Nyakatura-Lab for Comparative Zoology

Morphological Image Repository

Journal of Morphology Image Repository

This repository gathers vertebrate morphological images from the Journal of Morphology, starting with the beginning of its publication history in 1887. The images were manually extracted from the scanned articles of the journal. Pdfs of the articles are available at the journal’s website.

The image repository is password protected. To acquire access, please contact John Nyakatura. We prepared a manual for the use of the Journal of Morphology Image Repository.

1887-1915
Morphological Image Repository Vertebrates
Reference: Scott, WB. 1891. On the osteology of Mesohippus and Leptomeryx. Journal of Morphology, 5(3): 337.

This part of the repository contains all images of articles referring to vertebrate morphology published in the JoM from 1887 until 1915.

1890-2015
Morphological Image Repository 125 Years
Reference: Ramsey, JB et al. 2015: Eating with a saw for a jaw: functional morphology of the jaws and tooth-whorl in Helicoprion davisii. Journal of Morphology, 276(1): 51.

This part of the repository contains sampled images (from the 1st issue of every 5th year) of articles referring to vertebrate morphology published in the JoM from 1890 until 2015.

1887-ongoing

This part of the repository contains all images of articles referring to the morphology of bones published in the JoM from 1887 on. This includes images from articles that do not specifically deal with bone morphology, but depict bones in some way or other. The repository is currently expanded.

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