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A 3D geometric morphometric dataset quantifying skeletal variation in birds
Alexander Bjarnason Logo and Roger Benson Logo
Published online: 09/02/2021

Keywords: birds; geometric morphometrics; macroevolution; Morphology; skeleton

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.125

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    Macroevolution is integral to understanding the patterns of the diversification of life. As the life sciences increasingly use big data approaches, large multivariate datasets are required to test fundamental macroevolutionary hypotheses. In vertebrate evolution, large datasets have been created to quantify morphological variation, largely focusing on particular areas of the skeleton. We provide a landmarking protocol to quantify morphological variation in skeletal elements across the head, trunk, hindlimb and forelimb using 3-dimensional landmarks and semilandmarks, and present a large pan-skeletal database of bird morphology for 149 taxa across avian phylogeny using CT scan data. This large collection of 3D models and geometric morphometric data is open access and can be used in the future for new research, teaching and outreach. The 3D models and CT scans of the 149 specimens related to this project can be downloaded at MorphoSource (https://www.morphosource.org/projects/00000C420

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Published in Volume 07, issue 01 (2021)

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3D models related to the publication: Exon capture museomics deciphers the nine-banded armadillo species complex and identifies a new species endemic to the Guiana Shield.
Mathilde Barthe Logo, Lionel Hautier Logo, Guillaume Billet Logo, Anderson Feijó Logo, Benoit Moison Logo, Benoît de Thoisy Logo, François Catzeflis Logo and Frédéric Delsuc Logo
Published online: 28/06/2024

Keywords: carapace; Dasypus guianensis; holotype; skeleton; Xenarthra

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.204

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    This contribution contains 3D models of the holotype of a new species of long-nosed armadillos, the Guianan long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus guianensis) described in the following publication: Barthe M., Rancilhac L., Arteaga M. C., Feijó A., Tilak M.-K., Justy F., Loughry W. J., McDonough C. M., de Thoisy B., Catzeflis F., Billet G., Hautier L., Nabholz B., and Delsuc F. 2024. Exon capture museomics deciphers the nine-banded armadillo species complex and identifies a new species endemic to the Guiana Shield. Systematic Biology, syae027. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027
      

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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3D model related to the publication: Cranial Anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology
Sonam Patel, Avinash C. Nanda, Maëva J. Orliac Logo and J. G. M. Thewissen Logo
Published online: 25/09/2024

Keywords: Artiodactyla; Cetacea; skull anatomy

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.216

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model of the skull of the raoellid Indohyus indirae described in Patel et al. 2024.
      

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Published in Volume 10, issue 03 (2024)

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Digital restoration of the snout of Khirtharia inflata (Raoellidae,  Artiodactyla) from the middle Eocene of northwest Himalaya
Maëva J. Orliac Logo, Mohd Waqas Logo, Rajendra Rana Logo and Thierry Smith Logo
Published online: 20/06/2024

Keywords: Cetacea; incisor; India; raoellid

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.224

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    In this work, we digitally restore the snout of the raoellide Khirtharia inflata from the Kalakot area (Rajouri District, Jammu & Kashmir, India). Raoellids are small, semiaquatic ungulates closely related to cetaceans. The specimen is fairly complete and preserves left and right maxillaries, left premaxillary, and part of the anterior and jugal dentition. The digital restoration of this quite complete but deformed specimen of Khirtharia inflata is a welcome addition to the data available for raoellids and will be used to further the understanding of the origins of cetaceans.
      

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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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 Logo, Ronan Ledevin Logo, Caroline Romestaing Logo and Emilie A. Hardouin Logo
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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Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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The petrosal bone of Prodremotherium sp. (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia).
Alexandre Assemat Logo and Nicolas L. M. Brualla Logo
Published online: 13/02/2015

Keywords: Late Oligocene; MP 26; MP 28; periotic bone; ruminant

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.1.2.e1

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    This project presents the 3D models of two isolated petrosals from the Oligocene locality of Pech de Fraysse (Quercy, France) here attributed to the genus Prodremotherium Filhol, 1877. Our aim is to describe the petrosal morphology of this Oligocene “early ruminant” as only few data are available in the literature for Oligocene taxa. 

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Published in Vol. 01, Issue 02 (2015)

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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 Logo and Maëva J. Orliac Logo
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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Published in Volume 09, issue 04 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Morphogenesis of the inner ear at different stages of normal human development
Saki Toyoda, Naoto Shiraki, Shigehito Yamada Logo, Chigako Uwabe, Hirohiko Imai Logo, Tetsuya Matsuda Logo, Akio Yoneyama Logo, Tohoru Takeda and Tetsuya Takakuwa Logo
Published online: 22/10/2015

Keywords: human embryo; human inner ear; magnetic resonance imaging; phase-contrast X-ray CT; three-dimensional reconstruction

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.1.3.e6

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in: Toyoda S et al., 2015, Morphogenesis of the inner ear at different stages of normal human development. The Anatomical Record. doi : 10.1002/ar.23268 

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Published in Volume 01, Issue 03 (2015)

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3D models related to the publication: The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans
Camille Grohé Logo, Louis de Bonis Logo, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Jérôme Surault Logo and Jean-Jacques Jaeger Logo
Published online: 03/06/2020

Keywords: Carnivora; Mustelidae; otters; skull; upper teeth

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.109

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Grohé C., Bonis L. de, Chaimanee Y., Chavasseau O., Rugbumrung M., Yamee C., Suraprasit K., Gibert C., Surault J., Blondel C., Jaeger J.-J. 2020. The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans. American Museum Novitates. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7223 

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    Siamogale bounosa MM-54 View specimen

    M3#505

    3D model of the skull of Siamogale bounosa The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

    doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.505   state:published




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    Vishnuonyx maemohensis MM-78 View specimen

    M3#506

    3D model of the skull of Vishnuonyx maemohensis The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

    doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.506   state:published




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    3D model of the reconstructed upper teeth of Vishnuonyx maemohensis The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

    doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.507   state:published




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Published in Volume 06, issue 03 (2020)

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3D models related to the publication: A new primate community from the earliest Oligocene of the Atlantic margin of Northwest Africa: Systematic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications
Laurent Marivaux Logo, Anne-Lise Charruault Logo and Mouloud Benammi Logo
Published online: 20/06/2024

Keywords: Africa; Anthropoidea; Atlantic Sahara; Eocene/Oligocene transition; Strepsirrhini

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.208

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional digital models of the dental fossil material of anthropoid and strepsirrhine primates, discovered in Lower Oligocene detrital deposits outcropping in the Porto Rico and El Argoub areas, east of the Dakhla peninsula region (Atlantic Sahara; in the south of Morocco, near the northern border of Mauritania). These fossils were described, figured and discussed in the following publication: Marivaux et al. (2024), A new primate community from the earliest Oligocene of the Atlantic margin of Northwest Africa: Systematic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Human Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103548 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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3D model related to the publication: Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Amynodontidae Scott & Osborn, 1883 (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea)
Léa Veine-Tonizzo Logo, Jérémy Tissier Logo, Maia Bukhsianidze, Davit Vasilyan Logo and Damien Becker Logo
Published online: 20/03/2023

Keywords: Amynodontidae; Eocene; Oligocene; phylogeny; Rhinocerotoidea

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.139

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model of a specimen of Metamynodon planifrons (UNISTRA.2015.0.1106) described and figured in: Veine-Tonizzo, L., Tissier, J., Bukhsianidze, M., Vasilyan, D., Becker, D., 2023, Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Amynodontidae Scott & Osborn, 1883 (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea). 

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Published in Volume 09, issue 01 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: First Eocene–Miocene anuran fossils from Peruvian Amazonia: insights into Neotropical frog evolution and diversity
Olivier Jansen Logo, Raúl O. Gómez Logo, Antoine Fouquet Logo, Laurent Marivaux Logo, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Logo and Pierre-Olivier Antoine Logo
Published online: 22/12/2023

Keywords: Amazonia; Anura; Brachycephaloidea; Cenozoic; Pipidae

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.210

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    The present contribution contains the 3D models of fossil humeri and ilia of anurans from various Eocene-Miocene deposits of Peruvian Amazonia. These fossils were described and figured in the following publication: Jansen et al. (2023), First Eocene–Miocene anuran fossils from Peruvian Amazonia: insights into Neotropical frog evolution and diversity. Papers in Palaeontology, The Palaeontological Association.
     
      

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Published in Volume 09, issue 04 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: The endocranial cast of Indohyus (Artiodactyla, Raoellidae): the origin of the cetacean brain
 
Maëva J. Orliac Logo and J. G. M. Thewissen Logo
Published online: 27/04/2021

Keywords: brain; Cetacea; CT scan; endocast; Eocene

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.137

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the endocranial cast of two specimens of Indohyus indirae described in the article entitled “The endocranial cast of Indohyus (Artiodactyla, Raoellidae): the origin of the cetacean brain” (Orliac and Thewissen, 2021). They represent the cast of the main cavity of the braincase as well as associated intraosseous sinuses.
      

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Published in Volume 07, issue 02 (2021)

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Skeletogenesis during the late embryonic development of the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes; Neoselachii)
Sébastien Enault, Sylvain Adnet Logo and Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud Logo
Published online: 25/04/2016

Keywords: Chondrichthyes; development; mineralization; Scyliorhinus canicula; skeleton

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.1.4.e2

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    Current knowledge on the skeletogenesis of Chondrichthyes is scarce compared with their extant sister group, the bony fishes. Most of the previously described developmental tables in Chondrichthyes have focused on embryonic external morphology only. Due to its small body size and relative simplicity to raise eggs in laboratory conditions, the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula has emerged as a reference species to describe developmental mechanisms in the Chondrichthyes lineage. Here we investigate the dynamic of mineralization in a set of six embryonic specimens using X-ray microtomography and describe the developing units of both the dermal skeleton (teeth and dermal scales) and endoskeleton (vertebral axis). This preliminary data on skeletogenesis in the catshark sets the first bases to a more complete investigation of the skeletal developmental in Chondrichthyes. It should provide comparison points with data known in osteichthyans and could thus be used in the broader context of gnathostome skeletal evolution. 

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Published in Volume 01, Issue 04 (2016)

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3D models related to the publication: Comparative anatomy of the vocal apparatus in bats and implication for the diversity of laryngeal echolocation.
Nicolas L. M. Brualla Logo, Laura A. B. Wilson Logo, Vuong T. Tu Logo, Richard . Carter Logo and Daisuke Koyabu Logo
Published online: 28/06/2024

Keywords: Chiroptera; larynx; mammalian nasopharyngeal morphology; vocal tract; x-ray microtomography

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.219

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Brualla et al., 2024: Comparative anatomy of the vocal apparatus in bats and implication for the diversity of laryngeal echolocation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. zlad180. (https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad180). Bat larynges are understudied in the previous anatomical studies. The description and comparison of the different morphological traits might provide important proxies to investigate the evolutionary origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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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 Logo, Armita R. Manafzadeh Logo, Eva C. Herbst Logo, Eli Amson Logo, Pablo S. Tambusso Logo, Patrick Arnold Logo and John A. Nyakatura Logo
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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Published in Volume 09, issue 04 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Cranial anatomy of Hypisodus minimus (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia) from the Oligocene Brule Formation of North America
Hannah Keppeler, Julia A. Schultz Logo, Irina Ruf Logo and Thomas Martin Logo
Published online: 09/03/2023

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; CT data set; Hypertragulidae; skull

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.176

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Keppeler, H., Schultz, J. A., Ruf, I., & Martin, T., 2023. Cranial anatomy of Hypisodus minimus (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia) from the Oligocene Brule Formation of North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 

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    Hypisodus minimus SMNK-PAL 27212 View specimen

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    CT image stack of a skull of Hypisodus minimus. Also includes a lumbar vertebra and a probable proximal phalanx of digit III or IV.

    Type: "3D_CT"

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    M3#1036

    3D surface models of a skull of Hypisodus minimus (SMNK-PAL27212). The data includes a surface model for: basisphenoid, tympanic bullae, ethmoid (lamina perpendicularis), frontals, jugal (left), jugal (right), lacrimals, lower dentition, mandibles, mastoid processes, maxillaries, maxilloturbinals, nasals, occipital, palatine, parietals, petrosals, presphenoid, squamosals, turbinates, upper dentition, and the vomer.

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    Hypisodus minimus SMNK-PAL 27213 View specimen

    M3#1033

    CT image stack of a skull of Hypisodus minimus. Also shows numerous postcranial material including an atlas articulated with the occipital bone, the distal part of a left humerus articulated to radius and ulna, a part of a femur, a part of a tibia and fibula, unidentifiable tarsal bones, parts of the metatarsals II, III, IV and V and their phalanges, a proximal phalanx of digit III or IV, a middle phalanx of digit III or IV, a possible patella and calcaneus, as well as numerous unidentifiable broken bony fragments.

    Type: "3D_CT"

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    3D surface models of a skull of Hypisodus minimus (SMNK-PAL27213). The data includes a surface model for: atlas, basisphenoid, tympanic bullae, nasals, occipital, the petrosals, and the inner ear.

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Published in Volume 09, issue 01 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Patterns of bilateral asymmetry and allometry in Late Devonian Polygnathus conodonts
Catherine Girard, Anne-Lise Charruault Logo, Ronan Ledevin Logo and Sabrina Renaud Logo
Published online: 03/03/2021

Keywords: Conodonts; Late Devonian; Polygnathus communis; Polygnathus glaber

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.126

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    This contribution contains the 3D models of the set of Famennian conodont elements belonging to the species Polygnathus glaber and Polygnathus communis analyzed in the following publication: Renaud et al. 2021: Patterns of bilateral asymmetry and allometry in Late Devonian Polygnathus. Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12513 

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Published in Volume 07, issue 02 (2021)

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3D models related to the publication: Pushing the boundary? Testing the ‘functional elongation hypothesis’ of the giraffe’s neck
Marilena A. Müller, Luisa J. Merten Logo, Christine Böhmer and John A. Nyakatura Logo
Published online: 12/01/2021

Keywords: cetartiodactyla; Comparative anatomy; neck; Vertebrae; vertebral column

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.129

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    This contribution contains the 3D models analyzed in Müller et al. (2021) “Pushing the boundary? Testing the ‘functional elongation hypothesis’ of the giraffe’s neck”. 

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Published in Volume 07, issue 01 (2021)

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3D models related to the publication: Virtual endocasts of Clevosaurus brasiliensis and the tuatara: rhynchocephalian neuroanatomy and the oldest endocranial record for Lepidosauria
 
Lívia Roese-Miron Logo, Marc Jones Logo, José D. Ferreira Logo and Annie Hsiou Logo
Published online: 11/05/2023

Keywords: endocast; Ontogeny; Rhynchocephalia; Sphenodon punctatus; Triassic

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.185

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in the following manuscript: L. Roese-Miron, M.E.H. Jones, J.D. Ferreira and A.S. Hsiou., 2023. Virtual endocasts of Clevosaurus brasiliensis and the tuatara: Rhynchocephalian neuroanatomy and the oldest endocranial record for Lepidosauria.
      

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Published in Volume 09, issue 02 (2023)

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