Public engagement and the promotion of science to a wider non-academic audience form an integral role of the professional scientist in the 21st Century. The high level of public interest in palaeontology means that the earth’s prehistoric past can provide an important medium through which to communicate information concerning contemporary scientific issues. Digital imaging and documentation techniques offer one means to achieve this feat, particularly as digital models of fossils can be effectively used to visually communicate what would otherwise be complex or technical information to a non-academic audience. In a previous paper (Bates et al. 2009d) we detailed two case studies in which digital data taken currently in use, these examples are continually being developed and updated as the research progresses, illustrating the ease with which digital research data can be modified to suit a wider audience.from our own research that had contributed to public engagement programmes and the use of fossils as an educational resource. Although currently in use, these examples are continually being developed and updated as the research progresses, illustrating the ease with which digital research data can be modified to suit a wider audience.