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Lautenschlager, M. Rücklin  \nDownloaded from:  \n[https://doi.org/10.1666/13-085](https://doi.org/10.1666/13-085)  \nArticle 25fa Dutch Copyright Act (DCA) -End User Rights  \nThis publication is distributed under the terms of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act (Auteurswet) with consent from the author. Dutch law entitles the maker of a short scientific work funded either wholly or partially by Dutch public funds to make that work publicly available following a reasonable period after the work was first published, provided that reference is made to the source of the first publication of the work.  \nThis publication is distributed under the Naturalis Biodiversity Center ‘Taverne implementation’programme. In this programme, research output of Naturalis researchers and collection managers that complies with the legal requirements of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act is distributed online and free of barriers in the Naturalis institutional repository. 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We will) contact you as soon as possible.  \nJournal of Paleontology, 88(4), 2014, p. 727–734 Copyright 􀀂 2014, The Paleontological Society 0022-3360/14/0088-727$03.00  \nDOI: 10.1666/13-085  \nBEYOND THE PRINT—VIRTUAL PALEONTOLOGY IN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION  \nSTEPHAN LAUTENSCHLAGER 1 AND MARTIN R¨UCKLIN 1,2  \n1School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK,,[glzsl@bristol.ac.uk](glzsl@bristol.ac.uk).; and 2Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands,,[martin.rucklin@naturalis.nl](martin.rucklin@naturalis.nl).  \nABSTRACT—Virtual paleontology unites a variety of computational techniques and methods for the visualization and analysis of fossils. Due to their great potential and increasing availability, these methods have become immensely popular in the last decade. However, communicating the wealth of digital information and results produced by the various techniques is still exacerbated by traditional methods of publication. Transferring and processing three-dimensional information, such as interactive models or animations, into scientific publications still poses a challenge. Here, we present different methods and applications to communicate digital data in academia, outreach and education. Three-dimensional PDFs, QR codes, anaglyph stereo imaging, and rapid prototyping—methods routinely used in the engineering, entertainment, or medical industries—are outlined and evaluated for their potential in science publishing and public engagement. Although limitations remain, these are simple, mostly cost-effective, and powerful tools to create novel and innovative resources for education, public engagement, or outreach.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nTHE OPPORTUNITY to visualize, reconstruct, and analyze fossils  \nwith computational methods has fundamentally changed the field of paleontology in the last decade. 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