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MicroCT scan of a fossil cervical vertrebra of a Perplexicervicidae (Aves) - Supplementary material to "Mayr et al. (2023): Reinterpretation of tuberculate cervical vertebrae of Eocene birds as an exceptional anti-predator adaptation against the mammalian craniocervical killing bite"

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MicroCT (x-ray microcomputed tomography, YXLON FF35 CT) dataset of a fossil cervical vertrebrate of a Perplexicervicidae (Aves). The specimen is part of the vertebrate collection of the department of Geology and Paleontology at the ...

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MicroCT scan of the skull and mandible of an Epipliopithecus vindobonensis fossil

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Epipliopithecus vindobonensis was an old-word-monkey. These catarrhine monkeys lived during the early Middle Miocene, about 15 Mio years ago, in Europe and are the oldest and primitivist of fossil primates in Europe.

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3D model of a Saber-Toothed Cat (NHMW-GEO-1910/0102/0001)

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3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon populator) from the late Pleistocene. It was found in Río Areco in Argentina and is about 40,000 years old. A healed bone fracture in this saber-toothed ...

3D model of a Giant Deer (NHMW-GEO-1876/0030/0003)

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3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus) found in Ireland from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 12,000 years old). The males had a shoulder height of around 2.1 meters and their antlers are the ...

3D model of a Southern Stout-legged Moa (NHMW-GEO-2021/0008/0001)

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3D scan of a Southern stout-legged moa (Euryapteryx curtus gravis) skeleton from the Holocene. Moas are extinct birds that lived on New Zealand. This skeleton was donated to the museum by Dr. Julius Ritter von Haast in 1884. This ...

3D model of a Primitive Bird Fossil (NHMW-GEO-1997/0112/0001)

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3D scan of a fossilized primitive bird, the extinct Confuciusornis sanctus dated 125 million years ago and found in the Liaoning province, China. The lagerstätte in China is an El Dorado for paleontologists and evolutionary ...

3D model of a Giant Marine Turtle (NHMW-GEO-1977/1902/0001)

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3D scan of one of the only known complete fossilized skeletons of a giant marine turtle (Archelon ischyros), the largest marine turtle that ever lived and could reach a length of nearly 5 meters. These giants inhabited and cavorted ...

3D model of a Cretacladoides noricum (NHMW-GEO-2017/0055/0001)

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3D model based on a microCT scan of the tooth that represents the holotype of Cretacladoides noricum, which is about 138 million years old (Early Cretaceous). The tooth was found in a limestone from the Calcareous Alps in upper ...