Karl T. Bates, James O. Farlow (2014)

It is inevitable that some important specimens will become lost or damaged over time, conservation is therefore of vital importance. The Paluxy River dinosaur tracksite is among the most famous in the world. In 1940, Roland T. Bird described and excavated a portion of the site containing associated theropod and sauropod trackways. This excavated trackway was split up and housed in different institutions, and during the process a portion was lost or destroyed. We applied photogrammetric techniques to photographs taken by Bird over 70 years ago, before the trackway was removed, to digitally reconstruct the site as it was prior to excavation. The 3D digital model offers the opportunity to corroborate maps drawn by R.T. Bird when the tracksite was first described. More broadly, this work demonstrates the exciting potential for digitally recreating palaeontological, geological, or archaeological specimens that have been lost to science, but for which photographic documentation exists.

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Journal ID (issn): 16465806

Title: JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES

Publisher: GEAL, Museu da Lourinha (Portugal )

ISSN (Electronic): 1646-5806

Publication date (Print): 2014

Volume: 12

Pages: 1-31

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[Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany ]

[Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, Willy-Brandt-Allee 5, 30169 Hannover, Germany ]

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Object recognition from local scale-invariant features

Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Remote Sensing and Scientific Research: Classification and Considerations of Use

Historical Photogrammetry: Bird's Paluxy River Dinosaur Chase Sequence Digitally Reconstructed as It Was prior to Excavation 70 Years Ago

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