fotogrammetrisella

Fotogrammetrisella is a fictional taxon used in educational materials to illustrate how photogrammetry can be integrated with taxonomic practice. It is not a real organism and has no official rank in any biological classification.

The name combines fotogrammetria, the process of constructing measurements from photographs, with the diminutive suffix -ella. The construction of Fotogrammetrisella is intended to demonstrate best practices for documenting morphology from 3D reconstructions.

In typical classroom reconstructions, Fotogrammetrisella is depicted as a small, generic arthropod with a segmented body, several pairs of legs, and a simplified exoskeleton. The exact morphology is deliberately variable to illustrate uncertainty in digitized data.

Applications explained with Fotogrammetrisella include image-based modeling, point-cloud alignment, scale calibration, texture mapping, and the reporting of reconstruction limitations to accompany taxonomic discussion.

Because it is not a real species, Fotogrammetrisella serves as an educational placeholder rather than a subject of scientific description. It underscores the role of photogrammetry in modern digital paleontology, archaeology, and biology courses.