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TEMPO birds Project ID: 00000C420 Public
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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  ID Part Object Taxonomy Type Date Added Publication Status  
000125594 FMNH:Birds:23530 Nestor notabilis Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-14 Restricted Download  
000117261 skeleton FMNH:Birds:290507 Formicarius analis analis Volumetric Image Series 2020-06-12 Restricted Download  
000117249 skeleton nhmuk:zoo:S/1956.20.14 Pitta sordida Volumetric Image Series 2020-06-12 Open Download  
000111276 skeleton FMNH:Birds:321715 Sclerurus mexicanus peruvianus Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-17 Restricted Download  
000109874 skeleton YPM:VZ:YPM ORN 125219 Acanthisitta chloris Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-13 Restricted Download  
000109559 skeleton UMMZ:birds:214303 Climacteris melanurus wellsi Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-13 Restricted Download  
000109036 skeleton NHMUK:ZOO:1963.23.2 Troglodytes troglodytes Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-12 Open Download  
000108811 NHMUK:ZOO:1940.12.8.145 Xenicus gilviventris Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-11 Open Download  
000108798 nhmuk:zoo:A/1974.4.42 Xiphorhynchus guttatus Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-11 Open Download  
000108696 skeleton nhmuk:zoo:S/1961.13.34 Calandrella cinerea Volumetric Image Series 2020-03-11 Open Download  
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