Appendix files are available in a single zipped file.

APPENDIX 1. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of trilobite Phacops latifrons, comprised of 179,294 points. Produced using 35 photographs. Includes scale bar with mm/cm markings. Point cloud has been scaled to correct size.

APPENDIX 2. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of Chirotherium trackway, comprised of 2,171,040 points, and produced from 50 photographs.Point cloud has been scaled to correct size.

APPENDIX 3. Polygon mesh file (binary *.PLY format) of Chirotherium trackway.

APPENDIX 4. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of Asian elephant, comprised of 310,236 points and produced from 44 photographs. Skeleton is ~3 m in length. Point cloud has been scaled to correct size.

APPENDIX 5. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of Asian elephant, comprised of 2,090,058 points, and produced from 207 photographs.Skeleton is ~3 m in length. Point cloud has been scaled to correct size.

APPENDIX 6. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of fossil tree root system, comprised of 841,059 points, and produced from 24 photographs. Root system is ~6 m across. Point cloud has been scaled to approximately correct size.

APPENDIX 7. Point cloud file (binary *.PLY format) of the front of the Manchester Museum, comprised of 1,070,573 points, and produced from 52 photographs. Point cloud covers approximately 60 m of building.