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Volume 09, issue 03
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MorphoMuseuM, also referred to as M3, is a peer reviewed, online journal that publishes 3D models of vertebrates, including models of type specimens, anatomy atlases, reconstruction of deformed or damaged specimens, and 3D datasets (see https://doi.org/10.1017/scs.2017.14 for details).
M3 comes along with a free software, MorphoDig, which contains a set of tools for editing, positioning, deforming, labelling, measuring and rendering sets of 3D surfaces.
All 3D data presented on this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0. International License. License Creative Commons


Datasets in press

3D models related to the publication: "From teeth to pad: tooth loss and development of keratinous structures in sirenians"
Lionel Hautier, Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Sérgio Ferreira-Cardoso and Frédéric Delsuc
Published online: 29/11/2023

Keywords: keratinous pad; Sirenians; Steller’s sea cow; tooth loss

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.218

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Hautier L, Gomes Rodrigues H, Ferreira-Cardoso S, Emerling CA, Porcher M-L, Asher R, Portela Miguez R, Delsuc F. 2023. From teeth to pad: tooth loss and development of keratinous structures in sirenians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1932 

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3D models related to the publication: “The functional significance of aberrant cervical counts in sloths: insights from automated exhaustive analysis of cervical range of motion”
Luisa J. Merten, Armita R. Manafzadeh, Eva C. Herbst, Eli Amson, P. S. Tambusso, Patrick Arnold and John A. Nyakatura
Published online: 04/11/2023

Keywords: articular surfaces; cervical vertebrae; vertebral biomechanics; zygapophyses

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.215

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Merten, L.J.F, Manafzadeh, A.R., Herbst, E.C., Amson, E., Tambusso, P.S., Arnold, P., Nyakatura, J.A., 2023. The functional significance of aberrant cervical counts in sloths: insights from automated exhaustive analysis of cervical range of motion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1592
      

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3D models related to the publication: The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa.
Léa Da Cunha, Lázaro W. Viñola López, Ross D. E. MacPhee, Leonardo Kerber, Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Myriam Boivin, Lionel Hautier, Renaud Lebrun, Laurent Marivaux and Pierre-Henri Fabre
Published online: 31/10/2023

Keywords: fossils; Heptaxodontidae; inner ear; rodents; West Indies

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.196

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional models of the inner ear of the hetaxodontid rodents Amblyrhiza, Clidomys and Elasmodontomys from the West Indies. These specimens were analyzed and discussed in : The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa.

      

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3D models related to the publication: A 50-million-year-old, three-dimensionally preserved bat skull supports an early origin for modern echolocation
Jacob Maugoust and Maëva J. Orliac
Published online: 19/10/2023

Keywords: Bony labyrinth; Chiroptera; Cranium; Eocene; Paleontology

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.217

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    The present 3D Dataset contains 3D models of the cranium surface and of the bony labyrinth endocast of the stem bat Vielasia sigei. They are used by (Hand et al., 2023) to explore the phylogenetic position of this species, to infer its laryngeal echolocating capabilities, and to eventually discuss chiropteran evolution before the crown clade diversification. 

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3D model related to the publication: On Roth’s “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: morphological and genetic analysis
 
Lumila P. Menéndez, Idalia G. López Cruz and Thomas Schmelzle
Published online: 06/10/2023

Keywords: 3D cranial reconstruction; anthropology collections; Argentinean Pampas; Holocene; Santiago Roth

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.202

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in the publication : On Roth’s “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: morphological and genetic analysis. The “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is a collection of skeleton parts first recovered by Swiss paleontologist Santiago Roth and further studied by anthropologist Rudolf Martin. By the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century it was considered as one of the oldest human skeletons from the southern cone. We studied the cranial anatomy and contextualized the ancient individual remains. We discuss the context of the finding, conducted an osteobiographical assessment and performed a 3D virtual reconstruction of the skull, using micro-CT-scans on selected skull fragments and the mandible. This was followed by the extraction of bone tissue and teeth samples for radiocarbon and genetic analyses, which brought only limited results due to poor preservation and possible contamination. We estimate that the individual from Baradero is a middle-aged adult male. We conclude that the revision of foundational collections with current methodological tools brings new insights and clarifies long held assumptions on the significance of samples that were recovered when archaeology was not yet professionalized. 
      

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Current Issue

  Fossil reconstruction
Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart
Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin
Published online: 19/07/2023

Keywords: Kimmeridgian; Late Jurassic; Metriorhynchidae; paleoart; Thalattosuchia

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.178

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    The democratization of 3D techniques in recent years provides exciting new opportunities for the study of complex fossils. In the present contribution, we provide a virtual reconstruction of a partial, disarticulated metriorhynchid (Metriorhynchidae, Thalattosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) skull from the Late Jurassic of northwestern Switzerland. This virtual reconstruction was used to produce high quality scientific illustrations of the whole skull for descriptive purposes. The reconstructed skull also served for the estimation of the total body length of the specimen and to propose a life reconstruction of the animal in its paleoenvironment. In an effort for transparency, we review the sources that were consulted for the life reconstruction and explain the choices that we had to make. 

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3D model related to the publication: An eosimiid primate of South Asian affinities in the Paleogene of Western Amazonia and the origin of New World monkeys
Laurent Marivaux, Francisco R. Negri and Ana M. Ribeiro
Published online: 04/07/2023

Keywords: Brazilian Amazonia; early Anthropoidea; Eosimiidae; Paleobiogeography; Platyrrhini

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.188

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional digital model of one isolated fossil tooth of an anthropoid primate (Ashaninkacebus simpsoni), discovered in sedimentary deposits located on the upper Rio Juruá in State of Acre, Brazil (Western Amazonia). This fossil was described, figured and discussed in the following publication: Marivaux et al. (2023), An eosimiid primate of South Asian affinities in the Paleogene of Western Amazonia and the origin of New World monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301338120  
      

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3D models related to the publication: “Molar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological time scale?”
 
Sabrina Renaud, Ronan Ledevin, Caroline Romestaing and Emilie A. Hardouin
Published online: 28/07/2023

Keywords: dental functional morphology; mastication; Mus musculus domesticus; Sub-Antarctic environment

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.200

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    This contribution contains 3D models of upper molar rows of house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) belonging to Western European commensal and Sub-Antarctic feral populations. These two groups are characterized by different patterns of wear and alignment of the three molars along the row, related to contrasted masticatory demand in relation with their diet. These models are analyzed in the following publication: Renaud et al 2023, “Molar wear in house mice, insight into diet preferences at an ecological time scale?”, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad091
      

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3D models related to the publication: A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology
Giovanni Bianucci, Olivier Lambert, Mario Urbina, Marco Merella, Alberto Collareta, Florent Goussard, Rebecca Bennion, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, Aldo Benites-Palomino, Klaas . Post, Christian de Muizon, Giulia Bosio, Claudio Di Celma, Elisa Malinverno, Pietro P. Pierantoni, Igor Maria Villa and Eli Amson
Published online: 04/08/2023

Keywords: Archaeoceti; Basilosauridae; bone mass increase; Eocene; pachyosteosclerosis

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.187

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Bianucci et al. 2023, A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology, Nature. These include bones of the holotype of new species Perucetus colossus (MUSM 3248), as well as the articulated skeleton of Cynthiacetus peruvianus (holotype, MNHN.F.PRU10). The latter was used to estimate the total skeleton volume of P. colossus

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3D models related to the publication: New remains of Neotropical bunodont litopterns and the systematics of Megadolodinae (Mammalia: Litopterna)
Juan D. Carrillo, Catalina Suarez, Aldo Benites-Palomino, Andrés Vanegas, Andrés Link, Aldo F. Rincón, Javier Luque, Siobhán . Cooke, Melissa Tallman and Guillaume Billet
Published online: 31/08/2023

Keywords: fossils; La Venta; Litopterna; Miocene; South America

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.174

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in: New remains of Neotropical bunodont litopterns and the systematics of Megadolodinae (Mammalia: Litopterna). Geodiversitas. 

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3D models related to the publication: A new large pantherine and a sabre-toothed cat (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene hominoid-bearing Khorat sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand.
Camille Grohé, Arnaud Mazurier, Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli, Louis D. Bonis, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Olivier Chavasseau, Kantapon Suraprasit, Mana Rugbumrung and Jean-Jacques Jaeger
Published online: 04/09/2023

Keywords: Neogene; Pantherinae; Southeast Asia

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.206

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Bonis et al. 2023. A new large pantherine and a sabre-toothed cat (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene hominoid-bearing Khorat sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand. The Science of Nature 110(5):42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-023-01867-4
      

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A 3D reconstruction of the skull of the West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
 
Luigi Manuelli, Raphael Covain and Lionel Cavin
Published online: 14/09/2023

Keywords: coelacanth; Computed Tomography; Cranial osteology; Latimeria

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.211

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    We provide a 3D reconstruction of the skull of Latimeria chalumnae that can be easily accessed and visualized for a better understanding of its cranial anatomy. Different skeletal elements are saved as separate PLY files that can be combined to visualize the entire skull or isolated to virtually dissect the skull. We included some guidelines for a fast and easy visualization of the 3D skull. 

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3D model related to the publication: A stem therian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Germany
Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov, Julia A. Schultz and Achim . Schwermann
Published online: 19/09/2023

Keywords: CT image stack; STL model; Theria; tooth; Tribosphenida

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.214

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    This contribution contains the 3D model described and figured in the following publication: Martin, T., Averianov, A. O., Schultz, J. A., & Schwermann, A. H. (2023). A stem therian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2224848. 

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3D model of Palaeolama sp. related to the publication: Endocranial casts of Camelops hesternus and Palaeolama sp., new insights into the recent history of the camelid brain.
 
Ana Balcarcel, Dylan Bastiaans and Maëva J. Orliac
Published online: 25/09/2023

Keywords: Artiodactyla; Camelidae; natural endocast; neocortex

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.190

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model of the endocranial cast of Palaeolama sp. from the mid-Pleistocene (~1.2 Mya) of South America, analyzed in Balcarcel et al. 2023.
      

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MorphoDig last news

MorphoDig 1.6.7

New feature in MorphoDig 1.6.7 ( https://morphomuseum.com/downloadMorphodig ):

  • Scalar values (median, mean etc.) can now be extracted along an axis of interest (for instance to extract thickness profiles along a relevant axis)