A selection of online osteological resources.
This is an ongoing list. Please suggest links!
MAMMALS
Global
Mammalian Crania Photographic Archive
Primate skulls & skeletons
North America
Pleistocene Vertebrates of Arizona, New Mexico, And Trans-Pecos Texas
Smithsonian Guide to North American Mammals
University of Washington Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: Page 1. Page 2. Page 3
Australia
Museum Victoria
United Kingdom
Key to British Mammal Skulls
BIRDS
SkullSite.com
Seabird Osteology
ALL CLASSES
Skulls Unlimited
Will’s Skull Page
Skyline High School Skull Collection
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https://sketchfab.com is a great place to see 3D models of many species that were scanned at museums
I have a master post of bird osteology links here, these are focused on reference and comparative material, also include book recommendations: https://avianosteology.blogspot.com/2020/04/i-want-to-identify-bird-bones-where-do.html
And my journal has reference/comparison material as well as ID walk-throughs, terminology, and other assorted avian osteology topics: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking
The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology has a few useful pages for comparison when trying to identify skulls.
Mammal Skulls, UMMZ. https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/skulls/
Smithsonian Skulls. https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/smithsonian_skulls/
UWSP Skulls. https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/uwsp_skulls/
https://www.jakes-bones.com/ is a good source. It was written by a young naturalist who is really good at IDing the bones of animals in the UK. Sadly is no longer updated, but I have learned some things from it.
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