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MORPHOMUSEUM: AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR PUBLICATION AND STORAGE OF VIRTUAL SPECIMENS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2017

Renaud Lebrun  and
Maëva J. Orliac
Renaud Lebrun
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISE-M, UMR 5554, CNRS/UM/IRD/EPHE), c.c. 064, Université de Montpellier, place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France 〈renaud.lebrun@umontpellier.fr〉, 〈maeva.orliac@umontpellier.fr〉
Maëva J. Orliac
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISE-M, UMR 5554, CNRS/UM/IRD/EPHE), c.c. 064, Université de Montpellier, place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France 〈renaud.lebrun@umontpellier.fr〉, 〈maeva.orliac@umontpellier.fr〉
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Abstract

Since the early 1990s, methods for the acquisition of three-dimensional (3-D) data and computer-assisted techniques for the visualization of such data have grown increasingly popular among biologists, paleontologists, and paleoanthropologists. However, thus far no standardized repository for complex virtual models based on 3-D digital data of specimens has emerged, whereas the need for researchers to provide access to 3-D models of specimens as well as the pressure imposed on authors by scientific journals to make original 3-D morphological data publicly available have increased. MorphoMuseuM (M3) aims to fill this gap. M3 is both a peer-reviewed scientific journal (M3 Journal) and a virtual specimen repository (M3 Repository). All scientific articles and their associated 3-D models deposited in M3 go through a formal review process. Each published model is given a DOI and a unique identifier code, which should be cited by researchers using this model in their scientific publications. In this paper, we describe the place of M3 among other online repositories for 3-D data, and explain how the growing community of biologists working with 3-D data can benefit from using M3.

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 22: Virtual Paleontology , September 2016 , pp. 183 - 195
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Copyright © 2017, The Paleontological Society 

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