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4299 Media · 578 Specimens · Creator: Benson, Roger · Managed by: Roger Benson

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).

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000375514 skeleton FMNH:Birds:105658 Furnarius rufus commersoni Volumetric Image Series 2021-08-05 Restricted Download  
000375498 skeleton FMNH:Birds:345648 Centropus toulou toulou Volumetric Image Series 2021-08-05 Restricted Download  
000125695 trunk UMMZ:birds:227059 Geococcyx californianus Mesh 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125682 UMMZ:birds:227059 Geococcyx californianus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125603 sternum FMNH:Birds:23530 Nestor notabilis Mesh 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125594 FMNH:Birds:23530 Nestor notabilis Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125590 sternum oumnh:23790 Chauna chavaria Mesh 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125579 skeleton oumnh:23790 Chauna chavaria Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125557 sternum, shoulder girdle FMNH:Birds:376078 Aramus guarauna pictus Mesh 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000125551 skeleton FMNH:Birds:376078 Aramus guarauna pictus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
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