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Using 3D computed tomography to measure intraspecific variation in ammonoids

3D modeling

October 6, 2015

Using 3D computed tomography to measure intraspecific variation in ammonoids

Researchers have for the first time used computed tomography to estimate variability in ammonoids. This could lead to better interpretations of past small scale studies using limited specimens, as well as set a much needed baseline for future tomography studies.

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October 22, 2015

Mammalian bone palaeohistology: a survey and new data with emphasis on island forms

Christian Kolb, Torsten M. Scheyer, Kristof Veitschegger, Analia M. Forasiepi, Eli Amson, Alexandra A.E. Van der Geer, Lars W. Van den Hoek Ostende, Shoji Hayashi, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1358 PubMed 26528418

October 20, 2015

What do giant titanosaur dinosaurs and modern Australasian megapodes have in common?

E. Martín Hechenleitner, Gerald Grellet-Tinner, Lucas E. Fiorelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1341 PubMed 26623184

October 6, 2015

Intraspecific variation of phragmocone chamber volumes throughout ontogeny in the modern nautilid Nautilus and the Jurassic ammonite Normannites

Amane Tajika, Naoki Morimoto, Ryoji Wani, Carole Naglik, Christian Klug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1306 PubMed 26500816

October 6, 2015

Metacarpal torsion in apes, humans, and early Australopithecus: implications for manipulatory abilities

Michelle S.M. Drapeau