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Display all details of TEMPO birds High resolution CT scans of full bird skeletons from the TEMPO project — quantifying variation in rates and constraints on avian skeletal evolution. Bjarnason A, Benson RBJ. 2021. A 3D geometric morphometric dataset quantifying skeletal variation in birds. MorphoMuseuM. doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.125 Be sure to fully acknowledge the museum collections that provided specimens (see 'locations' and specimen metadata). Please notify the curators of those collections of publications resulting from work using these datasets. European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program 2014–2018 under grant agreement 677774 (European Research Council [ERC] Starting Grant: TEMPO). For access to specimens, we thank Judith White and Jo Cooper (Natural History Museum bird collection, Tring, UK), Janet Hinshaw (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbour, Michigan), Mathew Lowe and Mike Brooke (Unviersity Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK), Mark Carnall and Eileen Westwig (Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK), Kristof Zyskowski (Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, Conecticut), Ben Marks and John Bates (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago). For access to CT scanning facilities we thank Ketura Smithson (Cambridge Biotomography Centre), Tom Davies, Ben Moon and Liz Martin-Silverstone (University of Bristol), Vincent Fernandez (Natural History Museum), April Neander and Zhe-Xi Luo (University of Chicago PaleoCT), and Matt Friedman (University of Michigan). Benson, Roger 4291 572
Display all details of Macroevolution of Leporids Ongoing research into the macroevolutionary patterns of skeletal form (and associated structures) in rabbits and hares (Leporidae). Publications: 1. Kraatz, B. & Sherratt, E. Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull. Peerj 4, e2453 (2016). https://peerj.com/articles/2453/ 2. Kraatz, B. P., Sherratt, E., Bumacod, N. & Wedel, M. J. Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). Peerj 3, e844 (2015). https://peerj.com/articles/844/ 3. Kraatz, B. et al. Lagomorpha as a Model Morphological System. Frontiers Ecol Evol 09, 636402 (2021). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.636402/full 4. Todorov, O. et al. Down a rabbit hole: Burrowing behaviour and larger home ranges are related to larger brains in Leporids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2022). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-022-09624-6 5. Martin, E. M., Young, J. W., Fellmann, C. D., Kraatz, B. & Sherratt, E. Anatomical Correlates of Cursoriality are Compromised by Body Size and Propensity to Burrow in a Group of Small Mammals (Lagomorpha). Evolutionary Biology 1–18 (2022) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-022-09584-y 6. Sherratt, E. & Kraatz, B. Multilevel analysis of integration and disparity in the mammalian skull. Evolution (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad020 Research funded by: Western University of Health Sciences, USA University of Adelaide, Australia Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT190100803) Key Researchers: Brian Kraatz, https://briankraatz.com Emma Sherratt, www.emmasherratt.com Sherratt, Emma 324 251
Display all details of Bones and All: a new critically endangered Pantepui species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and a new osteological synapomorphy for the genus Philippe J. R. Kok 1 1
Display all details of Micro-CT imaging in species description: exploring beyond sclerotized structures in lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) X-ray micro-computed tomography imaging (micro-CT) is valuable for systematic research since it permits the non-destructive scanning and imaging of internal structures of very rare species and/or type specimens. Additionally, micro-CT allows to view the morphology and the functional anatomy of structures in their natural anatomical position, without deformations that typically occur using classical dissection protocols. In this study we provide the description of two new species of lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lithosiini) from the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil: Nodozana heliae Moraes sp. nov. from Rio de Janeiro state and Epeiromulona pataxo Moraes & Aguiar sp. nov. from Bahia state. The male and female genitalia as well as the wing morphology were examined by means of non-destructive micro-CT, subsequent 3D model reconstruction, 360 degree spinning animations, 2D images from different angles, and those were compared against classical genitalia dissections from the same specimens. We conclude that techniques complement each other, micro-CT being particularly useful to study wing venation, sclerotized internal structures and muscles, while classical dissection is useful to study membranous structures, particularly in the female genitalia, abdominal skin and specialised scales on the male 8th sternite. 4 2
Display all details of Schade et al. 2022. Irritator challengeri SMNS 58022 osteology Schade, Marco 50 1
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