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Digital 3D models and measurements of avian brain cavity, blood vessel and nerve endocasts
This dataset comprises cast reconstructions of brain cavity space in 60 extant avian species, derived from X-ray micro computed-tomography scan image stacks. Each reconstruction was made using Materialise Mimics 14.11 to create volumetric models (brain cavity casts) that were then transformed into the polygon mesh stereolithograph (STL) files archived here. Brain cavity cast models are in most cases accompanied by casts of main vascular features (e.g., carotid arteries) and the olfactory nerves (CN I). A data file (Data_TableComma Separated Values) based on values reported in Table 1 of Walsh et al. (2013: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067176) is included that records volume values used in the original analysis, and coding of cerebellar flocculus morphology. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b
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- Date (Publication)
- 2013-06-25
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b
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Walsh, S.A., Iwaniuk, A.N., Knoll, M.A., Bourdon, E., Barrett, P.M., Milner, A., Nudds, R., Abel, R.L., Dello Sterpaio, P. (2013). Digital 3D models and measurements of avian brain cavity, blood vessel and nerve endocasts. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role National Museums Scotland Walsh, S.
Point of contact National Museums Scotland Walsh, S.A.
Author University of Lethbridge Iwaniuk, A.N.
Author University of the West of Scotland
Knoll, M.A.
Author The Natural History Museum
Bourdon, E.
Author The Natural History Museum
Barrett, P.M.
Author The Natural History Museum
Milner, A.
Author University of Manchester Nudds, R.
Author Imperial College London Abel, R.L.
Author University of Abertay Dello Sterpaio, P.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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- Not planned
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Evolutionary ecology
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Animal phylogenetics
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biological locomotion
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bird flight
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dinosaurs
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paleobiology
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vision
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- no limitations
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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When reusing these data please cite Walsh, S. A., Iwaniuk, A. N., Knoll M. A., Bourdon, E., Barrett, P. M., Milner, A. C., Nudds, R., Abel, R. L. and Dello Sterpaio, P. 2013. Avian cerebellar floccular fossa size is not a proxy for flying ability in birds. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67176.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Walsh, S.A., Iwaniuk, A.N., Knoll, M.A., Bourdon, E., Barrett, P.M., Milner, A., Nudds, R., Abel, R.L., Dello Sterpaio, P. (2013). Digital 3D models and measurements of avian brain cavity, blood vessel and nerve endocasts. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2010-09-01
- End date
- 2012-03-01
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Name Version STL
Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b Download the data
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b.zip Supporting information
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
Conformance result
- Title
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Data were collected from avian osteological specimens held in the collections of National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Natural History Museum, London. These data were derived from X-ray micro-CT scans conducted using Nikon Metrology HMX ST 225 scanners at the University of Abertay, Dundee and the Natural History museum at resolutions of 12-149 µm. Voxel segmentation of brain cavity casts was conducted using Materialise Mimics 14.11 by two team members and volume values collected from these segmentations.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 4e15f483-5b05-409e-acc0-5117fc24e90b XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:23:23
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
