Applications of 3D paleontological data at the Florida Museum of Natural History

MJ Ziegler, VJ Perez, J Pirlo, RE Narducci… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The past decade has seen an exponential increase of innovative applications of 3D
technology in the geosciences. Here, we present a case study from the Florida Museum of …

Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network

DC Blackburn, DM Boyer, JA Gray, J Winchester… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The impact of preserved museum specimens is transforming and increasing by three-
dimensional (3D) imaging that creates high-fidelity online digital specimens. Through …

Morphosource: archiving and sharing 3-D digital specimen data

DM Boyer, GF Gunnell, S Kaufman… - The Paleontological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Advancement of understanding in paleontology and biology has always been hindered by
difficulty in accessing comparative data. With current and burgeoning technology, the …

A practical guide to sliding and surface semilandmarks in morphometric analyses

C Bardua, RN Felice, A Watanabe… - Integrative …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Advances in imaging technologies, such as computed tomography (CT) and surface
scanning, have facilitated the rapid generation of large datasets of high-resolution three …

Morphological integration and modularity in the hyperkinetic feeding system of aquatic-foraging snakes

D Rhoda, PD Polly, C Raxworthy, M Segall - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The kinetic skull is a key innovation that allowed snakes to capture, manipulate, and swallow
prey exclusively using their heads using the coordinated movement of eight bones. Despite …

Taxonomy and evolutionary history of peradectids (Metatheria): New data from the early Eocene of France

K Gernelle, G Billet, E Gheerbrant, M Godinot… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2024 - Springer
Peradectidae are Paleogene 'opossum-like'stem-metatherians, largely Laurasian, whose
evolutionary history remains unclear. Based on new remains (mainly dental) discovered in …

Morphomap: An R package for long bone landmarking, cortical thickness, and cross‐sectional geometry mapping

A Profico, L Bondioli, P Raia… - American journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study describes and demonstrates the functionalities and application of a
new R package, morphomap, designed to extract shape information as semilandmarks in …

Infrasonic and ultrasonic hearing evolved after the emergence of modern whales

MJ Mourlam, MJ Orliac - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales) today greatly differ in their
hearing abilities: Mysticeti are presumed to be sensitive to infrasonic noises [1–3], whereas …

Ultra close-range digital photogrammetry in skeletal anthropology: A systematic review

P Lussu, E Marini - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Ultra close-range digital photogrammetry (UCR-DP) is emerging as a robust
technique for 3D model generation and represents a convenient and low-cost solution for …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray microtomography in herpetological research: a review

C Broeckhoven, A du Plessis - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2018 - brill.com
Herpetological research, like any other (palaeo) biological science, relies heavily on
accurate data collection, particularly visualisation and quantification of anatomical features …