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Digital reconstruction of the skull of Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, a titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina
Gabriel G. Barbosa Logo, Julian C. G. Silva Junior Logo and Felipe C. Montefeltro Logo
Published online: 12/12/2024

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; Blender; Sauropoda; Titanosaur skull

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.248

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    The study of titanosaur paleobiology has been severely hampered by the incomplete nature of their fossil record, particularly the scarcity of well-preserved and relatively complete cranial remains. Even the most complete titanosaur skulls are often fractured, incomplete, or deformed, which has resulted in a limited knowledge of the paleobiology related to cranial anatomy, especially functional morphology. In this context, we present the digital restoration of the skull of the Argentinean titanosaur Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, created using the open-source 3D modeling software Blender. The digitally restored model is freely accessible to other researchers, facilitating broader research and comparative studies. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 04 (2024)

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3D model related to the publication: The largest freshwater odontocete: a South Asian river dolphin relative from the Proto-Amazonia
Aldo Benites-Palomino Logo, Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández Logo, Patrice Baby, Diana Ochoa Logo, Ali Altamirano-Sierra Logo, John J. Flynn Logo, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra Logo, Julia Tejeda Logo, Christian de Muizon Logo and Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Logo
Published online: 21/03/2024

Keywords: Miocene; Odontoceti; Platanistidae; River dolphin

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.221

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in The largest freshwater odontocete: a South Asian river dolphin relative from the Proto-Amazonia. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 01 (2024)

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3D models related to the publication: Size Variation under Domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes
Anita V. Schweizer, Renaud Lebrun Logo, Laura A. B. Wilson Logo, Loïc Costeur Logo, Thomas Schmelzle and Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra Logo
Published online: 17/10/2017

Keywords: bony labyrinth; cochlea; feralisation; inner ear; petrosal; semicircular canal; zooarchaeology

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.4.e1

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in the following publication: Size variation under domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 13330, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13523-9.
      

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Published in Volume 03, Issue 04 (2017)

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The Fossils of Speothos pacivorus (Carnivora: Canidae) at the Peter Lund/Quaternary Collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark
Juan V. Ruiz Logo, Christina Kyriakouli Logo, Kasper Hansen Logo, Carsten Gundlach Logo, Gabriel S. Ferreira Logo, Fabio A. Machado Logo, Pedro L. Godoy Logo, Mariela C. Castro Logo and Felipe C. Montefeltro Logo
Published online: 14/05/2024

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; Canidae; Lagoa Santa Karst; Pleistocene; Speothos

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.229

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    Speothos pacivorus is an extinct South American canid (Canidae: Cerdocyonina) from the Pleistocene of Lagoa Santa Karst, Central Brazil. This taxon is one of the hypercarnivore canids that vanished from the continent at the end of Pleistocene. Although all remains of Speothos pacivorus were collected in the 19th century by the Danish naturalist Peter W. Lund, few studies have committed to an in-depth analysis of the taxon and the known specimens. Here, we analyzed all biological remains of S. pacivorus hosted in the Peter Lund/Quaternary Collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, by listing and illustrating all its specimens known to date. We also conducted a reconstruction of the holotype, an almost complete cranium, based on a µCT scan, producing an undeformed and crack-free three-dimensional model. With this data available we aim to foster new research on this elusive species. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 02 (2024)

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Virtual reconstruction of a Late Jurassic metriorhynchid skull from Switzerland and its use for scientific illustration and paleoart
Sophie De Sousa Oliveira, Léa Girard Logo, Irena Raselli Logo and Jérémy Anquetin Logo
Published online: 19/07/2023

Keywords: Kimmeridgian; Late Jurassic; Metriorhynchidae; paleoart; Thalattosuchia

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.178

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    The democratization of 3D techniques in recent years provides exciting new opportunities for the study of complex fossils. In the present contribution, we provide a virtual reconstruction of a partial, disarticulated metriorhynchid (Metriorhynchidae, Thalattosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) skull from the Late Jurassic of northwestern Switzerland. This virtual reconstruction was used to produce high quality scientific illustrations of the whole skull for descriptive purposes. The reconstructed skull also served for the estimation of the total body length of the specimen and to propose a life reconstruction of the animal in its paleoenvironment. In an effort for transparency, we review the sources that were consulted for the life reconstruction and explain the choices that we had to make. 

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Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Infrasonic and ultrasonic hearing evolved after the emergence of modern whales
Maëva J. Orliac Logo and Mickaël Mourlam Logo
Published online: 08/06/2017

Keywords: archaeocete; Artiodactyla; bony labyrinth; cochlea; Lutetian

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.2.e4

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    This contribution contains the 3D models of the bony labyrinths of two protocetid archaeocetes from the locality of Kpogamé, Togo, described and figured in the publication of Mourlam and Orliac (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.061  

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Published in Volume 03, Issue 02 (2017)

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A delphinid petrosal bone from a gravesite on Ahu Tahai, Easter Island: taxonomic attribution, external and internal morphology.
Maëva J. Orliac Logo, Catherine Orliac, Michel C. Orliac and Antoine Hautin
Published online: 31/03/2020

Keywords: bony labyrinth; petrosal; Rapanui; stapes; vestibulo cochlear nerve

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.91

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    In this contribution, we describe the external and internal morphology of a delphinid petrosal bone collected from Ahu Tahai, a burial site located on the Southwestern coast of Easter Island, at Hangaroa. We discuss the taxonomic attribution of this archaeological item and describe its internal structures based on µCT data, including the bony labyrinth and the nerve and vein patterns. Identification of the nerves exists lead us to relocate the identification of the foramen singulare in delphinid petrosals.

      

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Published in Volume 06, issue 02 (2020)

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3D models related to the publication: Taxonomy and evolutionary history of peradectids (Metatheria): new data from the early Eocene of France.
Killian Gernelle Logo, Guillaume Billet Logo, Emmanuel Gheerbrant Logo, Marc Godinot Logo, Bernard Marandat, Sandrine Ladevèze Logo and Rodolphe Tabuce Logo
Published online: 05/08/2024

Keywords: dentition; Eocene; Europe; Peradectidae; systematics

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.239

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional models of the most complete and/or informative fossil materials attributed to Peradectes crocheti Gernelle, 2024, the earliest peradectid metatherian species of Europe, from its type locality (Palette, Provence, ~55 Ma). These specimens were analyzed and discussed in: Gernelle et al. (2024), Taxonomy and evolutionary history of peradectids (Metatheria): new data from the early Eocene of France. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-024-09724-5

      

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Published in Volume 10, issue 03 (2024)

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3D models related to the publication: Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids.
Amélie Beaudet Logo, Guillaume Fleury, Emmanuel Gilissen, Jean Dumoncel Logo, John F. Thackeray Logo, Laurent Bruxelles Logo, Benjamin Duployer Logo, Christophe Tenailleau Logo, Lunga Bam Logo, Jakobus Hoffman Logo, Frikke De Beer and José Braga Logo
Published online: 10/10/2019

Keywords: bony labyrinth; cercopithecoids; enamel-dentine junction; upper third molars

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.86

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the enamel-dentine junctions of upper third molars and of the bony labyrinths of the extant cercopithecoid specimens analyzed in the following publication: Beaudet, A., Dumoncel, J., Thackeray, J.F., Bruxelles, L., Duployer, B., Tenailleau, C., Bam, L., Hoffman, J., de Beer, F., Braga, J.: Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids. Journal of Human Evolution 95, 104-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.04.004 

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Published in Volume 06, issue 01 (2020)

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3D models related to the publication: The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa.
Léa Da Cunha Logo, Lázaro W. Viñola López Logo, Ross D. E. MacPhee, Leonardo Kerber Logo, Jorge Velez-Juarbe Logo, Pierre-Olivier Antoine Logo, Myriam Boivin Logo, Lionel Hautier Logo, Renaud Lebrun Logo, Laurent Marivaux Logo and Pierre-Henri Fabre Logo
Published online: 31/10/2023

Keywords: fossils; Heptaxodontidae; inner ear; rodents; West Indies

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.196

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional models of the inner ear of the hetaxodontid rodents Amblyrhiza, Clidomys and Elasmodontomys from the West Indies. These specimens were analyzed and discussed in : The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa.

      

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Published in Volume 09, issue 04 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: Shape diversity in conodont elements, a quantitative study using 3D topography.
Alexandre Assemat Logo, Ghislain Thiery Logo, Thibaud Lieffroy Logo and Catherine Girard
Published online: 17/01/2024

Keywords: Conodonts; Doolkit; Morphofunction; Scanning resolution; Topography

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.223

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Assemat et al. 2023: Shape diversity in conodont elements, a quantitative study using 3D topography. Marine Micropaleontology 184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102292

    P1 elements represent dental components of the conodont apparatus that perform the final stage of food processing before ingestion. Consequently, quantifying the shape of P1 elements across the topographic indices of different conodont species becomes crucial for deciphering the diversity in feeding behavior within this group. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 01 (2024)

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3D models related to the publication: Description of the first cranium and endocranial structures of Stenoplesictis minor (Mammalia, Carnivora), an early aeluroid from the Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (southwestern France)
Camille Grohé Logo, Jérôme Surault Logo, Axelle Gardin Logo and Louis de Bonis Logo
Published online: 08/05/2022

Keywords: Aeluroidea; bony labyrinth; brain endocast; stapes; Stenoplesictoid

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.166

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    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Bonis, L. de, Grohé, C., Surault, J., Gardin, A. 2022. Description of the first cranium and endocranial structures of Stenoplesictis minor (Mammalia, Carnivora), an early aeluroid from the Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (southwestern France). Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2045980 

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Published in Volume 08, issue 02 (2022)

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CT scan data for the original holotype of Hamadasuchus rebouli Buffetaut 1994
Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux Logo, Joël Lachambre Logo, Romain Amiot Logo and Jeremy E. Martin Logo
Published online: 06/02/2024

Keywords: Crocodylomorpha; CT scan; Hamadasuchus; Kem Kem; Morocco

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.222

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    The holotype of Hamadasuchus rebouli Buffetaut 1994 from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco (Late Albian – Cenomanian) consists of a left dentary which is limited, fragmentary and reconstructed in some areas. To aid in assessing if the original diagnosis can be considered as valid, the specimen was CT scanned for the first time. This is especially important to resolve the taxonomic status of certain specimens that have been assigned to Hamadasuchus rebouli since then. The reconstructed structures in this contribution are in agreement with the original description, notably in terms of alveolar count; thus the original diagnosis of this taxon remains valid and some specimens are not referable to H. rebouli anymore. 

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Published in Volume 10, issue 01 (2024)

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3D models related to the publication: New insights into the diversity of strepsirrhine primates from the late early – early middle Eocene of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia)
Laurent Marivaux Logo, Anne-Lise Charruault Logo and Rodolphe Tabuce Logo
Published online: 27/08/2025

Keywords: Azibiidae and Djebelemuridae; Chambi; Gour Lazib; Northern Africa; Paleogene

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.270

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    This contribution contains the three-dimensional digital models of the dental fossil material of strepsirrhine primates (Azibiidae and ?Djebelemuridae) from the late early to early middle Eocene of the Gour Lazib Complex in western Algeria and of Djebel Chambi in central-western Tunisia. These fossils were described, figured and discussed in the following publication: Marivaux et al. (2025), New insights into the diversity of strepsirrhine primates from the late early – early middle Eocene of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia). Journal of Human Evolution, 103729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103729  
      

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3D model related to the publication: The endocranial anatomy of the stem turtle Naomichelys speciosa from the Early Cretaceous of North America
Ariana Paulina-Carabajal Logo, Juliana Sterli Logo and Ingmar Werneburg Logo
Published online: 10/09/2019

Keywords: brain endocast; inner ear; micro computed tomography; Morphology; Testudinata

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.99

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D model analyzed in the following publication: Paulina-Carabajal, A., Sterli, J., Werneburg, I., 2019. The endocranial anatomy of the stem turtle Naomichelys speciosa from the Early Cretaceous of North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00606.2019 

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Published in Volume 05, issue 04 (2019)

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A 3D reconstruction of the skull of the West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
 
Luigi Manuelli, Raphael Covain Logo and Lionel Cavin Logo
Published online: 14/09/2023

Keywords: coelacanth; Computed Tomography; Cranial osteology; Latimeria

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.211

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    We provide a 3D reconstruction of the skull of Latimeria chalumnae that can be easily accessed and visualized for a better understanding of its cranial anatomy. Different skeletal elements are saved as separate PLY files that can be combined to visualize the entire skull or isolated to virtually dissect the skull. We included some guidelines for a fast and easy visualization of the 3D skull. 

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Published in Volume 09, issue 03 (2023)

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3D models related to the publication: The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans
Camille Grohé Logo, Louis de Bonis Logo, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Jérôme Surault Logo and Jean-Jacques Jaeger Logo
Published online: 03/06/2020

Keywords: Carnivora; Mustelidae; otters; skull; upper teeth

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.109

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Grohé C., Bonis L. de, Chaimanee Y., Chavasseau O., Rugbumrung M., Yamee C., Suraprasit K., Gibert C., Surault J., Blondel C., Jaeger J.-J. 2020. The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans. American Museum Novitates. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7223 

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    Siamogale bounosa MM-54 View specimen

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    3D model of the skull of Siamogale bounosa The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

    Type: "3D_surfaces"

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    Vishnuonyx maemohensis MM-78 View specimen

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    3D model of the skull of Vishnuonyx maemohensis The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

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    3D model of the reconstructed upper teeth of Vishnuonyx maemohensis The zip file contains: - the 3D surface in PLY - the orientation files in .pos and .ori - the project in .ntw

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Published in Volume 06, issue 03 (2020)

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3D models related to the publication: Prenatal growth stages show the development of the ruminant bony labyrinth and petrosal bone.
Loïc Costeur Logo and Bastien Mennecart Logo
Published online: 19/10/2016

Keywords: bony labyrinth; foetus; ossification timing; phylogeny; Ruminantia

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.2.2.e3

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Costeur L., Mennecart B., Müller B., Schulz G., 2016. Prenatal growth stages show the development of the ruminant bony labyrinth and petrosal bone. Journal of Anatomy. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12549 

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Published in Volume 02, Issue 02 (2017)

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3D models related to the publication: Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth of the bats Platalina genovensium (Phyllostomidae, Lonchophyllinae) and Tomopeas ravus (Molossidae, Tomopeatinae)
Paul M. Velazco Logo and Camille Grohé Logo
Published online: 09/04/2018

Keywords: bony labyrinth; Chiroptera; cochlea

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.4.e2

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    The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models analyzed in Velazco P. M., Grohé C. 2017. Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth of the bats Platalina genovensium (Phyllostomidae, Lonchophyllinae) and Tomopeas ravus (Molossidae, Tomopeatinae). Biotempo 14(2). 

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Published in Volume 03, Issue 04 (2017)

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Supplemental information for "Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals".
Ashley E. Latimer Logo, Cleopatra M. Loza Logo, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra Logo and Alfredo A. Carlini
Published online: 23/11/2017

Keywords: aquatic; inner ear; Ommatophoca rossi; Phoca; semicircular canals

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.4.e7

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    Here, the semicircular canals of the most aquatic seal, the rare Antarctic Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii), are presented for the first time, along with representatives of every species in the Lobodontini: the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), and crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus). Because encounters with wild Ross seal are rare, and few specimens are available in collections worldwide, this dataset increases accessibility to a rare species. For further comparison, we present the bony labyrinths of other carnivorans, the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), South American sea lion (Otaria byronia). 

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Published in Volume 03, Issue 04 (2017)

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