ES Echinodermata
About this product
Overview
ES Echinodermata groups 35 collection units from the ES Echinodermata section within the ES Invertebrates and Plants Palaeobiology division (Earth Sciences), covering an estimated 230,250 individual items held across 114,229 curatorial/storage units. Material is predominantly macrofossils (34 of 35 collection units) and artefacts (1 of 35 collection units). Preservation is mainly hand specimens, oversize specimens, and other. Named taxa represented in this product include Echinodermata, among others.
Value
Curatorial assessment rates this product highly on Identification, Strategy/mission/research, and Significance by comparison (avg. 4.1/5 across its top three scored dimensions), indicating it is well positioned for external licensing relative to other NHM holdings. Its breadth and depth of coverage make it suitable as a comprehensive reference dataset rather than a niche sample. High-confidence taxonomic identification throughout the set means downstream users can trust the labels without extensive re-verification.
Use Cases
- training data for fossil-identification and palaeontological computer-vision models
- reference datasets for evolutionary and stratigraphic research
- content for natural-history media, documentaries, and museum digital exhibits
- 3D scanning and reconstruction projects for education, VR/AR, and scientific visualisation
- supervised computer-vision or species-identification model training, thanks to reliable taxonomic ground truth
- academic and institutional research licensing (biodiversity, systematics, and comparative studies)
Assets (33)
Asteroidea registered
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Blastoidea (registered)
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Cincta (registered)
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Crinoidea registered
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Ctenocystoidea (registered)
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Cyclocystoidea (registered)
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Cystoids (registered) - to be subdivided eventually into Diplopora and Rhobifera
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Echinoderm hand specimen collections
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Echinodermata Oversized Collections 1
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Echinodermata Oversized Collections 2
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Echinoidea registered
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Edrioasteroidea (registered)
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Eocrinoidea (registered)
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ES Echinoderm legacy backlog: A B Smith collections/work
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ES Echinoderm legacy backlog: Gale Collections/work
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ES Echinoderm legacy backlog: SK Donovan collections/work
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ES Echinoderm legacy backlog: Varied small collections from various workers
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Fieldwork collections for distribution/integration: Cambrian Nevada collections
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Fieldwork collections for distribution/integration: Lewes Lower Chalk lagerstatte collections
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Fieldwork collections for distribution/integration: New York State and Southern Canada collection
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Helicocystoidea (registered)
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Holothuroidea registered
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Named Collections in the echinoderm section for distribution and incorporation into other sections/divisions: Burnett Collection
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Named Collections in the echinoderm section for distribution and incorporation into other sections/divisions: Fryer Collection
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Named Collections in the echinoderm section for distribution and incorporation into other sections/divisions: Harvey Collection
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Named Collections in the echinoderm section for distribution and incorporation into other sections/divisions: Stokes (ex-Kingston University) Collection
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Ophiocystoidea (registered)
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Ophiuroidea registered
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Paracrinoidea (registered)
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Reserve/duplicate echinoderm collection
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Scientific models echinoderm
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Soluta (registered)
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Stylophorea (registered)
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