3D landmarks of bone plates and sulci of the shells of geoemydid turtles, and a few other testudinoids.
Please cite the paper where this data was first published:
Ascarrunz, E., Claude, J., & Joyce, W. G. (2019). Estimating the phylogeny of geoemydid turtles (Cryptodira) from landmark data: An assessment of different methods. PeerJ, 7, e7476. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7476
This is what you will find in the data directory:
| File | Content |
|---|---|
| specimens.csv | Collection data about the specimens |
| landmark_definitions_cara.txt | Definition of the landmark points on the carapace |
| landmark_definitions_plas.txt | Definition of the landmark points on the plastron |
| carapace.tps | Carapace landmark data |
| plastron.tps | Plastron landmark data |
In the TPS files, each specimen is referred to by its collection number, and replicate measurements of the same specimen are indicated by the character '$' followed by the letter 'a' or 'b'.
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