GB3D Fossil Types Online

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 4,517 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

3d-fossils.ac.uk. (2025). GB3D Type Fossils | High resolution photographs and digital models of British type fossils. [online] Available at: https://www.3d-fossils.ac.uk [Accessed 21 Nov. 2025].

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is British Geological Survey. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e57e3812-52bf-4ea2-90b3-c32667a74595.  British Geological Survey publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by National Biodiversity Network.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

United Kingdom

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

No Description available

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Fossils collected as part of the activities of a Geological Survey

Method step description:

1. N/A

Additional Metadata