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Many thanks Iman ________________________________ From: morphmet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 17/10/2006 15:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Procrustes analysis We have analized some Sauropoda Femur with procrustes analysis using the program APS by X. Penin. See the results in the paper: 14. Canudo, J.I. and Cuenca-Bescós, G. (2004): 11. Morphometric Approach to Titanosauriformes (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) Femora: Implications to the paleobiogeografic analysis. In: Morphometrics. Application in Biology and Paleontology. A. Elewa (ed.) Springer - Verlag. , 143-156. Abstract: A morphometric approach to Titanosauriformes sauropod dinosaur femora pro-vides an interesting tool for systematic and paleobiogeographic studies. The femur is an element of phylogenetic interest, being the proximal one third deflected medially or lateral bulge one of the autapomorphies of Titanosauriformes. Some of the selected 20 landmarks use to be reference anatomical points for the femur measurements, yet never attempting to apply for the Geometric Morphometrics. The landmarks are located at the posterior femora outline, except for the fourth trochanter that is a medial projection of this feature. The Procrustes Superimposi-tion Analysis reveals that there are differences among some Titanosauriformes clades, for instance between the Titanosauria from Laurasia and Gondwana. This may indicate they separate at the end of the Jurassic times, when supercontinents were the Pangea, and it is unnecessary to resort to intercontinental bridges during the Upper Cretaceous to explain the existence of Titanosauria in Laurasia You can download the chapter in our webpage: http://aragosaurus.com/ in the section "Publicaciones" - publications in English. I recomend you the whole book, since it has many morphometric studies on different groups and anatomical parts. Gloria Quoting morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I would like to run aprocrustes analysis on data of subjects with cleft > lip and palate and comparing them to control group. I dont have > experience in shape analysis. Do i have to average each face with cleft > lip and palate before stating the analysis or i have to use the mean of > the whole data. > > Thanks. > > Iman Bugaighis > PhD student > University of Newcastle > > > > -- > Replies will be sent to the list. > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > <http://www.morphometrics.org/> > > Dra. Gloria Cuenca Bescós Profesora de Paleontología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Zaragoza c. Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza España email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web del equipo de vertebrados de Zaragoza: http://www.aragosaurus.com/ -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org <http://www.morphometrics.org/> -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
