3D external restorations of stegocephalian skulls using ZBrush: The renaissance of fossil amphibians;Reconstitutions externes 3D de crânes de stégocéphales sous ZBrush: la renaissance des amphibiens fossiles

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 463-470

  Steyer, J Sébastien ^a   Boulay, Marc ^b   Lorrain, Sylvia ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Chemin de la Draille ^*  (France)

^c Passage Courtois   (France)

Author keywords

Actualism; Early tetrapods; Exceptional preservation; Palaeobiology; Science diffusion; Soft tissues; Temnospondyls

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEVONIAN; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOTYPE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MADAGASCAR;

ACANTHOSTEGA GUNNARI; AMPHIBIA; PAROTOSUCHUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 78649444598     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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