A virtual world of paleontology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2014Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2014 United Kingdom, Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Ecology & Evolution, volume 29, pages 347-357 (issn: 0169-5347,

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Authors: Cunningham, J; Rahman, I; Lautenschlager, S; Rayfield, E; Donoghue, P;

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doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.04.004 , 10.3929/ethz-b-000096966

pmid: 24821516

handle: 1983/40452cb7-9d63-4484-bf04-c4a4c0bcda14 , 20.500.11850/96966

A virtual world of paleontology

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Computer-aided visualization and analysis of fossils has revolutionized the study of extinct organisms. Novel techniques allow fossils to be characterized in three dimensions and in unprecedented detail. This has enabled paleontologists to gain important insights into their anatomy, development, and preservation. New protocols allow more objective reconstructions of fossil organisms, including soft tissues, from incomplete remains. The resulting digital reconstructions can be used in functional analyses, rigorously testing long-standing hypotheses regarding the paleobiology of extinct organisms. These approaches are transforming our understanding of long-studied fossil groups, and of the narratives of organismal and ecological evolution that have been built upon them.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 29 (6)

ISSN:0169-5347

ISSN:1872-8383

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United Kingdom, Switzerland

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University of Bristol
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University of Bristol (UoB)
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ETH Zurich
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School of Earth Sciences/University of Bristol
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Keywords

560, Functional analysis, palaeontology, Fossils, Computer modeling, Paleontology; Digital visualization; Computed tomography; Functional analysis; Computer modeling, Paleontology, computed tomography, Digital visualization, digital visualization, 004, functional analysis, computer modelling, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Animals, Computer Simulation, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, paleontology, Computed tomography, computer modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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