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T144. Virtual Paleontology: Computer-Aided Analysis of Fossil Form and Function

 
A DECADE OF DIGIMORPH: PROJECTIONS FROM A 10-YEAR-OLD EXPERIMENT IN 3D DATA ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISSEMINATION
ROWE, Timothy, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, C1100, Austin, TX 78712, rowe@mail.utexas.edu
 
3D RECONSTRUCTIONS OF INTERNAL ARTICULATED BRACHIOPOD SHELLS: USEFUL TOOL OR ONLY A FANCY COMPUTER APPLICATION? A CASE STUDY OF SEPTIRHYNCHONELLID BRACHIOPODS
SCHEMM-GREGORY, Mena, Geosciences Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês do Pombal, Coimbra, P-3000-272, Portugal, Mena_Schemm@gmx.de, FELDMAN, Howard R., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, and AHMAD, Fayez, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa, 13115, Jordan
 
3D VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF CT IMAGING IN TWO MAMMOTH CALVES
WHALEN, Christopher D.1, SHIRLEY, Ethan2, FISHER, Daniel C.1, ROUNTREY, Adam N.3, CALAMARI, Zachary T.2, TIKHONOV, Alexei N.4, BUIGUES, Bernard5, GRIGORIEV, Semyon6, HOLMES, Charles E.7, and LACOMBAT, Frédéric8, (1) Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, cdwhalen@umich.edu, (2) Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, (3) Centre for Marine Futures, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6907, Australia, (4) Zoological Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia, (5) International Mammoth Committee, 4 Place Louise XIV, St. Jean de Luz, 64500, France, (6) Mammoth Museum, Institute of applied ecology of the North, Northeast Federal University Yakutsk, 48 Kulakovskogo St, Yakutsk, 677000, Russia, (7) Anthropology Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK 99516, (8) Paleontological Museum of Chilhac, Place de L'église, Chilhac, 43700, France
 
ANATOMY OF EARLY FISH: A VIRTUAL PERSPECTIVE
GILES, Sam1, BRAZEAU, Martin D.2, ATWOOD, Robert3, and FRIEDMAN, Matt1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, sam.giles@earth.ox.ac.uk, (2) Netherlands Center for Biodiversity, Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands, (3) Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
 
MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND 3-D RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BAENID TURTLE FROM THE CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH
LIVELY, Joshua, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, joshua.lively@utah.edu
 
TUBULAR STRUCTURES AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MICROBIAL AND PRESERVATIONAL PROCESSES IN ARCHEAN FENESTRATE MICROBIALITES
JUAREZ RIVERA, Marisol, Geology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, mjuarezrivera@ucdavis.edu, SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, and MACKEY, Tyler J., Geology Department, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
 
APPLICATIONS OF NEUTRON IMAGING IN PALAEONTOLOGY
DAWSON, Martin, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT United Kingdom, m.n.dawson@salford.ac.uk
 
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X-RAY SYNCHROTRON IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN PALEONTOLOGY
SORIANO, Carmen and TAFFOREAU, Paul, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, Grenoble, 38000, France, csoriano@esrf.fr
 
RECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT IN FOSSIL VERTEBRATES USING VIRTUAL PALEONTOLOGY
RÜCKLIN, Martin1, DONOGHUE, Philip C.J.2, CUNNINGHAM, John A.3, MARONE, Federica4, and STAMPANONI, Marco4, (1) School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1JL, United Kingdom, M.Ruecklin@bristol.ac.uk, (2) School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (4) Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland
 
SHEDDING SYNCHROTRON LIGHT ON THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EARLY PLANT EVOLUTION
MURDOCK, Duncan J.E.1, DONOGHUE, Philip C.J.2, EDWARDS, Dianne3, MARONE, Federica4, and STAMPANONI, Marco4, (1) School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, duncan.murdock@bris.ac.uk, (2) School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (3) School of Earth and Ocean Science, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, (4) Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland
 
DIGITAL VISUALIZATION OF FOSSIL AND MODERN SEEDS PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO PAST DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF BANANAS AND GINGERS (ORDER ZINGIBERALES)
SMITH, Selena Y.1, BENEDICT, John C.2, COLLINSON, Margaret E.3, LEONG-SKORNICKOVA, Jana4, XIAO, Xianghui5, MARONE, Federica6, and FIFE, Julie L.6, (1) Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, sysmith@umich.edu, (2) School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, (4) Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore, 259569, Singapore, (5) Argonne National Labs, Advanced Photon Source, 9700 South Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, (6) Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland
 
FRACTAL TRACE FOSSILS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
LEHANE, James, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, Jazinator@hotmail.com and EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB, 115S 1460E, Rm 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
 
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION TO PALEONTOLOGY
BRIGHT, Jen A. and RAYFIELD, Emily J., Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, j.bright@bristol.ac.uk
 
PALAEONTOLOGY 2.0 – A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HARD- AND SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES IN FOSSILS
LAUTENSCHLAGER, Stephan, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1JL United Kingdom, glzsl@bristol.ac.uk
 
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ELUCIDATING FUNCTION IN FOSSIL TAXA
RAHMAN, Imran A., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, imran.rahman@bristol.ac.uk and FALKINGHAM, Peter L., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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