Upper Paleozoic to lower Mesozoic tetrapod ichnology revisited: photogrammetry and relative depth pattern inferences on functional prevalence of autopodia

E Mujal, L Marchetti, RR Schoch… - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years photogrammetry has become an essential tool in the study of tetrapod
footprints. Morphological analyses of footprints are interpretative; thus, researchers should …

The smallest of the largest: new volumetric body mass estimate and in-vivo restoration of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon ex gr. P. falconeri from Spinagallo Cave …

M Romano, F Manucci, MR Palombo - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the present paper we provide a new estimate of the body mass (BM) of the dwarf elephant
Palaeoloxodon ex gr. P. falconeri from Spinagallo cave (Sicily) at three different ontogenetic …

Coastal raptors and raiders: New bird tracks in the Pleistocene of SW iberian Peninsula

CN de Carvalho, J Belo, S Figueiredo… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Avian traces occurring in Pleistocene aeolianite and beach deposits are rare and relatively
poorly known, despite being good paleoenvironmental indicators. Passeriform and raptorial …

BIM-FM integrated solution resourcing to digital techniques

R Matos, H Rodrigues, A Costa, F Rodrigues - Neural Computing and …, 2023 - Springer
The facility management (FM) has been suffering significant changes since the introduction
of building information modeling (BIM) in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and …

First 3D reconstruction and volumetric body mass estimate of the tapinocephalid dinocephalian Tapinocaninus pamelae (Synapsida: Therapsida)

M Romano, B Rubidge - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dinocephalians were the earliest large terrestrial tetrapods from Gondwana, making this
group crucial in understanding body mass (BM) evolution in basal synapsids, but no …

Applications of Photogrammetry to Neoichnological Studies: The Significance of Shorebird Trackway Distributions at the Bay of Fundy

S Melnyk, A Cowper, JP Zonneveld… - Palaios, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Low-level drone photogrammetry is a technique that allows for the construction of surface
orthomosaics and elevation models. Despite being used for a wide range of geological …

Fluorescence‐based detection of field targets using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system

TG Kaye, M Pittman - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Here we describe a proof‐of‐concept autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system
that utilizes the fluorescence characteristics unique to different materials to scan and acquire …

Drone testing for 3D reconstruction of massive mounted skeletons in museums: the case of Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti 1825) from Madonna della Strada …

M Romano, M Antonelli, MR Palombo, MA Rossi… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have seen tremendous development in the last decade,
with numerous applications in civil and research fields. Drones' success, particularly in the …

Cretaceous tetrapod tracks from Italy: a treasure trove of exceptional biodiversity

FM Petti, M Antonelli, P Citton, N Mariotti, M Petruzzelli… - 2020 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
After about thirty years of investigation, the Cretaceous tetrapod track record from Italy has
proved to be a 'Rosetta Stone'for improving understanding of the palaeogeographical and …

Non-invasive methods: the applicability of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology for recording fossilised footprints

AL Wiseman, F Bezombes, AJ Moore… - Digital Applications in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hominin fossilised trackways are commonly used to reconstruct locomotory behaviour and
to characterise track-maker biometrics. They are the most direct representation of hominin …