3D dataset

3D model related to the publication: Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non-feather integumentary structures in non-avialan theropod dinosaurs

Christophe Hendrickx, Phil Bell, Michael Pittman, Andrew R. C. Milner, Elena . Cuesta, Jingmai . O’Connor, Mark . Loewen, Philip J. Currie, Octávio . Mateus, Thomas G. Kaye and Rafael . Delcourt

Cite this article: Christophe Hendrickx, Phil Bell, Michael Pittman, Andrew R. C. Milner, Elena . Cuesta, Jingmai . O’Connor, Mark . Loewen, Philip J. Currie, Octávio . Mateus, Thomas G. Kaye and Rafael . Delcourt, 2022. 3D model related to the publication: Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non-feather integumentary structures in non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. MorphoMuseuM 8:162. doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.162

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Abstract

The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model of the skin of Allosaurus described in Hendrickx, C. et al. in press. Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non-feather integumentary structures in non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. Biological Reviews. 

Specimens and 3D Data

Allosaurus jimmadseni UMNH VP C481 View specimen

M3#902 The material consists of a 3D reconstruction of the counterpart of a 30 cm2 patch of skin impression associated with the anterior dorsal ribs/pectoral region of the specimen of Allosaurus jimmadseni UMNH VP C481. The skin shows a semi-uniform basement of 1-2 mm diameter pebbles with a smaller number of slightly larger (up to 3 mm) ovoid scales. The irregular shape, distribution, and overall small size of these larger scales suggest that they are not classifiable as feature scales but rather as variations in the basement scales. Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.902   state:published

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Bibliography

Hendrickx, C. Bell, P. R., Pittman, M., Milner, A. R. C., Cuesta, E., O’Connor, J., Loewen, M., Currie, P. J., Mateus, O., Kaye, T. G., and Delcourt R., 2022. Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non-feather integumentary structures in non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12829

Loewen, M.A., 2010. Variation in the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus: Ontogenetic, functional, and taxonomic implications (Ph.D. Dissertation). The University of Utah, Texas, Utah, USA.

Pinegar, R.T., Loewen, M.A., Cloward, K.C., Hunter, R.J., Weege, C.J., 2003. A juvenile allosaur with preserved integument from the basal Morrison Formation of Central Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23, 87A-88A.