Digital skull model of the therizinosaurian dinosaur Erlikosaurus andrewsi as originally preserved. Used in the following study: Lautenschlager, S., Witmer, L. M., Altangerel, P., Zanno, L. E., Rayfield, E. J. (2014): Cranial anatomy of Erlikosaurus andrewsi (Dinosauria, Therizinosauria): new insights based on digital reconstruction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34, 6, 1-29.
Digitally restored skull of the therizinosaurian dinosaur Erlikosaurus andrewsi as originally preserved. Used in the following study: Lautenschlager, S., Witmer, L. M., Altangerel, P., Zanno, L. E., Rayfield, E. J. (2014): Cranial anatomy of Erlikosaurus andrewsi (Dinosauria, Therizinosauria): new insights based on digital reconstruction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34, 6, 1-29.
Digitally restored skull of Stegosaurus stenops. Used in the following study: Lautenschlager, S., Brassey, C. A., Button, D. J., Barrett, P. M. (2016): Decoupled form and function in disparate herbivorous dinosaur clades. ScientificReports, 6, 26495.
MAMMALS
Digital skull model of the sabre-tooth cat Smilodon fatalis. Used for biomechanical analyses here: Figueirido, B., Lautenschlager, S., Pérez-Ramos, A., & Van Valkenburgh, B. (2018). Distinct Predatory Behaviors in Scimitar-and Dirk-Toothed Sabertooth Cats. Current Biology, 28(20), 3260-3266. and here: Janis, C., Figueirido, B., DeSantis, L., Lautenschlager, S. (2020). An eye for a tooth: Thylacosmilus was not a marsupial “sabretooth predator”. Peerj, 8, e9346.
Digital skull model of the sabre-tooth cat Homotherium serum. Used for biomechanical analyses here: Figueirido, B., Lautenschlager, S., Pérez-Ramos, A., & Van Valkenburgh, B. (2018). Distinct Predatory Behaviors in Scimitar-and Dirk-Toothed Sabertooth Cats. Current Biology, 28(20), 3260-3266.
Digital skull model of the sabre-tooth marsupial Thylacosmilus ferox. Used for biomechanical analyses here: Janis, C., Figueirido, B., DeSantis, L., Lautenschlager, S. (2020). An eye for a tooth: Thylacosmilus was not a marsupial “sabretooth predator”. Peerj, 8, e9346.
SOFT-TISSUE RECONSTRUCTIONS
Animation showing the digitally reconstructed endocranial anatomy (i.e. brain, inner ear and neurovascular structures) of Erlikosaurus andrewsi. More details on the research here: Lautenschlager, S., Rayfield, E. J., Altangerel, P., Zanno, L. E., Witmer, L. M. (2012). Endocranial anatomy of Therizinosauria and its implications for sensory and cognitive function. PLoS ONE 7(12), e52289. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052289
Digitally restored jaw musculature of Erlikosaurus andrewsi used for muscle force and bite force estimates and biomechanical analyses: Lautenschlager, S. (2013): Cranial myology and bite force performance of Erlikosaurus andrewsi: a novel approach for digital muscle reconstructions, Journal of Anatomy. 222, 260-272. DOI: 10.1111/joa.12000 and Lautenschlager, S., Witmer, L. M., Altangerel, P., Rayfield, E. J. (2013): Edentulism, beaks, and biomechanical innovations in the evolution of theropod dinosaurs. PNAS, 110, 20657–20662. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310711110
Animation showing the digitally reconstructed endocranial anatomy (i.e. brain, inner ear and neurovascular structures) of the stem-turtle Proganochelys quenstedti. More details on the research here: Lautenschlager, S.,Ferreira, G. S., Werneburg, I. (2018). Sensory Evolution and Ecology of Early Turtles Revealed by Digital Endocranial Reconstructions. Frontiersin Ecology and Evolution, 6, 1-7. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00007
STEPHAN LAUTENSCHLAGER