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Lawrence M. Witmer,
PhD
Professor of Anatomy
Chang Professor of Paleontology
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Heritage
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Life Science Building, Rm 123
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701 USA
Email:
witmerL@ohio.edu
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Projects |
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The Visible Interactive
Moa: a freely downloadable resource! |
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The Visible Interactive
Opossum: a freely downloadable resource! |
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The Visible Interactive
Ostrich: a freely downloadable resource!
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The Visible Interactive
Iguana: a freely downloadable resource!
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Rhinoceros
anatomy
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The Visible
Interactive Rhino: a freely downloadable
resource
• Rhino skin structure and its impact in
understanding the horns of the dinosaur
Pachyrhinosaurus
Hieronymus, T. L., L. M. Witmer,
D. H. Tanke, and P. J. Currie. 2009. The facial
integument of centrosaurine ceratopsids:
morphological and histological correlates of
novel skin structures. Anatomical Record
292:1370–1396.
• Rhinoceros horn growth, form, and evolution
Rhino horn growth paper published in the
Journal of Morphology: Hieronymus, Witmer, &
Ridgely 2006 |
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3D Interactive Human
Anatomy: a freely downloadable resource!
WitmerLab, the
OU Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, and
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens have
partnered to deliver resources for education and
research on human anatomy.
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Visit the 3D Interactive
Human Anatomy website to download movies and 3D
PDFs
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Visit the
Methods page to get some background on how we
did some of the work
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Download the
vids:
exploded skull,
arm with blood vessels,
hand with blood vessels,
skull with brain cast & sinuses
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Read the blog post that explains why dinosaur
paleontologists are in a medical school |
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Archaeopteryx skull
3D PDFs: a freely downloadable resource!
We scanned some
of the skull casts of Archaeopteryx that
we have in our
Collection on the
OUµCT and then made 3D PDFs to share with
the community. These were released on the 150th
anniversary of the naming of Archaeopteryx
lithographica. (2011-09-30)
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Visit the Archaeopteryx 3D PDF website
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Read the blog post over at Pick and Scalpel for
backstory and context |
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The Visible Interactive Alligator: a freely downloadable resource!
A collaborative project with the Holliday Lab at
Missouri to provide a resource for education and
research on alligator anatomy.
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The WitmerLab Visible Interactive Alligator site
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The Holliday Lab 3D Alligator site
• Download the
vids:
Labeled skull animation,
Exploded skull animation
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Read the blog post on Pick and Scalpel |
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Evolution of olfaction in
birds and other dinosaurs
Article
published in Proceedings of the Royal Society
B: Zelenitsky, Therrien, Ridgely, McGee, and
Witmer 2011
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2011-04-13)
• Download the
vid:
Evolution of olfaction in birds and dinosaurs |
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Terror birds
Article published in PLoS ONE: Degrange,
Tambussi, Moreno, Witmer, and Wroe 2010
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2010-08-18)
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vids:
Animation associated with PLoS ONE
article; Clips from TV documentaries by
National Geographic,
Discovery, &
History Channels |
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Air spaces within the heads of
dinosaur and their relatives
Article published in
the Anatomical Record:
Witmer & Ridgely 2008
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2008-11-05) Article published in
the Journal of Anatomy: Miyashita, Arbour,
Witmer, and Currie 2011 (2011-09-29)
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Miyahsita, T., V. M. Arbour, L. M. Witmer, and
P. J. Currie. 2011. The internal cranial
morphology of an armoured dinosaur
Euoplocephalus corroborated by X-ray computed
tomographic reconstruction. Journal of Anatomy
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01427.x.
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Read the blog post over at Pick and Scalpel for
backstory and context |
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The brain endocast and inner ear of the
horned dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus
Article published in
NRC Canada Monograph:
Witmer & Ridgely 2008
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2008-10-02) |
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The skull, brain endocast, and inner of the
Cretaceous diplodocoid
Nigersaurus
Article published in PLoS ONE: Sereno, Wilson, Witmer et al. 2007
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2008-07-03) |
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The skull of the Cretaceous abelisaurid
theropod Majungasaurus
Article published in
the Anatomical Record:
Witmer & Ridgely 2008
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2008-11-05)
Skull of Majungasaurus paper published as
a Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir:
Sampson & Witmer 2007
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2007-06-29)
Initial paper describing the skull and skeleton
of Majungatholus (sic) in Science:
Sampson, Witmer, et al.1998 |
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Archosaur jaw muscle structure and function
See Casey Holliday's
page at
the University of Missouri.
Archosaur jaw muscle homology paper published in
the Journal of Morphology: Holliday &
Witmer 2007
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2007-06-10) |
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Rhinoceros horn growth, form, and evolution
Rhino horn growth paper published in the
Journal of Morphology: Hieronymus, Witmer, &
Ridgely 2006
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Click the link to view a lay
abstract, images, and other links and to
download the paper (2006-10-31) |
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Vascular anatomy of archosaurs
Flamingo vasculature paper published in
the Anatomical Record: Holliday, Ridgely,
Balanoff, & Witmer 2006
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Click the link to
view a lay abstract, images, movies, and other
links and to download the paper (2006-10-30)
Stereoangiography techniques paper in the
Anatomical Record: Sedlmayr & Witmer 2002 |
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note: Research
in the Witmer lab does not involve experimentation on live
animals. Specimens of modern animals used in research are
salvage specimens, obtained legally from commercial or
governmental sources. |
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