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Specimen infos
Collection
Collection : Jurassica Museum

Inventory number : BSY008-465


Information
Sex : indet

Age (if applicable) : Late Jurassic

Material Type : skeleton

Origin : Switzerland

Taxonomy
Class : Sauropsida

Order : Crocodilomorpha

Family : Metriorhynchidae

Genus : Torvoneustes

Species :jurensis


Description
A relatively complete, disarticulated metriorhynchid skeleton found in the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) deposits of NW Switzerland

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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 Logo, Irena Raselli Logo and Jérémy Anquetin Logo
Published online: 19/07/2023

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

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

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. 


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Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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3D data

M3#1037

Left dentary (3 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1037

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1037. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1037

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M3#1038

Right dentary (3 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1038

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1038. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1038

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M3#1039

Left ramus (2 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1039

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1039. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1039

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M3#1040

Right ramus (3 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1040

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1040. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1040

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M3#1041

Left splenial (2 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1041

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1041. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1041

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M3#1042

Right splenial (2 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1042

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1042. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1042

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M3#1043

Frontal and left prefrontal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1043

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1043. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1043

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M3#1044

Left maxilla (4 meshes)

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1044

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1044. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1044

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M3#1045

Right maxilla

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1045

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1045. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1045

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M3#1046

Left nasal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1046

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1046. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1046

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M3#1047

Right nasal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1047

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1047. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1047

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M3#1048

Parietal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1048

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1048. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1048

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M3#1049

Right postorbital

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1049

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1049. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1049

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M3#1050

Right prefrontal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1050

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1050. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1050

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M3#1051

Right premaxilla

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1051

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1051. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1051

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M3#1052

Left squamosal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1052

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1052. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1052

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M3#1053

Right squamosal

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1053

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1053. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1053

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M3#1054

Reconstruction of the mandible

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1054

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1054. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1054

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M3#1055

Reconstruction of the cranium

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1055

Data citation: Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard, Irena Raselli and Jérémy Anquetin, 2023. M3#1055. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1055

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