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September 2021
Volume 07, issue 03
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3D models of inner ears of dogs, wolves and dingoes

3D models of Late Devonian Polygnathus

3D models of the enamel-dentine junctions of upper third molars and of the bony labyrinths in extant cercopithecoids.

3D models of cetartiodactyl cervicothoracic vertebrae

Internal tooth structure of Neolithic humans

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Bony labyrinth (9) , Inner ear (8) , skull (6) , Eocene (6) , South America (6)

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Lionel Hautier (13) , Maëva Orliac (13) , Rodolphe Tabuce (9) , Leonardo Kerber (9) , Bastien Mennecart (8)

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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.

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Brain damage: the endocranial cast of Mixtotherium cuspidatum (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Victor Brun Museum (Montauban, France)
Maëva Orliac, Hugo Bouaziz and Romain Weppe
Published online: 2021-11-25

Keywords: artiodactyl; Late Eocene; Quercy

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.158

Abstract

Our knowledge of the external brain morphology of the late Eocene artiodactyl ungulate Mixtotherium, relies on a plaster model realized on a specimen from the Victor Brun Museum in Montauban (France) and described by Dechaseaux (1973). Here, based on micro CT-scan data, we virtually reconstruct the 3D cast of the empty cavity of the partial cranium MA PHQ 716 from the Victor Brun Museum and compare it to the plaster model illustrated and described by Dechaseaux (1973). Indeed, the specimen from which the original plaster endocast originates was not identified by Dechaseaux by a specimen number. We confirm here that the studied specimen was indeed the one described and illustrated by Dechaseaux (1973). We also reconstruct a second, more detailed, model providing additional morphological and quantitative observations made available by micro CT scan investigation such as precisions on the neopallium folding and endocranial volumes.
  

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Datasets in press

3D models related to the publication: The neuroanatomy of Zulmasuchus querejazus (Crocodylomorpha, Sebecidae) and its implications for the paleoecology of sebecosuchians
Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux, Jeremy Martin, Stéphane Jouve, Gwendal . Perrichon, Jérôme . Adrien, Céline Salaviale, Christian de Muizon, Ricardo Cespedes and Romain Amiot
Published online: 2021-11-26

Keywords: Bolivia; Crocodylomorpha; paleoneuroanatomy; Sebecidae; Zulmasuchus

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.148

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Pochat-Cottilloux Y., Martin J.E., Jouve S., Perrichon G., Adrien J., Salaviale C., de Muizon C., Cespedes R. & Amiot R. (2021). The neuroanatomy of Zulmasuchus querejazus (Crocodylomorpha, Sebecidae) and its implications for the paleoecology of sebecosuchians. The Anatomical Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24826 

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3D models related to the publication: New middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern.
Lionel Hautier, Rodolphe Tabuce, Koffi E. Kassegne, Yawovi Z. Amoudji, Mickaël Mourlam, Maëva Orliac, Frédéric Quillévéré, Anne-Lise Charruault, Ampah K. Johnson and Guillaume Guinot
Published online: 2021-11-17

Keywords: Comparative anatomy; Middle Eocene; Molar; Proboscidea; Togo

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.145

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Hautier L, Tabuce R, Kassegne KE, Amoudji YZ, Mourlam M, Orliac M, Quillévéré F, Charruault A-L, Johnson AKC, Guinot G. 2021. New middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern. 

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3D models related to the publication: Postcranial morphology of the extinct rodent Neoepiblema (Rodentia: Chinchilloidea): insights into the paleobiology of neoepiblemids
Leonardo Kerber, Adriana M. Candela, José D. Ferreira, Flávio A. Pretto, Jamile Bubadué and Francisco R. Negri
Published online: 2021-10-20

Keywords: Chinchilloidea; functional morphology; Giant rodents; Neogene; Solimões Formation.

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.140

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    This contribution contains the 3D models of postcranial bones (humerus, ulna, innominate, femur, tibia, astragalus, navicular, and metatarsal III) described and figured in the following publication: “Postcranial morphology of the extinct rodent Neoepiblema (Rodentia: Chinchilloidea): insights into the paleobiology of neoepiblemids”. 

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3D models related to the publication: Phylogenetic implications of the systematic reassessment of Xenacanthiformes and ‘Ctenacanthiformes’ (Chondrichthyes) neurocrania from the Carboniferous-Permian Autun Basin (France)
Vincent Luccisano, Mizuki Rambert-Natsuaki, Gilles Cuny, Romain Amiot, Jean-Marc Pouillon and Alan Pradel
Published online: 2021-10-20

Keywords: Carboniferous; neurocranium; Permian; Xenacanthiformes; ‘Ctenacanthiformes’

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.155

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of Carboniferous-Permian chondrichthyan neurocrania analyzed in “Phylogenetic implications of the systematic reassessment of Xenacanthiformes and ‘Ctenacanthiformes’ (Chondrichthyes) neurocrania from the Carboniferous-Permian Autun Basin (France)”. 

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3D model related to the publication: A fossil terrestrial fauna from Tobène (Senegal) provides a unique early Pliocene window in western Africa
Fabrice Lihoreau, Raphaël Sarr, Dominique Chardon, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Renaud Lebrun, Sylvain Adnet, Jérémy E. Martin, Bernard Sambou, Rodolphe Tabuce, Moustapha Thiam and Lionel Hautier
Published online: 2021-06-24

Keywords: Carnivora; Femur; Lutrinae; Pliocene; Senegal

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.102

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    The present contribution contains the 3D virtual restoration of a Pliocene Lutrine right femur of Tobène, Senegal, described and figured in Lihoreau et al. (2021) : "A fossil terrestrial fauna from Tobène (Senegal) provides a unique early Pliocene window in Western Africa ". https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.06.013 

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3D models related to the publication: On the “cartilaginous rider” in the endocasts of turtle brain cavities
Ingmar Werneburg, Serjoscha W. Evers and Gabriel S. Ferreira
Published online: 2021-07-09

Keywords: braincase; Cryptodira; Pleurodira; skull endocasts; Testudinata

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.146

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    The present 3D Dataset contains 26 3D models analyzed in the study: On the “cartilaginous rider” in the endocasts of turtle brain cavities, published by the authors in the journal Vertebrate Zoology. 

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3D models related to the publication: An unpredicted ancient colonization of the West Indies by North American rodents: dental evidence of a geomorph from the early Oligocene of Puerto Rico
Laurent MARIVAUX, Jorge Vélez-Juarbe and Pierre-Olivier ANTOINE
Published online: 2021-07-16

Keywords: Caribbean islands; Geomorpha; Paleobiogeography; Paleogene; Rodentia

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.128

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    This contribution provides the raw files for the μCT-scan data and renderings of the three-dimensional digital models of two fossil teeth of a geomyin geomorph rodent (Caribeomys merzeraudi), discovered from lower Oligocene deposits of Puerto Rico, San Sebastian Formation (locality LACM Loc. 8060). These fossils were described, figured and discussed in the following publication: Marivaux et al. (2021), An unpredicted ancient colonization of the West Indies by North American rodents: dental evidence of a geomorph from the early Oligocene of Puerto Rico. Papers in Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1388 

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    Caribeomys merzeraudi LACM 162478 View specimen

    M3#712_LACM 162478

    Right lower dp4: isolated deciduous premolar. The specimen was scanned with a resolution of 5 µm using a μ-CT-scanning station EasyTom 150 / Rx Solutions (Montpellier RIO Imaging, ISE-M, Montpellier, France). AVIZO 7.1 (Visualization Sciences Group) software was used for visualization, segmentation, and 3D rendering. This isolated tooth was prepared within a “labelfield” module of AVIZO, using the segmentation threshold selection tool.

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

    3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.712  



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    M3#714_LACM 162478

    5µm µCT data set . Right lower dp4: isolated deciduous premolar. The specimen was scanned with a resolution of 5 µm using a μ-CT-scanning station EasyTom 150 / Rx Solutions (Montpellier RIO Imaging, ISE-M, Montpellier, France).

    Type: "3D_CT"

    doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.714  



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    Caribeomys merzeraudi LACM 162449 View specimen

    M3#713_LACM 162449

    Right lower molar (m1 or m2). The specimen was scanned with a resolution of 4.5 µm using a μ-CT-scanning station EasyTom 150 / Rx Solutions (Montpellier RIO Imaging, ISE-M, Montpellier, France). AVIZO 7.1 (Visualization Sciences Group) software was used for visualization, segmentation, and 3D rendering. This isolated tooth was prepared within a “labelfield” module of AVIZO, using the segmentation threshold selection tool.

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

    3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.713  



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    M3#715_LACM 162449

    µCT data at 4.5µm

    Type: "3D_CT"

    doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.715  



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3D models related to the publication: Wild versus lab house mice: Effects of age, diet, and genetics on molar geometry and topography.
Sabrina Renaud, Caroline Romestaing and Yoland . Savriama
Published online: 2021-08-06

Keywords: dental functional morphology; geometric morphometrics; hybridization; mastication; occlusal relief

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.141

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    This contribution contains 3D models of upper molar rows of house mice (Mus musculus domesticus). The erupted part of the right row is presented for specimens belonging to four groups: wild-trapped mice, wild-derived lab offspring, a typical laboratory strain (Swiss) and hybrids between wild-derived and Swiss mice. These models are analyzed in the following publication: Savriama et al 2021: Wild versus lab house mice: Effects of age, diet, and genetics on molar geometry and topography. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13529 

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3D model related to the publication: The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia
Christophe Hendrickx and Phil Bell
Published online: 2021-08-14

Keywords: Abelisauridae; Integument; non-avian Theropoda; Scales

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.149

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in Hendrickx, C. and Bell, P. R. 2021. The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Cretaceous Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104994 

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    Carnotaurus sastrei MACN 894 View specimen

    M3#802_MACN 894

    3D reconstruction of the biggest patch of skin (~1200 cm2) from the anterior tail region of the holotype of Carnotaurus, which is the largest single patch of squamous integument available for any saurischian. The skin consists of medium to large (up to 65 mm in diameter) conical feature scales surrounded by a network of low and small (< 14 mm) irregular basement scales separated by narrow interstitial tissue.

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3D models related to the publication: The early evolution of cranial appendages in Bovoidea revealed by new species of Amphimoschus (Mammalia: Ruminantia) from China
Yi-Kun Li, Bastien Mennecart, Manuela Aiglstorfer, Xi-Jun Ni, Qiang Li and Tao Deng
Published online: 2021-09-07

Keywords: mandible; Miocene; ruminant; skull

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.151

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the holotype mandible and referred fragmented skull of the new species Amphimoschus xishuiensis analyzed in the article Li, Y.-K., Mennecart, B., Aiglstorfer, M., Ni, X.-J., Li, Q., Deng, T. 2021. The early evolution of cranial appendages in Bovoidea revealed by new species of Amphimoschus (Mammalia: Ruminantia) from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab053 

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3D model related to the publication: A Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Middle-Late Holocene landscapes of the Brazilian Northeast (Bahia): submerged cave deposits and stable isotopes
Leonardo S. Lobo, Leandro D. O. Salles and Carlos R. Moraes Neto
Published online: 2021-09-09

Keywords: Caatinga biome; Carnivora; mammal; Photogrammetry

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.156

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model of a skull analyzed in “A Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Middle-Late Holocene landscapes of the Brazilian Northeast (Bahia): submerged cave deposits and stable isotopes”. The 3D model was generated by photogrammetry. 

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3D models related to the publication: Endocranium and ecology of Eurotherium theriodis, a European hyaenodont mammal from the Lutetian
Morgane Dubied, Floréal Solé and Bastien Mennecart
Published online: 2021-09-09

Keywords: brain; ecology; Eocene; Hyaenodonta; Phylogeny

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.84

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in the article : Dubied et al. (2021), Endocranium and ecology of Eurotherium theriodis, a European hyaenodont mammal from the Lutetian. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2021, https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00771.2020 

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3D models related to the publication: An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Togo
Georgios L. Georgalis, Guillaume Guinot, Koffi E. Kassegne, Yawovi Z. Amoudji, Ampah K. Johnson, Henri Cappetta and Lionel Hautier
Published online: 2021-09-24

Keywords: Africa; Eocene; Palaeophis; Serpentes; vertebral anatomy

doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.154

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Georgalis, G.L., G. Guinot, K.E. Kassegne, Y.Z. Amoudji, A.K.C. Johnson, H. Cappetta and L. Hautier. 2021. An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Togo. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-021-00236-w 

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MorphoDig 1.6.4

MorphoDig 1.6.4  ( https://morphomuseum.com/downloadMorphoDig ) fixes a few minor bugs relative with landmark and semi-landmark digitization