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The Fossils of Speothos pacivorus (Carnivora: Canidae) at the Peter Lund/Quaternary Collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark
Juan V. Ruiz Logo, Christina Kyriakouli Logo, Kasper Hansen Logo, Carsten Gundlach Logo, Gabriel S. Ferreira Logo, Fabio A. Machado Logo, Pedro L. Godoy Logo, Mariela C. Castro Logo and Felipe C. Montefeltro Logo
Published online: 14/05/2024

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; Canidae; Lagoa Santa Karst; Pleistocene; Speothos

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.229

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    Speothos pacivorus is an extinct South American canid (Canidae: Cerdocyonina) from the Pleistocene of Lagoa Santa Karst, Central Brazil. This taxon is one of the hypercarnivore canids that vanished from the continent at the end of Pleistocene. Although all remains of Speothos pacivorus were collected in the 19th century by the Danish naturalist Peter W. Lund, few studies have committed to an in-depth analysis of the taxon and the known specimens. Here, we analyzed all biological remains of S. pacivorus hosted in the Peter Lund/Quaternary Collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, by listing and illustrating all its specimens known to date. We also conducted a reconstruction of the holotype, an almost complete cranium, based on a µCT scan, producing an undeformed and crack-free three-dimensional model. With this data available we aim to foster new research on this elusive species. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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CT scan data for the original holotype of Hamadasuchus rebouli Buffetaut 1994
Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux Logo, Joël Lachambre Logo, Romain Amiot Logo and Jeremy E. Martin Logo
Published online: 06/02/2024

Keywords: Crocodylomorpha; CT scan; Hamadasuchus; Kem Kem; Morocco

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.222

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    The holotype of Hamadasuchus rebouli Buffetaut 1994 from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco (Late Albian – Cenomanian) consists of a left dentary which is limited, fragmentary and reconstructed in some areas. To aid in assessing if the original diagnosis can be considered as valid, the specimen was CT scanned for the first time. This is especially important to resolve the taxonomic status of certain specimens that have been assigned to Hamadasuchus rebouli since then. The reconstructed structures in this contribution are in agreement with the original description, notably in terms of alveolar count; thus the original diagnosis of this taxon remains valid and some specimens are not referable to H. rebouli anymore. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 01 (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: Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia.
Myriam Boivin Logo, Laurent Marivaux Logo, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Logo and Pierre-Olivier Antoine Logo
Published online: 08/03/2023

Keywords: Caviomorpha; Laventan; Paleobiogeography; Peru; Systematics

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.189

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional digital models of a part of the dental fossil material (the large specimens) of caviomorph rodents, discovered in late middle Miocene detrital deposits of the TAR-31 locality in Peruvian Amazonia (San Martín, Peru). These fossils were described, figured and discussed in the following publication: Boivin, Marivaux et al. (2021), Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0258455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258455
      

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Published in Volume 09, issue 01 (2023)

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

Keywords: artiodactyl; Late Eocene; Quercy

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.158

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    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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Published in Volume 07, issue 04 (2021)

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3D surface scan of the type specimen of Molassitherium delemontense Becker and Antoine, 2013: use of a 3D model for research and conservation issues
Olivier Maridet Logo, Gaëtan Rauber, Martine Rochat, Renaud Roch, Jérémy Tissier Logo, Jérémy Anquetin Logo and Damien Becker Logo
Published online: 19/02/2019

Keywords: Conservation; Early Oligocene; Rhinocerotidae; Switzerland

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.82

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    This contribution provides for the first time the 3D model of the type specimen of Molassitherium delemontense (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) described in the following publication: Becker et al. (2013), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Vol. 11, Issue 8, 947–972, https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2012.699007. Conservation issues of the specimen and solutions using 3D model and 3D prints are detailed. 

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Published in Volume 05, issue 02 (2019)

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3D atlas and comparative osteology of the middle ear ossicles among Eulipotyphla (Mammalia, Placentalia).
Daisuke Koyabu Logo
Published online: 03/05/2017

Keywords: aquatic adaptation; convergence; Eulipotyphla; fossorial adaptation; hearing

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.2.e3

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    Considerable morphological variations are found in the middle ear among mammals. Here I present a three-dimensional atlas of the middle ear ossicles of eulipotyphlan mammals. This group has radiated into various environments as terrestrial, aquatic, and subterranean habitats independently in multiple lineages. Therefore, eulipotyphlans are an ideal group to explore the form-function relationship of the middle ear ossicles. This comparative atlas of hedgehogs, true shrews, water shrews, mole shrews, true moles, and shrew moles encourages future studies of the middle ear morphology of this diverse group.
      

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Published in Volume 03, Issue 02 (2017)

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Osteological connexions of the petrosal bone of the extant Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis
Maëva J. Orliac Logo, Franck Guy Logo and Renaud Lebrun Logo
Published online: 24/10/2014

Keywords: Artiodactyla; bulla; ear region; pygmy hippo; sinus

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.1.1.e1

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    This project presents the osteological connexions of the petrosal bone of the extant Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis by a virtual osteological dissection of the ear region. The petrosal, the bulla, the sinuses and the major morphological features surrounding the petrosal bone are labelled, both in situ and in an exploded model presenting disassembly views. The directional underwater hearing mode of Hippopotamidae is discussed based on the new observations. 

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Published in Vol. 01, Issue 01 (2015)

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3D model related to the publication: A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the Late Oligocene
Wasim A. Wazir Logo, Rajeev Patnaik Logo, Ramesh K. Sehgal, Navin Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Ningthoujam P. Singh, Mohd A. Wazir and Deepak Choudhary
Published online: 24/04/2025

Keywords: Himalaya; Ladakh Molasse; Oligocene; Snake; Vertebra

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.271

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in Wazir, W. A., Sehgal, R. K., Čerňanský, A., Patnaik, R., Kumar, N., Singh, A. P. and Singh, N. P. 2022. A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), e2058401. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.2058401
      

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Published in Volume 11, issue 02 (2025)

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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 models related to the publication: Neuroanatomy and pneumaticity of the extinct Malagasy ‘horned’ crocodile Voay robustus and its implications for crocodylid phylogeny and palaeoecology.
Gwendal Perrichon Logo, Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux Logo, Davide Conedera, Pascale Richardin Logo, Vincent Fernandez Logo, Lionel Hautier Logo and Jeremy E. Martin Logo
Published online: 22/12/2023

Keywords: brain endocast; Malagasy crocodiles; neurovascular system; paratympanic sinus

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.205

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in: Perrichon et al., 2023. Neuroanatomy and pneumaticity of Voay robustus and its implications for crocodylid phylogeny and palaeoecology. 

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Published in Volume 09, issue 04 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Description of the first cranium and endocranial structures of Stenoplesictis minor (Mammalia, Carnivora), an early aeluroid from the Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (southwestern France)
Camille Grohé Logo, Jérôme Surault Logo, Axelle Gardin Logo and Louis de Bonis Logo
Published online: 08/05/2022

Keywords: Aeluroidea; bony labyrinth; brain endocast; stapes; Stenoplesictoid

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.166

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Bonis, L. de, Grohé, C., Surault, J., Gardin, A. 2022. Description of the first cranium and endocranial structures of Stenoplesictis minor (Mammalia, Carnivora), an early aeluroid from the Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (southwestern France). Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2045980 

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Published in Volume 08, issue 02 (2022)

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3D models related to the publication: First records of extinct kentriodontid and squalodelphinid dolphins from the Upper Marine Molasse (Burdigalian age) of Switzerland and a reappraisal of the Swiss cetacean fauna.
Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández Logo, Jürg Jost and Sarah Hilfiker Logo
Published online: 19/04/2022

Keywords: bony labyrinth; inner ear; Kentriodontidae; Physeteridae; Squalodelphinidae

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.159

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Aguirre-Fernández G, Jost J, and Hilfiker S. 2022. First records of extinct kentriodontid and squalodelphinid dolphins from the Upper Marine Molasse (Burdigalian age) of Switzerland and a reappraisal of the Swiss cetacean fauna. 

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Published in Volume 08, issue 02 (2022)

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

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

https://doi.org/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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Published in Volume 07, issue 03 (2021)

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3D models related to the publication: Sacral co-ossification in dinosaurs: the oldest record of fused sacral vertebrae in Dinosauria and the diversity of sacral co-ossification patterns in the group
Débora Moro Logo, Leonardo Kerber Logo, Rodrigo T. Müller Logo and Flávio A. Pretto Logo
Published online: 10/11/2020

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https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.132

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the sacral vertebrae analyzed in “Sacral co-ossification in dinosaurs: The oldest record of fused sacral vertebrae in Dinosauria and the diversity of sacral co-ossification patterns in the group”.
      

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Published in Volume 06, issue 05 (2020)

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3D model related to the publication: From limb to fin: an Eocene protocetid forelimb from Senegal sheds new light on the early locomotor evolution of early cetaceans.
Quentin Vautrin Logo, Fabrice Lihoreau Logo, Bernard Sambou, Moustapha Thiam, Jeremy E. Martin Logo, Rodolphe Tabuce Logo, Sylvain Adnet Logo, Renaud Lebrun Logo, Anne-Lise Charruault Logo, Raphaël Sarr Logo and Lionel Hautier Logo
Published online: 26/08/2019

Keywords: Cetacea; Eocene; Forelimb; Protocetidae; Senegal

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.92

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in Vautrin et al. (2019), Palaeontology, From limb to fin: an Eocene protocetid forelimb from Senegal sheds new light on the early locomotor evolution of early cetaceans. 

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Published in Volume 05, issue 03 (2019)

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3D models related to the publication: The disappearing act of the magician tree snail: anatomy, distribution, and phylogenetic relationships of Drymaeus magus (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), a long-lost species hidden in plain sight
Rafael Rosa Logo, Rodrigo Salvador Logo and Daniel Cavallari Logo
Published online: 27/03/2025

Keywords: CT-scan; internal anatomy; Mollusca; Orthalicoidea; Stylommatophora

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.249

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    The present 3D dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in the publication: Rosa, R. M., Salvador, R. B., & Cavallari, D. C. (2025). The disappearing act of the magician tree snail: anatomy, distribution, and phylogenetic relationships of Drymaeus magus (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), a long-lost species hidden in plain sight. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 

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Published in Volume 11, issue 01 (2025)

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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 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 Logo, Dylan Bastiaans and Maëva J. Orliac Logo
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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Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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3D models associated to: Paleoneurology of Artiodactyla, an overview of the evolution of the artiodactyl brain
 
Maëva J. Orliac Logo
Published online: 15/12/2022

Keywords: artiodactyl; brain; cerebrum; endocast; neopallium

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.180

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models illustrated and described in the chapter “Paleoneurology of Artiodactyla, an overview of the evolution of the artiodactyl brain” (Orliac et al. 2022) published in "Paleoneurology of amniotes: new directions in the study of fossil endocasts", edited by Dozo, Paulina-Carabajal, Macrini and Walsh.
      

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Published in Volume 08, issue 04 (2022)

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