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News and Updates

MorphoSource Data Vocabulary now available!
2023-05-25

The MorphoSource team is happy to announce the publication of the MorphoSource Data Vocabulary, a set of terms and controlled vocabularies for describing, contextualizing, and transmitting information about 3D, 2D, and AV media representing objects, both physical objects and digital creations. This data vocabulary describes the metadata terms used by the MorphoSource repository, but it … Continue reading

New Feature: Media and Project Temporary Access Links
2023-03-07

You can now anonymously share access to private media and private projects by generating temporary links if you have edit access to a media record or are a project manager. By sending the link URL to someone else, they can view the private media or project without logging into MorphoSource or while logged into a … Continue reading

IMPORTANT: Site downtime Tuesday 2/7 to Friday 2/10
2023-01-10

Necessary migration of MorphoSource server hardware will cause the site to be down and inaccessible from 7AM US eastern time Tuesday, February 7th 2023 until 7AM US eastern time Friday February 10th 2023. It is possible that the downtime may be shorter than this, and that the site may come back up sooner. Our team … Continue reading

Repository Statistics

Media Files
176,410
Physical Objects Represented
62,286
Data Projects
1,857
Taxonomies (GBIF Linked)
19,009
Taxonomies (User Created)
26,055
Collections and Facilities
1,304
Users
18,279
Contributors
1,993

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MorphoSource currently has 73436 published 3D models, largely biological skeletal material. You can view all of these in your browser with no required software. 37634 of these media can be freely downloaded for further visualization and measurement. The remaining 35802 media can usually be downloaded after a simple request process. You can use our search page to see all of these published web-viewable 3D models, and you can refine the search further by anatomical element or by genus and species.

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