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. 

Vielasia sigei UM VIE-250 View specimen

	M3#1269 External surface of the cranium Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1269   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1270 Virtual endocast of the right bony labyrinth Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1270   state:published	Download 3D surface file

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

Indohyus indirae RR 207 View specimen

M3#1259 dorsoventrally crushed skull Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1259   state:published

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Indohyus indirae RR 601 View specimen

M3#1268 dorsoventrally crushed skull Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1268   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in the following publication: Carolina A. Hoffmann, A. G. Martinelli & M. B. Andrade. 2023. Anatomy of the holotype of “Probelesodon” kitchingi revisited, a chiniquodontid cynodont (Synapsida, Probainognathia) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil, Journal of Paleontology 

Probelesodon kitchingi MCP 1600 PV View specimen

M3#1151 3D models of the skull with segmented bones and without the segmentation. colormap and orientation files also added. Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1151   state:published

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This contribution contains the 3D models of a set of Famennian conodont elements belonging to the species Icriodus alternatus analyzed in the following publication: Girard et al. 2022: Deciphering the morphological variation and its ontogenetic dynamics in the Late Devonian conodont Icriodus alternatus. 

Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 031 View specimen

M3#887 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.887   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 032 View specimen

M3#888 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.888   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 033 View specimen

M3#889 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.889   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 034 View specimen

M3#890 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.890   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 035 View specimen

M3#891 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.891   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 036 View specimen

M3#892 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.892   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 037 View specimen

M3#893 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.893   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 038 View specimen

M3#894 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.894   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 039 View specimen

M3#895 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.895   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 040 View specimen

M3#896 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.896   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 041 View specimen

M3#897 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.897   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 042 View specimen

M3#898 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.898   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 043 View specimen

M3#899 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.899   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 044 View specimen

M3#900 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.900   state:published

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Icriodus alternatus UM BUS 045 View specimen

M3#901 conodont element Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.901   state:published

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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 

Indet indet SN-Tob-12-02 View specimen

M3#441 Virtual restoration of SN-Tob-12-02 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.441   state:published

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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. 

Molassitherium delemontense MJSN POI007–245 View specimen

M3#384 Skull of Molassitherium delemontense Becker and Antoine, 2013 (in Becker et al. 2013): holotype Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.384   state:published

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This contribution contains the 3D models of the isolated teeth of Canaanimico amazonensis, a new stem platyrrhine primate, described and figured in the following publication: Marivaux et al. (2016), Neotropics provide insights into the emergence of New World monkeys: new dental evidence from the late Oligocene of Peruvian Amazonia. Journal of Human Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.05.011
  

Canaanimico amazonensis MUSM-2499 View specimen

M3#289 3D model of left upper M2 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.289   state:published

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Canaanimico amazonensis MUSM-2500 View specimen

M3#290 3D model of left upper M1 (lingual part) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.290   state:published

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This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Mourlam, M., Orliac, M. J. (2017), Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the Middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1328378
  

?Carolinacetus indet. UM KPG-M 164 View specimen

M3#132 left petrosal of ?Carolinacetus sp. from the locality of Kpogamé, Togo Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.132   state:published

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indet. indet. UM KPG-M 73 View specimen

	M3#133 labelled surface of the left petrosal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.133   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#134 left bullaof Protocetidae indeterminate from Kpogamé, Togo Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.134   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#135 petrotympanic complex of Protocetidae indeterminate from Kpogamé, Togo Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.135   state:published	Download 3D surface file

?Carolinacetus indet. UM KPG-M 33 View specimen

M3#136 left auditory bulla of a juvenile specimen of ?Carolinacetus sp. from Kpogamé, Togo Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.136   state:published

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Togocetus traversei UM KPG-M 80 View specimen

M3#137 fragmentary right auditory bulla of Togocetus traversei from Kpogamé, Togo Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.137   state:published

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This contribution contains 3D models of the cranial endoskeleton of three specimens of the Permian ‘acanthodian’ stem-group chondrichthyan (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodes confusus, obtained using computed tomography. These datasets were described and analyzed in Dearden et al. (2024) “3D models related to the publication: The pharynx of the iconic stem-group chondrichthyan Acanthodes Agassiz, 1833 revisited with micro computed tomography.” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 

Acanthodes confusus MNHN-F-SAA20 View specimen

M3#1470 3D surfaces representing the three-dimensionally fossilised head of Acanthodes confusus Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1470   state:published

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Acanthodes confusus MNHN-F-SAA21 View specimen

M3#1471 3D surfaces representing the three-dimensionally fossilised head of Acanthodes confusus Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1471   state:published

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Acanthodes confusus MNHN-F-SAA24 View specimen

M3#1472 3D surfaces representing the three-dimensionally fossilised head of Acanthodes confusus Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1472   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of a skull and lower jaw of the holotype of Santagnathus mariensis, described in “Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)” 

Santagnathus mariensis UFRGS-PV-1419-T View specimen

	M3#1157 Skull Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1157   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1158 Lower jaw Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1158   state:published	Download 3D surface file

This contribution contains the 3D model of an endocranial cast analyzed in “A 10 ka intentionally deformed human skull from Northeast Asia”. There are many studies on the morphological characteristics of intentional cranial deformation (ICD), but few related 3D models were published. Here, we present the surface model of an intentionally deformed 10 ka human cranium for further research on ICD practice. The 3D model of the endocranial cast of this ICD cranium was discovered near Harbin City, Province Heilongjiang, Northeast China. The fossil preserved only the frontal, parietal, and occipital bones. To complete the endocast model of the specimen, we printed a 3D model and used modeling clay to reconstruct the missing part based on the general form of the modern human endocast morphology.
  

Homo sapiens IVPP-PA1616 View specimen

	M3#972 The frontal region of the endocast is flattened, probably formed by the constant pressure on the frontal bone during growth. There is a well-developed frontal crest on the endocranial surface. The endocast widens posteriorly from the frontal lobe. The widest point of the endocast is at the lateral border of the parietal lobe. The lower parietal areas display a marked lateral expansion. The overall shape of the endocast is asymmetrical, with the left side of the parietal lobe being more laterally expanded than the right side. Like the frontal lobe, the occipital lobe is also anteroposteriorly flattened. Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.972   state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#976 The original endocranial cast model (with texture) of IVPP-PA1616. It shows the original structures of the specimen, and was not altered in any way. Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.976   state:published	Download 3D surface file

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.
  

Mixtotherium cuspidatum MA PHQ 716 View specimen

M3#857 endocast of the brain cavity Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.857   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the holotype (NMB Sth. 833) of the new species Micromeryx? eiselei analysed in the article Aiglstorfer, M., Costeur, L., Mennecart, B., Heizmann, E.P.J.. 2017. Micromeryx? eiselei - a new moschid species from Steinheim am Albuch, Germany, and the first comprehensive description of moschid cranial material from the Miocene of Central Europe. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185679 

Micromeryx? eiselei NMB Sth. 833 View specimen

M3#284 The 3 D surfaces comprises the skull, petrosal, and bony labyrinth of NMB Sth.833, the holotype of Micromeryx? eiselei Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.284   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Velazco P. M., Grohé C. 2017. Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth of the bats Platalina genovensium (Phyllostomidae, Lonchophyllinae) and Tomopeas ravus (Molossidae, Tomopeatinae). Biotempo 14(2). 

Platalina genovensium 278520 View specimen

M3#276 Right bony labyrinth surface positioned (.PLY) Labels associated (.FLG) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.276   state:published

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Tomopeas ravus 278525 View specimen

M3#277 Right bony labyrinth surface (.PLY) Labels associated (.FLG) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.277   state:published

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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. 

Scyliorhinus canicula SC6_2_2015_03_20 View specimen

M3#50 Mineralized skeleton of a 6,2 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.50   state:published

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Scyliorhinus canicula SC6_7_2015_03_20 View specimen

M3#51 Mineralized skeleton of a 6,7 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.51   state:published

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Scyliorhinus canicula SC7_1_2015_04_03 View specimen

M3#52 Mineralized skeleton of a 7,1 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.52   state:published

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Scyliorhinus canicula SC7_5_2015_03_13 View specimen

M3#53 Mineralized skeleton of a 7,5 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.53   state:published

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Scyliorhinus canicula SC8_2015_03_20 View specimen

M3#54 Mineralized skeleton of a 8 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.54   state:published

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Scyliorhinus canicula SC10_2015_02_27 View specimen

M3#55 Mineralized skeleton of a 10 cm long embryo of Scyliorhinus canicula Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.55   state:published

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This contribution contains the 3D model described and figured in the following publication: Crochet, J.-Y., Hautier, L., Lehmann, T., 2015. A pangolin (Manidae, Pholidota, Mammalia) from the French Quercy phosphorites (Pech du Fraysse, Saint-Projet, Tarn-et-Garonne, late Oligocene, MP 28). Palaeovertebrata 39(2)-e4. doi: 10.18563/pv.39.2.e4  

Necromanis franconica UM PFY 4051 View specimen

M3#12 A partial left humerus from Pech du Fraysse (Saint-Projet, Tarn-et-Garonne, France), MP 28 (late Oligocene) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf12   state:published

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This contribution contains the 3D reconstruction of Canariomys bravoi, described and figured in the following publication: Michaux J., Hautier L., Hutterer R., Lebrun R., Guy F., García-Talavera F., 2012 : Body shape and life style of the extinct rodent Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Murinae) from Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 11 (7), 485-494. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2012.06.004
  

Canariomys bravoi TFMCV872-873 View specimen

M3#6 This file contains the 3D reconstruction of Canariomys bravoi, described and figured in the following publication: Michaux J., Hautier L., Hutterer R., Lebrun R., Guy F., García-Talavera F., 2012 : Body shape and life style of the extinct rodent Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Murinae) from Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 11 (7), 485-494. Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf6   state:published

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This contribution contains the three-dimensional models of the most complete and/or informative fossil materials attributed to Peradectes crocheti Gernelle, 2024, the earliest peradectid metatherian species of Europe, from its type locality (Palette, Provence, ~55 Ma). These specimens were analyzed and discussed in: Gernelle et al. (2024), Taxonomy and evolutionary history of peradectids (Metatheria): new data from the early Eocene of France. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-024-09724-5

  

Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2018.26.14 View specimen

M3#1499 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2018.26.14, fragmentary left maxilla with C-P1, anterior root of P2, and M1-M3 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1499   state:published

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Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.6 View specimen

M3#1500 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.6, left P2 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1500   state:published

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Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.7 View specimen

M3#1501 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.7, left M3 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1501   state:published

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Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.8 View specimen

M3#1502 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.8, right hemi-mandible fragment with canine alveolus, posterior root of p1, partial p2, p3, partial m1, and m2-m3 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1502   state:published

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Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.9 View specimen

M3#1503 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.9, leftm1-m4 row with fragments of dentary Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1503   state:published

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Peradectes crocheti MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.14 View specimen

M3#1504 3D surface model of MHN.AIX.PV.2017.6.14, right astragalus Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1504   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in The largest freshwater odontocete: a South Asian river dolphin relative from the Proto-Amazonia. 

Pebanista yacuruna MUSM 4017 View specimen

M3#1394 Holotype skull of Pebanista yacuruna MUSM 4017 Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1394   state:published

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The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in Solé F., Lesport J.-F., Heitz A., and Mennecart B. minor revision. A new gigantic carnivore (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the late middle Miocene of France. PeerJ.
  

Tartarocyon cazanavei MHNBx 2020.20.1 View specimen

M3#903 Surface scan (ply) and texture (png) of the holotype of Tartarocyon cazanavei (MHNBx 2020.20.1) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.903   state:published

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