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 N. Di Celma , Elisa Malinverno , Pietro P. Pierantoni , Igor Maria Villa and Eli Amson

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. 

Perucetus colossus MUSM 3248 View specimen

M3#1131 Thirteen vertebrae, rib, and innominate of Perucetus colossus (holotype, MUSM NNNN). Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1131   state:published

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Cynthiacetus peruvianus MNHN.F.PRU10 View specimen

M3#1130 Articulated skeleton of the holotype of Cynthiacetus peruvianus MNHN.F.PRU10 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1130   state:published

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