2 volumes of macrofossil collections donated to IGS/BGS. Arranged sequentially FOR.L1-5362. Identifications, geographical information and geological information given.

Microfossil samples submitted to the BGS are currently registered using the prefix 'MPA'. Samples include rock, residues from sample preparations, and slides of mounted specimens. Rock, residues and slides from the same sample all bear the same unique identifying sample number. The numbers MPA 1 to 51000 have been used, but this grows steadily. There are currently 21 volumes of registered samples.

4 volumes of the donations by Kidston of onshore British (predominantly Palaeozoic) plants. Geological and geographical information, notes and photos are present. Kidston's own numbering system was maintained: 1-7319. Reference is also made to the publication in which specimens were illustrated.

Microfossils extracted from the original sample to be used as reference specimens. Some have been photographed. Original sample number, name of specimen, locality and geological horizon are given. PK1-378 have been used.

Registers dating from the 1950s listing some of the macrofossil collections held in the Geological Survey of Ireland between 1868 and 1875. They are numbered sequentially, but as they are a selection only, there are some gaps in the numbers. Numbers included are: I1-4893; K1253-4937;L319-3247;N961-3066;O4521-5000; P1-4393; R1-1270;S1978-2099; T1-500 and U1-2113.

Phylogenetic data matrices used to assess the differences between hard and soft morphological characters For more details see: Fossilization causes organisms to appear erroneously primitive by distorting evolutionary trees Robert S. Sansom & Matthew A. Wills Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 2545 (2013) doi:10.1038/srep02545

Registers of thin sections of macrofossils originally held in the Leeds Office. The locality and geological horizon is also given. PC1-462 have been used.

This dataset contains laser scan data of Ediacaran fossils from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve and Discovery Geopark, Newfoundland, Canada and from casts of Ediacaran fossil surfaces housed in the Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge, UK. These data were collected across two weeks in August 2024 using a Faro Quantum Scan Arm with a v6 laser-line probe. The data comes from 2 sites in Mistaken Point: D surface has 32 scans, 11.5GB and Gully G surface with 38 scans, 145Gb. There was data from 5 surfaces in the Discovery Geopark: CT7 had 9 scans, 28.3Gb, Mel15 had 7 scans of 11.5GB, Sandy Point had 13 scans of 42Gb and from casts there were 33 scans of MUN surface (110Gb) and 36 scans of H5 (115GB). These data will be used to reconstruct the community ecology using spatial point process analyses and Bayesian network inference. This data set is part of an project to understand the eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animal communities.

19 registers refer to the Geological museum macro and micro fossil collection previously held in the London Office. Number, identification, locality and geological information given. The early part of the collection pre-dates the national grid system.

Register of samples collected from the Carboniferous of southern Ireland together with the Hodson collection. Specimen number, locality and geological horizon given together with some identifications.