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Article Reference DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections
Natural History institutes hold an immense number of specimens and artefacts. For years these collections were not accessible online, remaining inaccessible to researchers from far away and hidden from the general public. Large digitisation projects and cross-institutional agreements aim to bring their collections into the digital era, such as the SYNTHESYS+ project and the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) Research Infrastructure. As specimens are 3D physical objects with different characteristics many techniques are available to 3D digitise them. For inexperienced users this can be quite overwhelming. Which techniques are already well tested in other institutions and are suitable for a specific specimen or collection? To investigate this, we have set up a dichotomous identification key for digitisation techniques: DIGIT-KEY, (https://digit.naturalheritage.be/digit-key). For each technique, examples used in SYNTHESYS+ Institutions are visualised and training manuals provided. All information can be easily updated and representatives can be contacted if necessary to request more information about a certain technique. This key can be helpful to achieve comparable results across institutions when digitising collections on demand in future DiSSCo research initiatives coordinated through the European Loans and Visits System (ELViS) for Virtual and Transnational Access. A correction has been published: Brecko J., Mathys A., Chatzinikolaou E., Keklikoglou K., Blettery J., Green L., Musson A., Paton A., Phillips S., Bastir M., Wiltschke K., Rainer H., Kroh A., Haston E. & Semal P. 2025. DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections — Corrigendum. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 306–307. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2841
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Article Reference New pipimorph from the Late Cretaceous of Niger
tIn Becetèn, in southeast Niger, is one of the few mid-Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) fossil-iferous localities in Africa where multiple anuran taxa are known. Two of them, Pachycentrata taquetiand Inbecetenanura ragei, have been described from In Becetèn. Both are pipids, a clade composed ofexclusively aquatic anurans. Beside these two pipids, numerous isolated bones have also been referredto anurans within the site, but never referred to any known less inclusive taxa. Here we describe severalidentified cranial and postcranial bones referable to Pipidae or its stem-group, which together constitutePipimorpha. Among these elements, three cranial elements are referred to two unnamed pipimorphs.One of these has gondwanomorph affinities (pipids + South American and African extinct pipimorphs).These conclusions are supported by our phylogenetic analyses. Numerous postcranial elements are notreferable to any of the four pipimorph taxa identified at In Becetèn, although some ilia might be tenta-tively referred to ?Pachycentrata sp. The presence of at least four distinct anuran taxa makes In Becetènthe most diverse anuran site in Mesozoic Africa. It is also the first site in the Mesozoic where four pipi-morph taxa are identified. The dominance of pipimorphs in the anuran diversity of the site suggests thatIn Becetèn was likely more lacustrine than previously thought.
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Article Reference Comparative osteology of the North Sea flatfishes (Teleostei; Pleuronectiformes)
The identification of flatfish remains in archaeozoological studies has often been limited to higher taxonomic levels or species groups. Bones from disarticulated skeletons of eleven main commercial species of flatfish present in the North Sea were compared to define diagnostic criteria allowing species identification. Out of the thirty-four studied skeletal elements often recovered in archaeological assemblages, ten proved to be very reliable for genus and species identification and often allowed the distinction between right-eyed and left-eyed flounder. Fourteen elements have sufficient characteristics to differentiate all higher taxa but not all the genera and species. The remaining ten elements did not possess clear features to distinguish the different taxa. The diagnostic details of each element are summarised and illustrated, leading to a clear identification guide for this particular group of fishes. More precise species identifications can provide better insight in the zoogeographical distribution of flatfish and will be useful in detecting socio-economic and cultural changes throughout history.
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Article Reference A Scanning Electron Microscopy Method to Visualise the Copulatory Organ Morphology of Microturbellarian Flatworms: Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 as a Case Study
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Article Reference Surviving a Dark Age: The Oldest Baleen-Bearing Whales (Cetacea: Chaeomysticeti) of Pacific South America (Lower Miocene, Peru)
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Article Reference Miocene stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology along the western side of Cerros Cadena de los Zanjones (East Pisco Basin, Peru)
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Article Reference Reassessment of the iconic Oligo-Miocene heterodont dolphin Squalodon: a redescription of the type species S. grateloupii
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Article Reference Taxonomic revision of the family Squalodontidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti): emptying the wastebasket of fragmentary holotypes
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Article Reference Fungal alkaloids mediate defense against bruchid beetles in field populations of an arborescent ipomoea
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Article Reference A report of the unusual presence of Haplotaxis cf. gordioides in a terrestrial subsoil and first isotopic analysis of its trophic position
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