Automatic taxonomic identification based on the Fossil Image Dataset (> 415,000 images) and deep convolutional neural networks

X Liu, S Jiang, R Wu, W Shu, J Hou, Y Sun, J Sun… - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
The rapid and accurate taxonomic identification of fossils is of great significance in
paleontology, biostratigraphy, and other fields. However, taxonomic identification is often …

Species-level microfossil identification for globotruncana genus using hybrid deep learning algorithms from the scratch via a low-cost light microscope imaging

I Ozer, CK Ozer, AC Karaca, K Gorur, I Kocak… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2023 - Springer
Paleontologists generally use a low-cost electro-optical system to classify microfossils. This
manual identification is a time-consuming process and it may take about a long time …

Convolutional neural network application on a new middle Eocene radiolarian dataset

V Carlsson, T Danelian, M Tetard, M Meunier… - Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new radiolarian image database was used to train a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
for automatic image classification. The focus was on 39 commonly occurring nassellarian …

A new automated radiolarian image acquisition, stacking, processing, segmentation, and identification workflow

M Tetard, R Marchant, G Cortese, Y Gally… - Climate of the Past …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Identification of microfossils is usually done by expert taxonomists and requires time and a
significant amount of systematic knowledge developed over many years. These studies …

Artificial intelligence applied to the classification of eight middle Eocene species of the genus Podocyrtis (polycystine radiolaria)

V Carlsson, T Danelian, P Boulet… - Journal of …, 2022 - jm.copernicus.org
This study evaluates the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to the automatic
classification of radiolarians and uses as an example eight distinct morphospecies of the …

Morphometrics and machine learning discrimination of the middle Eocene radiolarian species Podocyrtis chalara, Podocyrtis goetheana and their morphological …

F Pinto, V Carlsson, M Meunier, B Van Bocxlaer… - Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present various approaches to distinguish the middle Eocene species Podocyrtis
chalara and Podocyrtis goetheana, which are end members of a trajectory of phenotypic …

Machine learning (decision tree analysis) identifies ecological selectivity patterns across the end-Permian mass extinction

WJ Foster, G Ayzel, TT Isson, M Mutti, M Aberhan - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Decision tree algorithms are rarely utilized in paleontological research, and here we show
that machine learning algorithms can be used to identify determinants of extinction as well …

Automated Classification of Pectinodon Bakkeri Teeth Images Using Machine Learning

JA Bahn - 2023 - knowledge.e.southern.edu
Microfossil dinosaur teeth are studied by paleontologists in order to better under-stand
dinosaurs. Currently, tooth classification is a long, manual, error-ridden process. Deep …