Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart

De Sousa Oliveira, Sophie; Girard, Léa; Raselli, Irena; Anquetin, Jérémy

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Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart

Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard , Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin

Published online: 19/07/2023

Keywords: Kimmeridgian; Late Jurassic; Metriorhynchidae; paleoart; Thalattosuchia

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.178

References: 52
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Cite this article: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart. MorphoMuseuM e178. doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.178

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Abstract

The democratization of 3D techniques in recent years provides exciting new opportunities for the study of complex fossils. In the present contribution, we provide a virtual reconstruction of a partial, disarticulated metriorhynchid (Metriorhynchidae, Thalattosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) skull from the Late Jurassic of northwestern Switzerland. This virtual reconstruction was used to produce high quality scientific illustrations of the whole skull for descriptive purposes. The reconstructed skull also served for the estimation of the total body length of the specimen and to propose a life reconstruction of the animal in its paleoenvironment. In an effort for transparency, we review the sources that were consulted for the life reconstruction and explain the choices that we had to make.

Specimens and 3D Data

Torvoneustes jurensis BSY008-465 View specimen

	M3#1037 Left dentary (3 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1037 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1038 Right dentary (3 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1038 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1039 Left ramus (2 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1039 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1040 Right ramus (3 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1040 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1041 Left splenial (2 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1041 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1042 Right splenial (2 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1042 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1043 Frontal and left prefrontal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1043 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1044 Left maxilla (4 meshes) Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1044 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1045 Right maxilla Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1045 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1046 Left nasal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1046 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1047 Right nasal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1047 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1048 Parietal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1048 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1049 Right postorbital Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1049 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1050 Right prefrontal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1050 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1051 Right premaxilla Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1051 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1052 Left squamosal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1052 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1053 Right squamosal Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1053 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1054 Reconstruction of the mandible Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1054 state:published	Download 3D surface file
	M3#1055 Reconstruction of the cranium Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1055 state:published	Download 3D surface file

Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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Léa C. Girard, Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Irena Raselli, Jeremy E. Martin and Jérémy Anquetin (2023). Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15512

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Original article : fossil reconstruction

Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart

Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard , Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin

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Specimens and 3D Data

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